Forstall, Browett to leave Apple; Mansfield takes on new Technologies group
While Hurricane Sandy battered the east coast on Monday, a hurricane of personnel changes blew through Apple: John Browett and Scott Forstall will be leaving the company, Bob Mansfield’s post-retirement job at Apple officially has a name, and Jony Ive, Eddy Cue, and Craig Federighi are all getting new responsibilities.
First, the good news: Eddy Cue, currently the senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, gets two new big projects on his plate in the form of Siri and Maps—formerly Forstall’s domain. Siri first launched in 2011, and the voice-controlled personal assistant feature has been a popular part of Apple’s iOS, though even top executives at the company have acknowledged Siri’s flaws. Maps, newly rebuilt by Apple for iOS 6, has come under fire for incomplete and incorrect data.
Cue has become Apple’s version of Mr. Fix-It over the years. After Apple’s disastrous MobileMe launch in 2008, then-CEO Steve Jobs put Cue in charge of Apple’s cloud-based services. Cue was also tapped to oversee Apple’s iAd mobile advertising venture last year, when CEO Tim Cook named him to his senior vice president post. With Monday’s additions, Cue now oversees all of Apple’s Internet-related services.
In other changes at One Infinite Loop, Jony Ive will take up the lead on Apple’s human interface design, while Craig Federighi is absorbing the remainder of Forstall’s duties as the new head of iOS in addition to his current job as the lead on OS X.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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