Alan Shugart (1930-2006) was an American engineer and entrepreneur who shaped the modern computer disk drive industry. He founded Shugart Associates in 1973, pioneering floppy disk technology, and co-founded Seagate Technology in 1979 with Finis Conner, which grew into the world's largest independent manufacturer of disk drives, serving as its CEO from 1991 to 1998. He began his career at IBM in 1951, working on the IBM 305 RAMAC and managing disk storage products, then led development of compatible disk subsystems and early floppy disk drives at Memorex. Shugart graduated from the University of Redlands with a degree in engineering physics, and received the IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award in 1997.
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September 27, 1930
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September 27, 1930
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December 12, 2006
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was an American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry
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Wikidata alias: Alan Field Shugart
Alan Field Shugart
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award.
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