Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
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Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#2Am I the only one hoping his retirement leads to a second career doing voiceover work?
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#3Am I the only one hoping his retirement leads to a second career doing voiceover work?
I clicked on the thread to leave this exact comment. I will miss his homely voice on Apple's product videos.
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#4I am in shock. He doesn't seem like a guy that would retire at such a young age. He's such a workaholic that I thought he would work well into his 70s. =\
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#5The last 5 years must have been a thrilling but exhausting ride for him. Wishing him a nice retirement.
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#6I am in shock. He doesn't seem like a guy that would retire at such a young age. He's such a workaholic that I thought he would work well into his 70s. =\
Now he can work on whatever he wishes to.. Why do you assume he will just sit on a couch?
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#7A big loss to Apple. I guess he'll see them through iPhone 5 (and maybe the other new thing that's coming for Q4) and then head into the sunset.
When I was at Apple a good friend asked Eddie Cue what it was like during the dark days (pre-Jobs return). He said it was still stocked with some bright people who were suffocated by crummy management. Bob joined in 1999 and set about changing that. Never met him, but I don't know anyone with a bad word to say about him.
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#8UT grad - Hook ’em Bob.
Thanks for your contributions to some great technologies.
~..~
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#9Looks like he escaped his remaining pair of $58M golden handcuffs. Well done! Enjoy!
…and will be granted an additional 100,000 shares in 2014 should he stay with company… – http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/27/apple-svp-bob-mansfield-...
Re: Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire
#10Steven Sinofsky is head of Microsoft Windows, the best-selling and most profitable operating system with 80% marketshare among all devices, and that's before they launch a new desktop and mobile operating system.
Dan Riccio will be head of Apple Hardware Engineering, which make the best-selling and most profitable hardware for phones and tablets, along with best-selling, best-designed, and most-profitable laptops, whether you want to install Windows or run Mac OS X.
Interesting to know that in Apple vs Microsoft, Hardware vs Software, the heads of these franchises are both alumni of UMass Amherst.