Bob Frankston was born in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering, and is on the Board of Governors and is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. He has been online since 1966, was co-developer of the first electronic spreadsheet (VisiCalc), and has been honored by the IEEE for his contributions to home networking while at Microsoft. At Microsoft, he took the initiative to give people control of their home networking and developed the worldwide standard for how we connect our computers to the Internet. Since leaving Microsoft, Bob has done angel investing, consulting, and advising, and currently works with entrepreneurs and established companies on the issues we face as we transition to a software-defined connected world.