14 DAY TRIAL // After announcing his retirement, Bob Mansfield, who is still listed as Apple’s SVP of Hardware Engineering, is no longer leaving the company, according to an official statement from the Mac makers.
In revealing the addition of two new faces to the executive team in Cupertino, “Apple also announced that Bob Mansfield, who announced his retirement in June, will remain at Apple,” reads a press release issued by the company this week.
Apple has confirmed that “Mansfield would work on future products, reporting to Tim Cook.”
Apple’s new Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering is Dan Riccio, who has been with the company since 1998 and who is regarded as being “instrumental” in Apple’s iPad business, as well as “a key contributor to most of the company's hardware over his career.”
The company had previously announced that Mansfield would retire, but that the entire hardware engineering team would continue to report to him until his departure. Apparently, Mansfield is still needed for a while, despite Apple’s having a replacement.
“Bob has been an instrumental part of our executive team, leading the hardware engineering organization and overseeing the team that has delivered dozens of breakthrough products over the years,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We are very sad to have him leave and hope he enjoys every day of his retirement.”
The Apple boss also said in June that, “Dan has been one of Bob’s key lieutenants for a very long time and is very well respected within Apple and by the industry. Our hardware engineering team is the best engineering team on earth and will not miss a beat during the transition.”
Now Apple’s former Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Mansfield has led Mac hardware engineering since 2005, and iPhone and iPod hardware engineering since 2010.
He also led iPad hardware engineering since the product came to light almost three years ago.
Mansfield has been with Apple since 1999 when the Mac maker acquired Raycer Graphics. Mansfield was on that company’s executive team, leading the Engineering division.