Dan Riccio transitions to new role ‘focusing on a new project’, John Ternus now leading Apple’s Hardware Engineering
Apple has today announced that Dan Riccio, the company’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will be transitioning to a new role at Apple “focusing on a new project,” with John Ternus now leading Hardware Engineering as a member of the executive team.
Dan Riccio has been with Apple since 1998 and has been a leader in designing, developing, and engineering almost all of Apple’s products, from the first generation iMac to the iPhone 12, M1-based Macs, and AirPods Max. Riccio became vice president of iPad Hardware Engineering in 2010, and in 2012 he joined the executive team as the leader of Hardware Engineering.
According to Apple, the veteran will “continue to play an instrumental role in shaping the future of Apple’s products” in his new position as a vice president of engineering.
After 23 years of leading our Product Design or Hardware Engineering teams — culminating with our biggest and most ambitious product year ever — it’s the right time for a change, said Riccio. Next up, I’m looking forward to doing what I love most — focusing all my time and energy at Apple on creating something new and wonderful that I couldn’t be more excited about.
Filling Dan Riccio’s former position will be John Ternus who joined Apple’s Product Design team in 2001 and has been a vice president of Hardware Engineering since 2013. Throughout nearly 20 years at Apple, Ternus has overseen hardware engineering work on a variety of products, including the first generation AirPods, and every generation of iPad. Apple says most recently, Ternus led the hardware team responsible for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, and he has been a key leader in the ongoing transition of the Mac to Apple silicon.
“Every innovation Dan has helped Apple bring to life has made us a better and more innovative company, and we’re thrilled that he’ll continue to be part of the team,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “John’s deep expertise and wide breadth of experience make him a bold and visionary leader of our Hardware Engineering teams. I want to congratulate them both on these exciting new steps, and I’m looking forward to many more innovations they’ll help bring to the world.”