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He rose to manager of the LEO City Office followed by spells in promoting LEO exports in Paris and Dusseldorf before heading the LEO\/English Electric team working in Eastern Europe including Soviet Russia. His subsequent career until retirement was with Rank-Xerox and Rolls Royce working on exports to Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/det\/53363\/Ralph-Land-Interview\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/det\/53363\/Ralph-Land-Interview\/<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Text: Edited by Ralph Land and Hilary Caminer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording: MP3 (recording and transcript to be added).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright: LEO Computers Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date :<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>31st October 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewee:&nbsp;Ralph Land Interviewer: Martin Garthwaite as part of LEO Computer Society\u2019s Oral History Project Date of Interview: 31st October 2011 Role in LEO: Bureau Manager, Export Manager Joined LEO: 1954 Abstract: Ralph joined the Lyons Teashop Division in 1953 as management accountant for the Teashops and transferred to LEO in 1954. 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