Category: Employees
Longtime Apple, Inc. employee, Bill Atkinson has announced that he is afflicted with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. His announcement on Facebook reads as follows: Request for PrayersNovember 12, 2024 I am asking friends and well-wishers to pray for me. I believe that group intention can actually make a difference. On October first, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Because of vascular involvement, surgery is not possible. I am taking weekly chemo treatments to shrink the tumor before…
According to reports, famed Apple programmer Bob Bishop passed away September 29th. Bob was known for many early Apple II programs which highlighted the capabilities of the Apple II computer and was constantly pushing the boundaries. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison receiving his PhD. He went on to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and his missions included working on Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon. He published a number of titles for…
Apple has announced that Peter Oppenheimer, the Senior VP and CFO, will call it a career in September. His retirement opens up a slow for the VP of Finance to move up. Luca Maestri will replace Peter beginning in June. For more on this story, see the announcement at apple.com — http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/03/04Apples-Peter-Oppenheimer-to-Retire-at-the-End-of-September.html
KansasFest 2013, the Apple II convention scheduled for July 23–28 in Kansas City, Missouri, comes on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Disk ][ disk drive, Apple DOS, and Applesoft BASIC. To celebrate this anniversary, Randy Wigginton, Apple employee #6 and engineer who worked on all three of these innovations, will be the keynote speaker. In 1978, Wigginton was a brilliant young high school student working alongside Apple co-founder Wozniak. Wigginton was an early member of the famous Homebrew Computer Club,…
Paula Routly recently interviewed early Apple Inc. employee Jerry Mancock. Jerry was Apple Computer Inc. Employee 6 or 7, depending on who you ask and he gave a very detailed overview of early life at Apple, about working on the Apple ][, Disk ][ and eventually the Macintosh, as well as working with Steve Jobs. The original creator of the Apple ][ case was originally very skeptical of Steve Jobs and asked for payment up front. He didn’t get it…
Apple Inc (AAPL) traded slightly lower yesterday, closing $1.07 down for the day at $455.12 per share. In after hours trading, the shares slipped a bit further down to the 454.87 USD per share level. This as Apple filed its SEC reports on 16 senior employees who were given 63 Shares of Apple stock each at a price of $337.2375 on the 31st of January according to SEC filings. These filings included Senior VP Jeffrey Williams and Apple Inc. Chief…
Apple has hired John Browett, former CEO of Dixons Retail to be the new Senior VP in charge of Apple Stores world wide. Press Release From Apple: CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2012—Apple® today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Browett comes to Apple from European technology retailer Dixons Retail, where he has been CEO since 2007. Beginning in April, he will be responsible for Apple’s retail strategy…
Yesterday, Tim Cook held a town hall meeting with employees of Apple Inc. While there were several items discussed, perhaps the biggest surprise was the new employee discounts that Apple employees will get. Each employee will get $500 off Mac Purchases and $250 off iPad purchases, once every three years. The discounts will begin in June 2012 and it is only available to employees who have been with the company for more than 90 days. It is also not applicable…
