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

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. 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. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.