Pál Merényi

Between 1966 and 1969, he worked as a systems engineer and programmer at the Danube Iron Works, developing ferrous metallurgy applications on the Elliott 830/B and IBM 1440 machines.

Between 1969 and 1991, he was the head of a computer center (SIEMENS 4004/45, 4004/150, 4004/151) and then head of a department at the Computer Coordination Institute (SZKI) (from 1978 it was one of the largest domestic time-sharing computer centers). His main activities during these years were the management of the operation of the computer center and the further development of the remote data processing system. In addition, he represented the Hungarian side in the C-7 working group dealing with remote data processing in the Unified Computer System (ESZR) project, and after 1976 in the C-10 computer operation working group - developing Hungarian negotiation plans in consultation with representatives of the relevant authorities, research and development institutes and manufacturing companies. He supervised the installation of the first R-20 ESZR computer, and then between 1980 and 1982 he supervised the further development of one of the largest domestic (dual mainframe and dual front-end processors) time-sharing mode systems (receiving switched telephone lines).

Between 1982 and 1988, he was a senior research fellow at the Moscow International Scientific Research Institute – on the development of artificial intelligence algorithms based on personal computers. Between 1988 and 1990, he was the marketing director of the SZKI.

Between 1991 and 1993, he was a senior consultant at the mobile phone service provider ConTel (USA, Atlanta) as a self-employed intellectual.

Between 1993 and 1995, he was the purchasing director of Controll Számítástechnikai Rt., between 1996 and 2005, he was the marketing communications and quality assurance manager at International Computers Ltd (ICL), and then at its legal successor, the domestic subsidiary of ICL/FUJITSU. From 1996 to 2002, he was the head of the Multinational Working Group of the National Institute of Statistics.

Awards: Bronze Order of Merit for Labor (1978); Silver Order of Merit for Labor (1982).