Maynard Knapp's Email & Phone

As Co-Founder of CasaTools, Kim directs research and hardware development, manufacturing, and assists David in all other aspects of the company. He was a semi-retired entrepreneur who spent much of his free time devoted to philanthropic activities and various hobbies. In 1982, he founded Maynard Electronics, one of the first companies to make products for the new IBM personal computer. Some innovative products created by Maynard Electronics include the first IBM compatible hard drive system, Sandstar, modular expansion cards for the IBM PC and Surprise CPU accelerator, first multi-threading tape backup which improved the backup time over competitive products by an order of magnitude. The tape backup products became an important part of Veritas which is now owned by Symantec Corporation. See http://www.symantec.com/redirects/backup_exec/presskit/BackupExec-history.pdf for an interesting story about Kim and Alison Knapp. Prior to Maynard Electronics, Kim was a Design Engineer, firmware and hardware, and Engineering Manager at Stromberg-Carlson Corporation where he first designed with the Intel 8086 several years before it was chosen as the processor for the IBM Personal Computer. Kim has a BSEE from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In his spare time, Kim is an avid SCCA race car driver and national champion. He also enjoys amateur radio and photography.