Amiga, Inc. Corporate Welcome
Amiga, Inc. is a technology company targeting the next generation of
consumer operating systems with a continued focus on multimedia.
Welcome to our web site.
Since the
introduction of the Amiga A1000 computer system in 1985, AMIGA has represented the
embodiment of the efficient use of memory and drive capacity, while
pioneering industry developments in multimedia, 32-bit multitasking and
autoconfiguration. AMIGA led the industry in combining computer graphics,
animation, and film sequences with stereo sound -- known today as multimedia.
Contact Us
600 N. Derby Lane
P.O. Box 1842
N. Sioux City, SD 57049 USA
605-23-AMIGA
605-232-6442
605-235-1002 FAX
general@amigainc.com (e-mail)
Amiga, Inc. Employees
- Jeff Schindler, General Manager
- Allan Havemose, Head of Technology and Development
- Bill McEwen, Head of Marketing and Software Evangelist
- Fleecy Moss, Developer Relations and Strategic Projects Manager
- Marilyn Flint, Operations Manager
- Darreck Lisle, User Group Relations
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Jeff Schindler, General Manager
Jeff became the General Manager of Amiga, Inc. in mid-1997, at the direct
request of Ted Waitt. He comes to Amiga, Inc. with 17 years of experience
in the home computing industry. Ranging from computer sales and operations,
software and hardware design, manufacturing, systems and OEM engineering,
to product marketing, with emphasis on technology strategy and product
planning. Jeff has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Western
Michigan University in Computer Systems Engineering. He holds several
patents, including the world's first true Convergence product, Gateway's
Destination Big Screen PC/TV.
Jeff worked at Zenith Data Systems for 9 years, where he was Director of
the Portable Products Business Unit. He was responsible for two generations
of portable product lines, including the award-winning Z-Note. This won 13
major industry awards, such as: Comdex's Best of Show and PC Magazine's
Product of the Year. In 1990 he planned and launched a high resolution
workstation with co-processor based graphics.
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In 1994 Jeff joined Gateway, and was responsible for future product
strategies, which led to the Destination product. He also began Gateway's
Strategic Technology Group.
Over the years he has served on many industry councils and boards,
including VESA and the Association for Interactive Media. He developed the
software package - WMU's football Statistical Analyzer (St. Ann copyright).
All of this began with his first computer, a
Commodore Vic 20. Jeff is excited at this opportunity to lead Amiga
technology Back for the Future.
Jeff lives in Sioux City, Iowa with his wife and their 4 children. When not
working, he enjoys sailing, skiing, and hiking with his family. Starting in June, check out Jeff's monthly newsletter!
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Dr. Allan Havemose, Head of Technology and Development
Dr. Allan Havemose has a proven international executive track record spanning startups, turn-arounds and
well established companies. He received his Master of Science Degree and Ph.D. from the Mathematical
Institute, Technical University of Denmark. Dr. Havemose�s Amiga experience includes being European
Technical Support Manager for Amiga - building the European Amiga developers program at Commodore
ESCO, Manager Amiga Software Development and Director of Systems software for OS 2.1 to 3.1 at
Commodore International in the US. Prior to Commodore he founded COMPAL in 1985, a computer
graphics software company developing 2D/3D CAD systems for the Amiga.
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In 1994 he joined Digital
Sound Corp. as Vice President of Engineering, developing real-time, fault tolerant media processing servers.
In 1996 he was appointed President & CEO of ARK Logic, a leading supplier of graphics chips for the PC
industry. He launched ARK Logic�s entry into 3D graphics while streamlining operations. After spinning off
ARK Logic, he moved up to the parent company, ICS as Vice President of Strategic Planning. In early
1998 he founded Viking Analytics, developing and trading computerized commodity trading systems. Dr.
Havemose shares an IEEE 1991 Information Theory Society Prize Paper Award and holds one US patent.
Dr. Havemose enjoys the sun of California while living in San Jose.
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Bill McEwen, Head of Marketing and Software Evangelism
Bill McEwen has over 12 years experience in the Sales and Marketing field, most recently with the Atrieva
Corporation. He has worked for several software companies throughout the years, including ConnectSoft,
Inc.; genSoft Development Corporation; and Bumblebee Software. He also has extensive experience with
sales, marketing and PR in the US and Europe; and international OEM sales and licensing.
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Bill has been
responsible for several magazine awards and Best of Show at the Fall Comdex in 1994. He resides in
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Fleecy Moss, Developer Relations and Strategic Projects
Manager
Fleecy Moss brings to Amiga, Inc. a unique perspective toward looking to the future of the Amiga. He is a
dynamic, open thinker with experience in project management and system design. Fleecy is on the Steering
Committee, and is current chairman for the Industry Council of Open Amiga (I.C.O.A.). He graduated from
Keele University in 1989 with an Honors Degree in Computer Science and Psychology.
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Currently, Fleecy
lives with his lovely wife and two adorable boys in Pennsylvania. His ambition is to finally complete Cannon
Fodder. (Four years and still trying!)
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Marilyn Flint, Operations Manager
Marilyn has over 10 years of corporate sales and operations experience. She spent 7+ years at Adobe
Systems, Inc. and was Senior Manager of Adobe Systems Customer Service, Inside Sales, as well as the
Pay for Support Organizations. She built Adobe�s inside sales and customer service operation from a small
team of 12 into 5 strategic customer retention units, staffing at times over 120 employees that handled
cross-departmental customer issues, significantly increasing the companies direct sales revenue. Since then,
Marilyn has been an independent contractor working with high tech software start up companies helping
them get their feet on the ground. Marilyn began contracting with Amiga, Inc. in July of 1997, and signed on
as an employee of Amiga, Inc. this year.
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She has recently moved from the Seattle area to join the Amiga
team in North Sioux City, South Dakota. Her energy and enthusiasm is a great asset to Amiga. Marilyn went
to school at UC Davis, Sacramento City College, and Long Beach State University. She majored in
Psychology and has a Criminal Justice Minor.
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Darreck Lisle, User Group & Events Coordinator
Darreck joined the Amiga community in the fall of 1987 while stationed in Darmstadt Germany, as a
para-trouper sergeant in the US Army. He purchased his first Amiga 500 and 1084s monitor, at the Post
Exchange. Over the years Darreck has owned or worked on just about every model of Amiga. Darreck's life
long dream was to be a police officer, obtaining a police Science Degree.
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As president of the Siouxland
Metro User Group experience as well as his Amiga knowledge, made him well suited for Amiga�s User
Group Relations. Darreck�s office humor keeps us all remembering that Amiga is fun! Darreck was born and
raised in the Siouxland area, and lives in Iowa with his wife and 2 young boys. |
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