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)