Mike Cowlard, Reminiscences of a LEO Operator
Left School with two O levels (Maths and English. Joined GPO as Clerical Officer. Always good with figures quickly promoted. Advised that he might get faster promotion outside GPO noted adverts for computer jobs. Tried Heinz and Lyons doing well in aptitude tests. Offered job by Peter Bird, then operations manager of the Lyons LEO operation. Joined Lyons as Operator in May 1968. His 50 years in computing comprised Operator/Shift Leader/Shift Supervisor – Leo II/III, managing the crazy Autolector. Migrated to IBM – Operator/Shift Leader/Shift Supervisor/Programmer/System Analyst. For full text of Mike’s reminiscence see https://www.dropbox.com/s/9qub4z79qs3l6wz/Mike%20Cowlard%2C%20Reminiscences%20of%20a%20LEO%20Operator.docx?dl=0
