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The Candidate: Jim O'Keefe
Title: Director of IT
Company: Atari
Location: New York
Revenues: $219 million
Industry: A producer and distributor of interactive video games
Age: 45
Salary: $100,000-plus
Years in company: 12
Career path at Atari: Director of merchandising, senior director of account operations, project manager, then director of IT
How did you get that job, anyway?: It just fell into place. It came down to the realization that the company needed someone with a project management background who understood our business and the technology that goes along with it.
Before Atari: I worked at Nielsen North America as a sales account manager handling many of the Fortune 500 companies in the region.
What was your best career move?: Coming to Atari. I have been able to do a lot.
Stefanie McCann was formerly editor at large at CIO Decisions magazine. Write to her at editor@searchcio-midmarket.com.
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