Bob Mansfield to Focus on New Products, Other Execs Take Over Management DutiesEarlier this week, Apple executive Bob Mansfield stepped down from his management duties at Apple in order to focus on 'special projects' -- reportedly working on the development of entirely new products for the company. Now, 9to5Mac has additional details about how the shake-up affects other executives. Dan Riccio, who was promoted to lead Apple's hardware engineering teams when Bob Mansfield first retired last year, will gain oversight of the company's antenna design teams in addition to his current leadership of Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod engineering. Jeff Williams, who, as Senior Vice President for Operations, has been Tim Cook's right hand man for years, will take over the job of managing Apple's special projects engineering teams, while Mansfield gets to continue working with Apple's newest and most cutting edge designs without the distraction of management. According to a source familiar with the former Technologies team, there has been a lack of formal internal communication regarding the reasoning behind the management shift. However, the company did make the new executive roles clear to these employees. Even with the lack of communication, sources say that the change is not unprecedented. Over the last couple of months, Mansfield is said to have been increasingly focused on chips (and some aspects of wireless) while delegating his other teams to other executives.9to5 goes on to note that though Mansfield would like to retire at some point, he will likely never fully leave the company. Given the lengths that Tim Cook went in order to keep Mansfield at Apple, it's likely he will be given free reign to work whatever hours and on whatever projects he wishes. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Alleged iPhone 5S Parts Surface Once Again, Still No Sign of Fingerprint Scanner • Another Study Shows Non-iOS Tablets Surpassing iPad in Global Market Share • BioShock Infinite Coming to Mac on August 29th • Best Buy Offering Free Apple TV with 15-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Purchase • Readdle Offering Up to 70% Discount Off iOS Apps • USB Finalizes 10Gbps SuperSpeed+ Standard as USB 3.1 • Usain Bolt Added as Playable Character in 'Temple Run 2' • Netflix Opens Up Multiple Profile Option to All Accounts
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