Apple Inc. said Bertrand Serlet, senior vice president of computer software engineering, will leave the company after 14 years to focus more on research.
Craig Federighi, the division’s vice president, will take Serlet’s place and report to chief executive Steve Jobs, Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said yesterday in a statement.
Serlet, 50, helped develop Mac OS X, the operating system that runs Apple’s Macintosh computers and competes with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows. Federighi has led Mac software engineering since 2009, after spending a decade at Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ariba Inc. in roles including vice president of Internet services and chief technology officer.
Apple fell $2.01 to close at $339.19 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. Before yesterday, the shares had gained 5.8 percent this year.
Source:http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/03/24/apple_software_executive_to_step_down/
