Allen Michels
Allen Michels (1941–2024) was an American business executive who helped start several tech companies. He held management roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel before co-founding Convergent Technologies in 1979. Convergent mainly sold computers built by other manufacturers (OEMs). Michels served as CEO until 1985, when he and other executives left to form The Dana Group (Dana Computer). The Dana Group was renamed Ardent Computer in 1987 after another company used the Dana Computer name. Ardent produced Titan graphics workstations. Michels came out of retirement in 1993 to help launch Macinstitute with Dean Snow. He died on June 2, 2024, at age 83 near his home in Mahwah, New Jersey.
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