Johny Srouji, who was named chief hardware officer at the same time John Ternus was promoted to chief executive officer, sent a memo to Apple employees, saying that hardware engineering and hardware technologies division will be organised across five key areas: hardware engineering, silicon, advanced technologies, platform architecture and project management divisions.The change aims to simplify the structure of his organisation, which will add thousands of employees and responsibility over the engineering of the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and other products, according to a report by Bloomberg.Under Srouji, Apple’s hardware engineering unit will now be run by Tom Marieb, an Intel veteran who joined Apple in 2019 to run a team responsible for the quality and hardware integrity of products. The silicon team will be overseen by longtime executive Sri Santhanam; platform architecture will be led by Tim Millet; advanced technologies will be overseen by Zongjian Chen; and Donny Nordhues will run program management.Srouji also touched on Ternus’ appointment and CEO Tim Cook’s departure in his email, saying that Cook “made the very best choice for who should succeed him.”“Those of us who have had the chance to work closely with John know how thoughtful and capable he is,” Srouji said. The new management structure elevates Srouji, who told Cook last year that he was considering leaving for another role, to the clear top of the management chain under Ternus.
Read Johny Srouji’s full email to Apple employees
Team,This afternoon, Apple announced that Tim will be transitioning to executive chairman and that John Ternus will become our new CEO in September. Tim has been such an exceptional leader for the past 15 years and it has been an honor to work with him. Like Tim, I agree that John is going to make a wonderful CEO. Those of us who have had the chance to work closely with John know how thoughtful and capable he is, and I believe Tim has made the very best choice for who should succeed him.As part of this transition, I’ve been asked to step into the role of Chief Hardware Officer and to combine the hardware technologies and hardware engineering teams under a single organization. I am excited to bring these teams together, to integrate them further, and to help us innovate in an even bigger way than we already do. As you know, we have a very exciting road map ahead, and I believe there is no limit to what we can achieve together.As we move forward, I have decided to organize most of the team primarily under five areas, with Tom Marieb leading hardware engineering, Sri Santhanam leading silicon across all of our products, Zongjian Chen leading advanced technologies, Tim Millet leading platform architecture, and Donny Nordhues leading EPM across the combined organization. Over the coming weeks I plan on having discussions with the broader leadership team about other aspects of this new structure.I know this represents a meaningful change, but I am confident that it will be successful because of all of you. Thank you for all the work you’ve done to make Apple the best hardware company on the planet. The future is bright — and we are going to invent it.Johny