Steven M. Cooper, Founder and President, has been professionally involved with high-level software since 1973. He entered the HP 3000 community in 1977. At American Management Systems, Inc., Mr. Cooper managed the HP 3000 efforts of the corporation, including the design, development, and marketing of the highly successful Environment/3000 product. At AMS, Mr. Cooper managed some of the largest application software development projects ever undertaken on the HP 3000. Mr. Cooper left AMS to co-found Allegro Consultants. He has a BA in Computer Science from U.C. San Diego and an MBA from UCLA.
Stan Sieler, Founder and Executive Vice President, has worked with operating systems since 1973. He entered the HP 3000 community in 1979, working for Hewlett-Packard until he left to co-found Allegro Consultants. At HP, Mr. Sieler led the design of major enhancements to IMAGE/3000, the file backup system, and a major portion of the MPE/iX operating system. He participated in a number of inter-division task forces, chairing one on computer security, a special interest of his. He has a BA in Computer Science from U.C. San Diego and has done graduate work at UCSD and Stanford.