Carty, John (Joseph) (1861–1932)

US electrical engineer. He contributed to the development of telephone wires and technology. He joined American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1907, becoming vice-president in 1919, and retiring in 1930.

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He worked for Bell Telephone in Boston in 1879, and was in charge of the cable and switchboard departments at Western Electric from 1887–89.