István Méder

His first job was at a Bucharest-based peripheral equipment manufacturing company (Intrepinderea de equipemente periferice) (1975-1977). He is credited with launching the production of the first Romanian monitor (display) series.

He moved to Hungary in 1977. From then until 2007 he was a member of the Computer Science and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His first job was designing the control electronics for a high-speed laser printer. He then participated in the development of the 8-bit Syster personal computer and its production at the Budapest Electroacoustic Factory (BEAG).
One of the designers of the Primo school computer. His other well-known developments include the large-scale raster graphics card of the Liliput super PC in several versions; the state machine of the high-speed X.25 switching machine (HBOX+) with gearshift PAL circuit.

In 1989, he went to Calgary, Canada, to work for Willowglen Systems, a small company specializing in SCADA data acquisition, analysis, and visualization, which was looking for Russian- and English-speaking professionals for their project in the Soviet Union. His job was to install, monitor, program, and develop SCADA systems installed in Tengiz, Soviet Union, for two years.

Upon returning home, he designed XILINX circuits (which enabled the creation of AD/DA cards used in X.25 communications and film devices used in IBM-PC compatible IP routers).