Allen Michels
Allen Michels | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Co-founder Convergent Technologies, The Dana Group |
Allen Michels (1941[1]-2024[2]) was an American 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.[3] Michels co-founded Convergent Technologies in 1979.[4] The company made computer hardware and was purchased by Unisys in 1988.[5] He served as the CEO of the company until 1985 when he and other executives left to form The Dana Group (Dana Computer).[4] 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.[6]
Michels came out of retirement in 1993 to join Dean Snow as a founder of Macinstitute.[7]
Death
[edit]Michels passed away at the age of 83 in June 2024 in Hospital near his home in Mahwah, New Jersey at the age of 83, on June 2, 2024.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hayes, Thomas C. (1984). "CONVERGENT'S NEW CHALLENGE". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Allen Michels Obituary (2025) - Legacy Remembers". Legacy.com.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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