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gree in computer science and started Embedded Designs, Inc., realized that much of what KIC had been doing with hardware could be done in software. The two companies officially
merged and KIC took the name of Embedded Designs. The title of president passed from father to son. “I enrolled in an electrical engineering program, but after two years was not willing to work hard enough, instead I
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class. They worked on homework together as well as built projects, including a system to allow a gui- tar to control the newly intro- duced MIDI music synthesizers. By the time Philip finished
his degree, his father had learned enough from their work together that he was building and programming a computer to replace the oscilloscope in his oven monitoring system. They built up the business
enough that Philip felt comfort- able stepping down as president in 2001. “My dad and I were very
Philip and Casimir Kazmierowicz.
graduated with a degree in eco- nomics,” says Philip. The only job he could find was selling ad time on an AM radio station. “Af- ter six miserable months, my fa- ther suggested that I return home, go back to school, and ‘learn something this time.’ My first reaction was to punch him, but he had a great point.” He started with the basics of
computer science, and bought two books for each course of his new program. Casimir studied the books while Philip attended
happy with the leadership that took over,” says Philip. “But re- cently, we reached a point where we wanted to go in a different di- rection with the company. I am back as president and we are very excited about our future.” “It has been a real joy work-
ing with my son,” says Casimir. “He not only improved the tech- nical aspect of our product, but he was instrumental in putting together a fantastic group of peo- ple for us to work with. His per- sonality attracts good people and good customers.” Phil is 60 and Casimir is 83,
but the duo have no plans to quit. “My fondest hope is that our company continues to provid- ing innovative ideas to help our customers, and to be an honest broker in dealing with them and with our employees,” concludes Casimir. r
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