The family of IBM 1750, 2750 and 3750 Switching Systems was developed from the IBM 1800 by the IBM La Gaude Research Laboratory near Nice, France for European markets only.
He had previously been responsible for system design of the ATM switching products, which he initiated with his team in 1992 at the IBM Laboratory in La Gaude, France.
IBM established a research centre in La Gaude in the 1960s.