Apple design chief Jony Ive temporarily disappears from executive leadership directory [u]
A Monday morning update to Apple's executive leadership page saw Senior Vice President of Design Jony Ive's profile dropped from the list of Apple's most senior leaders, though it has since been reinstated.
Update: Ive's profile has reappeared on Apple's website, with no changes to his biography. An Apple spokesperson told the BBC's Dave Lee that the company was "in the process of updating the Exec Profiles."
Ive's name and photo no longer appear alongside those of Apple CEO Tim Cook and other SVP-level executives like hardware chief Dan Riccio and marketing czar Phil Schiller. The last executive whose profile was removed without a pre-announcement was Bob Mansfield, who stepped down from the company's senior leadership team but remained with Apple to work on "special projects."
Unlike those who have left Apple in the past, a direct link to Ive's executive profile is still active. Profiles of executives that have left the company completely, like former iOS chief Scott Forstall, draw a 404 "can't be found" error.
The change comes less than one year after Ive was promoted to his current role. His portfolio was expanded to cover software as well as hardware design after Forstall's departure, and Ive's title was shortened from senior vice president of industrial design to senior vice president of design last June.
Update: Ive's profile has reappeared on Apple's website, with no changes to his biography. An Apple spokesperson told the BBC's Dave Lee that the company was "in the process of updating the Exec Profiles."
Ive's name and photo no longer appear alongside those of Apple CEO Tim Cook and other SVP-level executives like hardware chief Dan Riccio and marketing czar Phil Schiller. The last executive whose profile was removed without a pre-announcement was Bob Mansfield, who stepped down from the company's senior leadership team but remained with Apple to work on "special projects."
Unlike those who have left Apple in the past, a direct link to Ive's executive profile is still active. Profiles of executives that have left the company completely, like former iOS chief Scott Forstall, draw a 404 "can't be found" error.
The change comes less than one year after Ive was promoted to his current role. His portfolio was expanded to cover software as well as hardware design after Forstall's departure, and Ive's title was shortened from senior vice president of industrial design to senior vice president of design last June.
Comments
--Just adding an update to the title does nothing. Please change the title so search engines don't pick up the mistake. Or just delete the article.
EDIT: and couldn't they have replaced his photo with one more current, where he's smiling perhaps. The guy does know how to smile.
I see he's back and nothing on the site appears to have changed. Wonder why it was taken down in the first place?
Ever heard of a mistake, just maybe? WAG on my part but seems reasonable. Possibly when business hours start there will be a short press release?
The glory and the misery of copy and paste...
I'm guessing the same thing happened here.
If this actually happened, $AAPL might actually rise.
WELL SAID!
I understand the humor there, butI doubt it, good news the stock falls and bad news the stock falls. Only Apple buying AAPL seems to work. I fully expect to be one of a few (probably mostly AI contributors) left holding AAPL other than Apple the way things are going!
AI, you do realize a mistake like this could have stock market ramifications. Please update this article right away before those crazy analysts go wild.
--Just adding an update to the title does nothing. Please change the title so search engines don't pick up the mistake. Or just delete the article.
Unfortunately that ship sailed the second the story was posted. There is nothing you could do to appease the idiots I mean analyst s after something like that. Although I have to admit, that is a major blunder on Apple's part, accident or not. Right or wrong any other company on the planet could get away with a goof like this but not Apple. Looks like a good day to buy!
Good thing the markets are close, I hope this is get solved before tomorrow.
And what design changes has the competition made besides making the screen bigger? How difficult is that?
But they're bigger! That means something right? Who cares about a 64-bit processor, touch ID, iBeacons, etc. None of that matters (at least until Android gets something similar). ;-)