Bloomberg reports that Tim Cook appointed John Ternus to manage Apple’s design teams.Here are teh details.
John Ternus takes on an increasingly broader role at Apple
Bloomberg states that Tim Cook tapped john Ternus, Apple’s Senior VP of Hardware Engineering, to oversee the company’s design organization at the end of last year. Ternus now acts as the “executive sponsor” for all design across apple.
This means Ternus will oversee design strategy at the executive level. However, design leaders will continue reporting directly to Tim Cook, both on organizational charts and in public disclosures.
According to the report:
“As senior vice president of hardware engineering, Ternus already worked closely with the industrial design team, which focuses on hardware. But he hadn’t previously been responsible for that group or the one developing the user interface in Apple’s software.”
Bloomberg also notes ther are no indications Tim cook plans to step down soon, though Ternus is a leading internal candidate to succeed him.
Interestingly, Bloomberg adds that Cook is actively exposing Ternus to more areas of the company’s operations.
