Terry Johnson (entrepreneur)
Data storage engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1935, d. 2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terry Johnson (March 14, 1935 – July 24, 2010) was an engineer and entrepreneur notable for his pioneering work on hard disk drives (HDD). Johnson's early career included engineering and management roles in magnetic recording at IBM (1964–70) and Memorex (1971–73). He then joined in the development of STC 8000 Super Disk,[1] a high-end rotary actuator HDD funded by StorageTek.
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Terry Johnson | |
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Born | March 14, 1935 |
Died | July 24, 2010(2010-07-24) (aged 75) NW Territories, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Utah, University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder of MiniScribe, Co-founder of CoData/Conner), Co-founder of PrairieTek |
In 1980, he left StorageTek to found a startup, Miniscribe, a manufacturer of 5.25 inch HDDs. In 1985, he started another new company, CoData, that subsequently merged with Conner Peripherals in 1986. CoData's 3.5-inch drive became Conner's first product. In 1985, Johnson co-founded PrairieTek, the first maker of 2.5 inch drives. Terry Johnson died in the Northwest Territories, Canada, when his private aircraft crashed during his return from a canoe trip.