James Allen "Jim" Martindale (born May 1945) was the first manufacturing and production supervisor at Apple Computer.
Career[]
Atari[]
Martindale first met future Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at Atari, where the two had worked together.[1][2]
Apple Computer[]
Jim's office can be seen in the production quadrant of the floor plan sketched by Chris Espinosa in January 1978.
Martindale joined Apple Computer in 1977 as employee #9. He worked with Dan Kottke in the production department on the assembly of early Apple II computers.[3][4] Martindale was among the few early employees to be issued shares of Apple stock on November 17, 1977.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Up to Spec by Michael Moritz, Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple p.172, Abrams. 2009-10-29.
- ↑ Early Years, Early Tears by Doug Clapp, The Macintosh Reader p.119, Random House. 1992.
- ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Apple's First CEO Michael Scott by Jay Yarow, Business Insider. 2011-05-24.
- ↑ Each Apple 30 poster composed of every employee name, digitally (U: Removed) by Zac Hall, 9to5Mac. 2014-02-25.
- ↑ Form S-1 by Albert A. Eisenstat, Esq., Apple Computer, Inc., Securities and Exchange Commission. 1980-12-26.
