Allen Michels
OccupationBusiness executive
Known forCo-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.

Career

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

  1. ↑ Hayes, Thomas C. (1984). "CONVERGENT'S NEW CHALLENGE". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Shea, Tom (23 July 1984). "The Industry Workhorse". InfoWorld. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 McEnaney, Maura (20 October 1986). "Michels sees evolving niche for personal supercomputer". Computer World. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Pollack, Andrew (11 August 1988). "Company News - Unisys Says It Will Buy Convergent". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Lorek, L.A. (28 June 1993). "2 Pros Polish Apple Users at Macinstitute". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 15 November 2017.


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