Kansas City, Missouri
Beginning in the early 1980s, with innovations in satellite technology in a business environment, John Ratzel, SME graduate, established himself as an up-and-coming force in San Diego's mushrooming communications industry. After joining Qualcomm Corp. in 1998, his reputation as a technological...
Read MoreI worked with John at ECRM in Bedford, MA, around 1977 or so. He was a great tech inspiration and extremely enjoyable to work with. Hearing of his early passing broke my heart!
Alan Reinhart
February 10, 2026 | Work
Around 1977 John was an intern at a Bedford, MA company, ECRM. It was there I met up with him and we became good friends. He took me on several tours of the MIT labs he was working in. I seem to recall at the school the students stlll had to enter their programs by punch cards - a very tedious and slow process. At ECRM John was able to use CRT terminals on our PDP-11 computers to run his programs, which saved him a lot of time at school. I helped him and he reviewed some my code. I have the...
Alan Reinhart
July 09, 2024 | Work
