Patricia Thaler

Career Thaler began her career at IBM, where she worked on machines for the manufacture of magnetic disks. She joined Hewlett-Packard in 1976, initially working on the HP 8660 signal synthesizer and later on computer interface card hardware design. and Broadcom. which standardized Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair cabling, making Ethernet feasible for office environments. She also chaired the IEEE 802.12 working group, contributing to standards that included support for full duplex, redundancy, and gigabit-class enhancements. She played a leading role in the architecture and standards development of 100VG-AnyLAN, a protocol that aimed to provide deterministic Ethernet performance over Category 5 cabling.

She is credited with a patent related to encoding techniques for 100VG-AnyLAN

Professional bodies and recognition Thaler is a senior member of the IEEE and the Society of Women Engineers.

Personal life Thaler had married and had three sons as of 1995. Outside of her professional work, she has participated in amateur radio civil emergency service.