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  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  8-K
  __________________________
  CURRENT
  REPORT
  PURSUANT
  TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of
  Report (date of earliest event reported): May 1, 2008
  __________________________
  FIREPOND,
  INC.
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  __________________________
  Delaware
  000-28515
  20-3446646
  (State
        or Other Jurisdiction of
  (Commission
        File Number)
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  Incorporation
        or Organization)
  Identification
        No.)
  205
  Newbury Street, Suite 204, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (508)
  820-4300
  (Registrant's
  telephone number,
  including
  area code)
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  Item
  5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
  Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
  Officers.
  b.
  Effective
        May 1, 2008, Stephen Peary resigned his position as Chief Financial Office
        at the Company to assume the position of General Counsel of the
        Company.  Mr. Peary joined the Company in October 2004 as a
        consultant assisting in the Company's restructuring and transition to an
        OnDemand Saas software provider.   He became Chief
        Financial Officer on April 28, 2005 and has led the Company through
        several financings and registrations culminating in the most recent debt
        restructuring and equity raise that closed on April 25,
        2008.   Mr. Peary is a graduate of the University of
        Illinois (BA, Economics), Georgetown University Law School (J.D.) and
        Boston University (LLM – Taxation).
  c.
  Effective
        May 1, 2008, William P. Stelt, age 60, has been promoted to Chief
        Financial Officer.   Mr. Stelt previously held the position
        of Controller.  Mr. Stelt joined the Company in November, 2005
        serving first as a consultant and then becoming Controller in April,
        2006.  During the past five years Mr. Stelt has been employed in
        similar accounting and finance capacities in both private and public
        companies.  His responsibilities have encompassed all aspects of
        accounting and include SEC reporting, procuring financing, as well as
        managing human resources, risk management, information technology and
        general and administrative departments.  As Treasurer for
        Western Gas Resources, a NYSE listed oil and gas company, Mr. Stelt
        participated in two initial public offerings.  During his tenure
        annual revenues at Western Gas Resources grew from less than $10 million
        to more than $1 billion.  From February 2005 through October
        2005, Mr. Stelt served as chief financial officer for AFG Enterprises USA,
        Inc. ("AFG Enterprises"), a shell company that was merged into Firepond in
        March 2006.  From July 2003 to February 2005, Mr. Stelt
        consulted to AFG Enterprises on accounting and financial
        matters.   AFG Enterprises, formerly known as In Store
        Media Systems, Inc, was organized to develop a computerized, point of sale
        marketing platform, the Coupon Exchange Center.  In Store Media
        declared bankruptcy in November 2002 and, as AFG Enterprises, its Plan of
        Reorganization was confirmed in January 2005.   Mr. Stelt
        is a former certified public accountant but does not hold an active
        certificate.  Mr. Stelt has a Bachelor of Science degree in
        accounting from California State University at
    Northridge.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  FIRPOND,
        INC.
  Date: 
        May 2, 2008
  By:
  /s/ 
        William P. Stelt
  William
        P. Stelt
  Chief
        Financial Officer