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Alan Field Shugart (September 27, 1930 – December 12, 2006) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry.
Dec 15, 2006 · Alan F. Shugart, an engineer and entrepreneur whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry, died Tuesday in Monterey, Calif. He was 76. The cause was complications after...
Jun 14, 2024 · Alan F. Shugart was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1930. He received a BS in engineering physics from the University of Redlands (1951). In 1951, Shugart began his career at IBM as a field engineer, solving customer problems at their offices.
Jul 22, 2023 · The man who assigned the project, Alan Shugart, would prove one of the most pivotal figures in disk technology in the 20th century. The Shugart Associates SA-400 Minifloppy was the first 5 1/4-inch floppy drive on the market.
Seagate Technology (then called Shugart Technology) was incorporated on November 1, 1978, and commenced operations with co-founders Al Shugart, Tom Mitchell, Doug Mahon, Finis Conner, and Syed Iftikar in October 1979.
ALAN F. SHUGART, pioneer of the multibillion-dollar computer hard-drive industry and co-founder of Seagate Technology, died December 12, 2006, at the age of 76, of complications from heart surgery six weeks earlier. Shugart was one of the most influential and admired figures in the industry.
No look at Seagate’s accomplishments and amazing opportunities ahead would be complete without recognizing our founder, Al Shugart, who was remembered by Executive Chairman Steve Luczo in this article last month.
