| 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.
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]