The announcement of the Apple director, who played a significant role, to leave his job leads to numerous reorganizations.
Apple’s product design department has suffered a setback. There are several changes planned. All Over Press
Vice President of Product Design at Apple Tang Tan plans to leave his job in February, which will lead to significant restructuring within the company. Tan has taken care of the product design of Apple’s most important products, such as the iPhone and Apple Watch.
Among other things, they reported on the matter Bloomberg and Mashableaccording to which Tan has so far reported directly to the vice president of hardware To John Ternus. However, now Tan’s responsibilities have to be shared between several different people.
Under Tan’s supervision, I took care of iPhone design Richard Dinh will take on Mashable in a broader role on phones and report directly to Ternus. Responsible for hardware design Kate Bergeron will take over the design of the Mac and Apple Watch, Mashable reports.
According to Bloomberg, the development of AirPods is starting to be answered Matthew Costellowho has so far led the design of Beats headphones and Homepod.
Sources familiar with Apple’s operations who spoke to Mashable describe Tan’s departure as a significant setback for the company’s design team, as he has made the most important decisions regarding flagship products.
Tan is said to be the driving force behind the success of devices like AirPods and the Apple Watch, and has helped make them significant growth engines for Apple.
There are also other changes taking place in Apple’s team. Who developed iPhone’s Touch ID and Face ID Steve Hotelling is about to retire. The manager responsible for the equipment Laura Legros retired already at the end of 2022. Vice President of Equipment Planning Yannick Bertolus also retired in October.