Overview
- On Sunday and Monday, Apple shifted Wei Chen and John Zhong into advisory roles while Victor Yin took over most display development responsibilities.
- The company promoted Rajesh Ambati, Louie Sanguinetti, and Derek Shaeffer to vice president roles focused on connectivity hardware and software.
- Apple expanded Johny Srouji’s remit by naming him chief hardware officer and reorganized product development to tighten coordination between chip and device teams.
- The leadership moves are part of a push to cut management layers and speed decisions and have included recent layoffs of some hardware program managers.
- Executives describe the changes as a planned, multiyear succession that preserves institutional knowledge through advisers while positioning the company to accelerate work under CEO John Ternus.