William (Bill) Mengel,
Retired in December of 2003 after almost 40 years in
the electronics industry
with RCA and Thomson. During this tenure, had held a number of
managerial positions in operations, marketing and engineering and
had managed a number of significant and high profile projects. The
recipient of several U.S. Patents and a senior member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
"The impact of some of the projects and the products Bill was
responsible for in the 1990’s was significant to both Thomson and
the industry in general. As one of the patriarchs of the subscriber
terminal system used with North America's first high powered Digital
Satellite System, he was one of the architects in what was the
world's first major deployment of a mass produced consumer product
to utilize MPEG digital compression as a platform."
Since retirement, he has
continued to remain active in the industry as a Technology
Consultant. |