1.15) Who designed the Atari 8-bit computers?

Many people were involved in the planning, design and engineering of the 8-bit Atari computers. This section attempts to identify the key engineering personnel at Atari and their roles, with the understanding that such a list necessarily oversimplifies the true nature of complex product development. Some sources: https://archive.org/details/JoeDecuirEngineeringNotebook1977, https://archive.org/details/JoeDecuirEngineeringNotebook1978, http://dougneubauer.com/atari/ Atari 400/800 hardware designers: Steven T. Mayer - Chief system inventor/architect Jay G. Miner - Project manager, system architecture Douglas G. Neubauer - POKEY designer (also wrote Star Raiders) Joseph C. Decuir - System co-inventor/co-architect; ANTIC designer George McLeod - CTIA/GTIA logic designer R. Scott Scheiman - Digital circuit designer; serial bus protocol Francois Michel - ANTIC logic co-designer M. John Ellis - Vice president (VP) of engineering Wade B. Tuma - Director of engineering Niles E. Strohl - Project engineering John Vurich - Product planning manager Kevin P. McKinsey - 800 industrial designer (case) Hugh M. Lee - 800 industrial designer (case) Jeffery O. Nelson - 400 industrial designer (case) Douglas A. Hardy - 400 industrial designer (case) - Other notable contributors: - VP research and development Al Alcorn - Director of microelectronics Robert J. Brown - Programmers Al Miller, Larry Kaplan, Bob Whitehead - Coin-Op Division engineers Dave Stubben, Mike Albaugh - Cyan Engineering unit engineers including Ron Milner - Chipset development technicians: Jim Luby (ANTIC), Steve Smith (CTIA), Mark Shieu (POKEY), Steve Stone (POKEY), Delwin Pearson (POKEY) Atari 1200XL hardware designers: Steven T. Mayer - VP Research & product development Gene B. Rosen - VP engineering David R. Stubben - VP engineering Larry Plummer - Director of Engineering, production specification David Owen Sovey - Project engineering, production specification Ajay Chopra - System architect, production specification Mark Lutvak - Product manager, Director of Product Management Regan L. Cheng - Industrial designer (case) Atari 600XL/800XL hardware designers: Steven T. Mayer - Atari SVP engineering; WCI Labs president Gregg Squires - Project Manager Robert (Bob) Card - Principal Engineer Steven Ray - Critical Electronics Layout Designer Joel Moskowitz - Mechanical Engineer Philippe des Rioux - Project engineer Glenn Boles - Project engineer Ajay Chopra - Parallel Bus Interface specification Andrew Soderberg - Product marketing manager Regan L. Cheng - Industrial designer (cases) Atari 800XL("800XLF","SECAM ROSE")/65XE/130XE hardware designers: Phil Suen - Director of engineering Vincent H. Wu - Project manager David Owen Sovey - Project engineer Richard C. Pasco - FREDDIE logic design John Skruch - Product manager Ira Velinsky - 65XE/130XE industrial designer (cases) XEgs/800XE hardware designers: Jose A. Valdes - Development engineer John Skruch - Product manager Ira Velinsky - Industrial designer (cases) Atari Operating System designers and programmers are given elsewhere in this FAQ List.