Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Alan F. Shugart
     
         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)