Jim Marggraff

For more than 30 years, Jim Marggraff has dedicated his energy, vision, and inventiveness to developing standards, applications, technology and products for companies committed to creating innovative solutions, improving learning, and advancing human creativity, curiosity, and communication. In 2020, Jim founded his seventh company, Kibeam.com. Kibeam has developed a breakthrough literacy and learning platform for young kids and family members, that develops literacy and learning skills, without screens, using AI. Kids interact with ordinary paper books and real-world, physical objects, with sound, light, and motion, with a handheld AI-powered screen free device. Think -- A Wii crossed with a Leapfrog LeapPad. Among Jim’s achievements is helping grow LeapFrog from $16 million to $680 million in annual sales in five years. As the inventor of the world-renowned LeapPad Learning System, Jim’s dedication to technology-based learning helped LeapFrog sell over $1 billion of LeapPads and educational content worldwide in less than 5 years. Jim’s voice, as a lead voice-over talent for LeapFrog, greeted users of tens of millions of LeapPads. Jim’s inventions and content have impacted more than 100 million children and adults in reading, math, and language skills, and have sparked and fueled a passion for lifelong learning for people around the globe. Jim’s LeapPad invention was also listed in the “MIT 150” – the top 150 inventions and contributions from MIT graduates. In February 2019, Jim was awarded the Rotary STAR Humanitarian Award, for his work in propagating information and education. Jim’s other companies include StrataCom, Explore Technologies, Livescribe, and Eyefluence. Jim received his SB and SM degrees in EE and CS from MIT, and holds more than 70 granted patents.