Ronald A. Katz

Ronald A. Katz (March 10, 1936 – March 28, 2025) 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.