Bob Harvey
Appointed
New Regional
Sales Manager
Jeanne Angelo
Named to
New Post
Jeanne Angelo has been
named Sales Admin istrator
for the ATAR I Coin-operated
Don Osborne, ATARI'S
Division. Ms. Angelo wi ll
Vice President of Sales, has
report to Don Osborne, Vice
announced the recent addi-
President of Sales, who an-
t ion of Bob Harvey as Reg-
nounced the recent appoint-
ional Sales Manager for the
ment.
Coin-operated Games Div-
Ms. Angelo has been
ision. Upon completion of
with ATARI fo r fou r and a
an extensive t raining pro-
half yea rs, most recent ly
gram, Mr. Harvey will be
assigned a sales territo ry in Sales staff. With the cur rent serving as Supervisor of
Sales Order Processing.
rate of growth in the coin
the western United States.
Ms. Angelo described her
Before joining ATARI, Mr. operated video industry, and
new posit ion as a combina-
with the tremendous in-
Harvey spent ten years as
t ion of two areas of sales.
crease in sales that ATARI
a manufacturing represen-
First, she wi ll have admin-
has experienced, we really
tative and two years as
istrative responsibi I ity for
Western Regional Manager needed to add personnel to
our Sales group. Bob's addi- the domestic sales group,
for a San Diego-based
handling any in-house sales
tion is necessary and
men's apparel firm.
call s and also serving as a
Commenting on Harvey's welcome, and we look for-
backup fo r the regional
appointment, Osborne said: ward to introducing him to
sales managers. Second,
all of the people in our
"We are looking forward to
she wil l interface and pro-
having Bob join the Coin-op
industry."
vide coo rdination between
the Sales department, Ship-
ping, Manufacturing, Sales
Mary Takatsuno New
Market Research Supervisor
ment of new markets for
video games. Linda Butcher
w ill continue in her role as
Market Research Analyst.
In a related announce-
ment, Leslie McFarland has
also joined t he Marketing
department as Junior Re-
search Assistant. Her res-
ponsibiliti es include the col-
lection and assessment of
information gathered in
player surveys and field
tests. She wil l also serve a
sales suppo rt funct ion, and
w ill be involved in special
project implementation fo r
Mary Takatsuno has
new markets. Ms. McFar-
been promoted to Market
land is a recent San Jose
Research Supervisor for
State University graduate
ATARI'S Coin-op division.
with a B.S. degree in
The announcement was
Marketing.
made by Frank Ballouz,
"Market Research con-
Vice President of Marketing.
tinues to play an increasing-
Mary has been with
ly vital role in the marketing
ATARI'S Marketing depart-
effort at ATAR I" stated
ment for the past three
Ballouz. "The additions to
years. As Supervisor of
our marketing research
Market Research she wil l
be responsible for initiating staff are part of our on-
going program to further
and directing research in
strengthen our capability in
the areas of prototype
game development and the these areas and to increase
our ability to provide more
analysis of market trends.
She wi ll also be assisting in new games that are proven
the expansion and develop- marketplace successes.''
Order Processing and
Credit. Osborne noted:
"As Sales Order Processing
Supervisor, Jeanne has
worked extensively with the
sales group. Her knowledge
and background w ith the
company make her the
ideal li aison between Sales
and t he other groups w ithin
the company whose com-
bined efforts result in the
final shipment of Atari pro-
duct to a distributo r. We
look forward to Jeanne join-
ing the sales staff as Sales
Admi nist rator .''
Tom Thompson to Head
New ATARI Wood Shop
Curt Russell, Vice Presi-
dent of Manufacturing fo r
the Coin-op division, an-
nounced the appointment of
Tom Thompson to t he posi-
tion of Plant Manager of the
newly formed ATARI Wood
Shop. The Wood Shop is
expected to open in the
summer of 1981 in the town
of Milpitas, located near the
ATARI headquarters and
Coin-op manufacturing faci l-
ity in Sunnyvale.
Tom's background in the
wood production and manu-
factu ring business is exten-
sive. Prior to joir:iing ATARI
in January of th is yea r, Tom
was Plant Manager fo r the
Ethan Allen furniture manu-
factu ring plant in Westm in-
ster, Massachusetts.
In making the announce-
ment, Russell noted that:
"Tom is the ideal person to
take on the many responsi-
bilities of opening a new
wood shop for AT AR I. The
Atari Wood shop wil l be the
main source for the Coin-op
division's game cabinets in
the future. Tom is very
knowledgeable in the wood
manufacturing and produc-
tion fields, and he has had
prior experience in the pro-
cess of starting a wood
shop. Th is knowledge w ill
be a great benefit to ATARI
in its new ventu re. We are
ve ry glad that Tom has join-
ed us in th is project."
The Wood Shop is an-
other example of ATARI 's
ongoing efforts in the ver-
tical integration of manufac-
turing.