ANTIC Interview 99 - Jeff Osorio, Atari Manager of Financial Planning and Cost Accounting
Jeff Osorio, Atari Manager of Financial Planning and Cost Accounting
\nJeff Osorio was Manager of Financial Planning and Cost Accounting at Atari from 1981 through 1984. He was responsible for establishing cost accounting and financial planning functions with a staff of 11 and an annual department budget of more than $1 million.
\nThis interview took place September 22, 2015.
\nTeaser quotes:
\n\u201cThe one that everybody is always interested in is E.T. And I actually have the distinction of having signed the scrap ticket to write them all off and run them through the crusher.\u201d
\n\u201cHe calls me on Monday morning in a panic, and he goes, \u2018Jeffrey, where\u2019s all my stuff? ... I\u2019m at the warehouse and it\u2019s empty. All the stuff is gone.\u2019 ... A 100,000 square foot warehouse that was packed to the gunnels with manufacturing equipment on Friday, and on Monday morning it was empty.\u201d