Tamás Ujlaky

He graduated from Rákócziánum (Catholic High School and Boarding Association) in Budapest, then obtained a doctorate in law from the Royal Pázmány Péter University of Science. He soon passed the certified public accountant exam and was employed in the auditing department of the Financial Institutions Center (the banking supervision agency at the time). He survived the war and worked as a chief accountant for various industrial companies. His job was not easy: during a disciplinary procedure, he was criticized for shaving every day and wearing a clean shirt. After 1956, he was banned from employment for several years and worked as a freelance auditor for companies under the supervision of the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering (KGM).

Perhaps it was his language skills (he spoke English, German and French fluently), his accounting skills and his intimate knowledge of the industry that made it possible for him to be offered a permanent position again when the Ferrous Metallurgy Directorate of the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Industry (KGM) began preparing for electronic data processing in 1964. From then on, he took an active role in the introduction of computer technology in Hungary.

In the late 1960s, he was invited by the founders of the Information Processing Laboratory (Infelor), where he worked on organizing corporate management and data processing tasks until his retirement in 1974.

He was very active almost until his death; he undertook expert assignments and translated specialist books.