shugart, alan f.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Alan F. Shugart
Alan Shugart
Shugart, Alan F.

   <person> The man who founded {Shugart Associates} and later
   co-founded {Seagate Technology}.  Alan Shugart left Shugart
   Associates in 1974 [did he quit or was he fired?] and took a
   break from the disk-drive business.  In 1979, he and {Finis
   Conner} founded a new company that at first was called Shugart
   Technology and later {Seagate Technology}.

   (2000-02-09)