Ivan Feczko

In the Central Telegraph Office of the Hungarian Post, and later in the Telegraph and Data Transmission Directorate of the Hungarian Post, he was an operations and development engineer from 1963, head of development department from 1971, and then deputy development director from 1974 to 1990: he carried out and then managed the modernization of non-voice (data transmission, telex, telegraph) services with his colleagues. Several technical solutions developed and patented together with his colleagues can also be attributed to his name (such as a device that enabled telex subscriber long-distance calls to European networks operating differently from the domestic ones). Building on his experience gained in 15 countries around the world, he managed the conversion of electromechanical equipment to digital in the country's first domestic and international digital center (i.e. the purchase and commissioning of the Japanese NEC NEDIX 510A type stored-program-controlled telegraph and data switching center). During the embargo years, COCOM, in cooperation with several international and domestic companies, managed the establishment of national circuit-switched and packet-switched data transmission networks, as well as the introduction of related services (Videotex, VSAT, EDI, DATEX-PX.25, etc.).

With the separation of the post office and telecommunications (1990), he became the head of the data and text communication department of the Hungarian Telecommunications Company (MATÁV). Following the company's transformation from a state-owned company to a joint-stock company (1991), he was assigned to establish and manage the business communication sales organization of MATÁV from 1993. From this period onwards, he led various organizations responsible for serving public administration and key customers.
After his retirement (2004), he worked as a consultant at MATÁV, and then from 2006 to 2011 at Magyar Telekom, supporting the service of public administration and key customers (he participated in the development of the 1,500-endpoint Sulinet intranet network and the implementation of the Unified Government Backbone Network (EKG).

He worked as a lecturer at the Puskás Tivadar Telecommunications Technical School for several years. As a member of the board of trustees of the Telecommunications Museum Foundation, he participated in the preservation of memories related to the development of telecommunications. He was active in the work of international telecommunications organizations and cooperated with the National Technical Development Committee (OMFB). From 1987 until his death, he was a member of the Telecommunications and Informatics Scientific Association (HTE).

His awards: CEO's recognition (Magyar Posta, 1968); Outstanding Employee of the Post (Magyar Posta, 1971, 1987); Medal of National Defense Merit (Minister of Defense, 1976); Bronze Medal of Labor Merit (Hungarian State, 1980); Professional Medal "For Communications" (Minister of Transport, Communications and Water, 2004).