Mitchell Kapor is the founder and Chair of the Open Source Applications Foundation whose mission is to develop and gain wide adoption for software applications of uncompromising quality using open-source methods. He has been at the forefront of the information technology revolution for a generation as entrepreneur and social activist. He founded Lotus Development Corporation and designed Lotus 1-2-3, the "killer app" which made the PC ubiquitous in business. He is the co-founder and former Chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization working in the public interest to protect privacy and free expression on the Internet.