At the age of 16, he graduated high school and attended Iowa State University where he obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering. After graduating college, Moore entered the Army in 1953 as a weapons guidance specialist and spent time at Fort Sill, OK and Fort Bliss, TX. After returning from the US Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery, where he taught radar and mechanical analog computers, he worked at Hughes Aircraft, Swanson Engineering, Ronan Engineering and Waugh Controls Corporation. Throughout his tenure at these companies, he created industry-first, practical, instrumentation solutions. Moore founded Moore Industries in 1968 after recognizing a vital customer need that was going unnoticed. Working out of a friend's garage/shop, Moore designed and built the first Moore Industries SCT signal converter, which soon evolved into a product line of six signal interfaces. In 1974, the company built the current headquarters in North Hills, CA, which employs hundreds of people today. In 1996, he was elected an International Society of Automation Fellow. The ISA Fellow distinction recognizes Moore's contributions to the advancement of signal conditioning instrumentation and monitoring systems, including Radio Frequency Interference and EMI protection. His contributions to these fields include Moore Industries’ miniMOORE line of multi-channel signal conditioners, which received an Engineer's Choice Award from Control Engineering in 2009. Under his leadership Moore Industries applied for and was granted 19 patents relating to electronic instrument packaging, signal conditioning and instrumentation, and monitoring systems. In 2009, company founder Leonard W. Moore became an Honorary Member for the International Society of Automation. The Honorary Member distinction is the highest honor bestowed by the Society. Moore received his Honorary Member distinction for "contributions in the advancement of the arts and sciences of automation over a 40-year career of innovation, product development, and business leadership at Moore Industries." He was also a State of California Registered Professional Engineer in Control Systems Engineering and had a State of California General and Electrical Contractors License. The company remains in the San Fernando Valley, named a top manufacturer by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Moore Industries has nine global locations encompassing North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. In addition to his professional developments and contributions to the automation industries, Moore was an avid fun-seeker. He was a professional racecar driver and received his pilot's license at 73.
