István Baráth

His first job was at the Broadcasting Technology Cooperative (1971-1972), where he was the developer of the digital pulse generator output unit that won the BNV award in 1972.
Between 1973 and 1974, he was a development engineer at the Electrical Engineering Cooperative.

He has been a research assistant at the Development Institute of the VIDEOTON Electronics Company (VIFI) since 1974. He regularly participated in the international specification work of the ESZR/MSZR systems related to the tasks.
From 1982 he became the head of development and technology, and from 1984 he led the laser printer development group (the first laser printer in Eastern Europe (VTLP 29100) was integrated into MSZR systems). He became the operational manager of the magneto-optical (MO) storage development planned jointly with the Department of Atomic Physics of BME, and also the BME-Videoton Innovation Park, which lasted until the development of the first functional storage and the specification of its manufacturing technology.

He is the director of the CD factory, Glória Compact Disc Manufacturing Ltd., founded in 1988 as a Dutch-Hungarian joint venture. In 1991, he became the director of the privatized CD factory, VTCD Videoton Compact Disc Manufacturing Ltd., and the music publisher VTCD MEDIA.
He founded the Development Institute of VIDEOTON Holding Rt. (1996) and was the Development Director of the VIDEOTON Group between 1996 and 2000. He managed the professional cooperation between VIDEOTON and domestic higher education institutions.

Between 1994 and 1996, he ran a column in CHIP Magazine introducing the system and operating mechanism of optical storage devices.

Honors: Certificate of Honor (Óbuda University, 2010); Commemorative Medal (Miskolc University of Heavy Industry, Faculty of Informatics, 2007); Lifetime Achievement Award (NJSZT Multimedia in Education Department, 2010).