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Erich Bloch
Director
The Washington Advisory Group, an LECG Company
The Honorable Erich Bloch advises on corporate R&D management and strategic planning for academically based research enterprises and other not-for-profit organizations. He is also serving as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and is the Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Competitiveness.
As Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1984–1990, Mr. Bloch oversaw the Foundation’s $3 billion annual budget and the award of 12,000–14,000 research grants in natural and social sciences, education, and engineering.
Previously, Mr. Bloch was IBM Corporate Vice President for Technical Personnel Development. His earlier work at IBM included Engineering Manager of the Stretch supercomputer system, head of the Solid Logic Technology Program, Vice President of the Data Systems Division, and General Manager of the East Fishkill development and manufacturing facility.
Mr. Bloch was awarded the National Medal of Technology for his role in the IBM System 360 “developments that revolutionized the computer industry” and is a recipient of the IEEE Founders Medal and NSF’s Vannevar Bush Award, and the National Academy of engineering’s Arthur M. Bueche Award. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, a Fellow of IEEE, and a foreign member of the Engineering Academy of Japan. He serves on several boards and a variety of non-profit advisory boards.
Mr. Bloch received his education in electrical engineering at the Federal Polytechnic Institute of Zurich and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Buffalo.