Overview
- Apple confirmed last month that John Ternus will become CEO on September 1 and that Johny Srouji was elevated to Chief Hardware Officer.
- Reporters on May 19 said Srouji split product-design leadership so Shelly Goldberg and Dave Pakula take over day-to-day product design while Kate Bergeron moves to lead product reliability and materials.
- Srouji created a new Ecosystems Platforms and Partnerships team led by Matt Costello with Kevin Lynch reporting in to focus on cross-product projects including robotics work.
- Senior engineering leads gained broader remits: Sribalan Santhanam adds oversight of Israel chip teams and advanced packaging work while Zongjian Chen takes on display, sensor software, battery and camera engineering and a long-running noninvasive blood-sugar sensor project.
- Executives and multiple outlets describe the changes as operational steps to reduce silos, bring in‑house silicon closer to device teams, and try to deliver new products and health or robotics features faster for upcoming product cycles.