Allen Michels
Allen Michels | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Co-founder Convergent Technologies, The Dana Group |
Allen Michels (born c. 1941)[1] is a business executive and founder of Convergent Technologies and The Dana Group. Allen continued on in consulting roles through the 90s, and eventually founded a healthcare startup.
Career[edit]
Prior to him co-founding Convergent, Michels held management positions for Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel.[2] Michels co-founded Convergent Technologies in 1979.[3] The company made computer hardware and was purchased by Unisys in 1988.[4] He served as the CEO of the company until 1985 when he and other executives left to form The Dana Group (Dana Computer).[3] The Dana Group would be renamed Ardent Computer in 1987 due to another company already having the name Dana Computer. Ardent built Titan graphics workstations.[5]
Michels came out of retirement in 1993 to join Dean Snow as a founder of Macinstitute.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Hayes, Thomas C. (1984). "CONVERGENT'S NEW CHALLENGE". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Shea, Tom (23 July 1984). "The Industry Workhorse". InfoWorld. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ a b McEnaney, Maura (20 October 1986). "Michels sees evolving niche for personal supercomputer". Computer World. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Pollack, Andrew (11 August 1988). "Company News - Unisys Says It Will Buy Convergent". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Peddie, Jon (2013). The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781447149323. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Lorek, L.A. (28 June 1993). "2 Pros Polish Apple Users at Macinstitute". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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