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Interviewee: John Durham<\/u>                                                    DOB: 31st August 1939<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/strong>: <\/strong>David Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of Interview: <\/strong>22.02.2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editors: <\/strong>Michael and Helen Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined<\/strong> LEO:<\/strong> 1963<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role<\/strong> in LEO<\/strong>: Programmer then sales and marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Left LEO:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/strong>: After a degree in Industrial Economics at Nottingham University University joined LEO, having been impressed by the drive of the team from LEO interviewing him as part of the milk-round recruiting new graduates. By the time he joined  as a  as a programmer LEO had merged with English Electric. Worked as part of the team programming the Premium Bond application for the Post Office, but finding himself a not very good programmer acted as informal PA to David Caminer and moved successfully into Sales & Marketing covering Eastern European countries. Later joined Software Sciences as European Marketing Manager. Then formed his own company. The oral history includes fascinating anecdotes of his career with LEO and its successor companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repository: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/det\/62993\/John-Durham-Interview\/<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright:<\/strong> Leo Computers Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restrictions<\/strong>: None known<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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