Lawrence D. Miles

During this six year periods, he earned twelve patents for his new designs of vacuum tubes and related circuits.

Worked with vendors to obtain lower costs, then with change of emphasis to procure adequate quantities for the war effort.

Saw first-hand both the productive and destructive force of human attitudes and practices, and their effect on appropriate designs and appropriate costs.

Fall 1947: Returned to Schenectady, New York to Erlicher's staff and was placed under William Sredenscheck who gave him full support to produce an approach for GE to improve cost and productivity.

1961 - Miles wrote the definitive book, Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering, published by McGraw Hill and Co.