93,728 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Ronald A. Katz

✓ Source-basedstable

American inventor

United StatesScientistsLived 1936 to 2025 · aged 89
Compare
Fame47.1
Momentum2.7
Languages5
In century#194,719

Ronald A. Katz was an American inventor and president of Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP. His inventions were primarily in the field of automated call center technology. Katz developed a portfolio of more than 50 US patents covering his innovations.

Also inDeutsch

In their orbit 2

Scientists from United States 6

David Spergel47.1Simon Lake47.1Forrest Bird47.1Russell Mittermeier47.1Diane Greene47.1Kitty Joyner47.1

About this person

Ronald A. Katz was an American inventor and president of Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP. His inventions were primarily in the field of automated call center technology. Katz developed a portfolio of more than 50 US patents covering his innovations. His inventions were related to toll free numbers, automated attendant, automated call distribution, voice response unit, computer telephone integration and speech recognition. As a philanthropist and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center board member, Ronald Katz helped launch UCLA Operation Mend. He was the son of musician and comedian Mickey Katz, the brother of Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey, and uncle to actress and Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2025 · aged 89
Written about in
5 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.