Tim Cook Named COO of Apple, Rubinstein to retire

[AppleInsider]

Apple on Friday named Tim Cook its chief operating officer and announced the retirement of iPod chief Jon Rubinstein.

Cook, who has been Apple’s executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Operations since 2002, will continue to report to Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, the company said in a statement.

“Tim has been doing this job for over two years now, and it’s high time we officially recognized it with this promotion,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Tim and I have worked together for over seven years now, and I am looking forward to working even more closely with him to help Apple reach some exciting goals during the coming years.”

Cook will continue to be responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, and will continue to lead the company’s Macintosh Division. In addition, he will work closely with Jobs and the executive team to lead Apple’s overall business.

Apple also announced that Jon Rubinstein, Apple’s senior vice president of the iPod Division will retire on March 31 and be succeeded by Tony Fadell. Fadell will report to Steve Jobs and take over all aspects of iPod engineering.

“I’ve worked with Jon for over 15 years, and we’re going to miss him. Jon has done an excellent job as a member of Apple’s senior management team, as well as building our world-class iPod engineering team and running our hardware engineering team prior to that,” said Jobs. “Tony has been doing a superb job running a large part of the iPod engineering team, and we’re expecting a very smooth transition.”

Cook joined Apple in 1998 as senior vice president of Operations, and was promoted to executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Operations in 2002. His responsibilities were expanded to include leading Apple’s Macintosh Division in 2004. Before joining Apple, Cook was a vice president at Compaq and also spent 12 years with IBM. Cook earned an M.B.A. from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University.

Fadell joined Apple’s iPod Engineering team in 2001 and was promoted to vice president of iPod engineering in 2004. Prior to joining Apple, Fadell worked at Philips Electronics. Prior to his work at Philips, Fadell was a hardware and software architect at General Magic. He graduated with a BS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991.

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[macobsessed]

ok...?

The question is will this effect apples products?

[mdriftmeyer]

Originally posted by macobsessed
ok...?

The question is will this effect apples products?

No.

The better question: Do you always scarf public relations announcements practically verbatim without sourcing the page you got them from?

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/14cook.html

[Glamingo]

Originally posted by mdriftmeyer
No.

The better question: Do you always scarf public relations announcements practically verbatim without sourcing the page you got them from?

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/14cook.html

How about you be happy, that they took the time to copy that text and package it up for us.

[Kasper]

Originally posted by mdriftmeyer
No.

The better question: Do you always scarf public relations announcements practically verbatim without sourcing the page you got them from?

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/14cook.html

Traditionally, publications don't source a PR (press release). A PR is a release to the press, usually worded precisely the way the company wants it to be read. The intent of the PR is to spread the information contained in the release.

In this case, the info was concise and specific enough that there was no need to make drastic changes.

Hope this helps,

-K

[aestival]

Originally posted by Kasper
Traditionally, publications don't source a PR (press release). A PR is a release to the press, usually worded precisely the way the company wants it to be read. The intent of the PR is to spread the information contained in the release.

In this case, the info was concise and specific enough that there was no need to make drastic changes.

The article reads perfectly well and is very informative -- presumably anyone who reads this site regularly trusts (or is aware of) the level of fact-checking applied. Personally, I appreciate being shielded from that vast majority of press releases that are nothing more than self-serving marketing ploys.

It's definitely a strong positive that Apple's continuing to work on improving both the iPod and the people behind it.

[Anders]

Originally posted by aestival
It's definitely a strong positive that Apple's continuing to work on improving both the iPod and the people behind it.

Wow. Is Apple in the cyborg business?

[NVRsayNVR]

COOK those apples Tim!

[e1618978]

I wonder if Tim is then the appointed successor to Jobs?

It is strange that some people report directly to Jobs - normally everyone reports to the COO. So Tim is really "half a COO":

There's a quarter of a man in the market with a quarter of a car so it's easy to park it
He gets to the counter he pays what he can but he only pays a quarter
He's a quarter of a man

Now this quarter of a man he got fired, the next damn day he got hired
The only thing wrong with this plan is he only makes a quarter
He's a quarter of man

Every day he's on the street, too few quarters to live or to eat
He's so little the people all stare but he only pays a quarter fare

Now this quarter of a man's on vacation but he still gets his ration
He gets to the market he saves what he can but he only saves a quarter
He's a quarter of a man

Every day he's on the streets too few quarters to live or to eat
He's so little the people all to stare but he only pays a quarter fare
Now

There's a quarter of a man in the market with a quarter of a car so it's easy to park it
He gets to the market he saves what he can but he only saves a quarter
He's a quarter of a man

[NVRsayNVR]

^^ -That's a HIT TUNE my friend

Expect to find it on "New Release Tuesday" someday.

[e1618978]

Originally posted by NVRsayNVR
^^ -That's a HIT TUNE my friend

Expect to find it on "New Release Tuesday" someday.

David Lindley "El Rayo Ex", the whole album is good.