He has been upgraded to run both the software and hardware teams and is the day-to-day boss of the Apple Car project.
see photosLynch is the right hand of Jeff Williams who is the COO of Apple
After Ford announced the hiring of Doug Field, who was internally the VP responsible for the day-to-day running of the Apple Car project dubbed Project Titan, it seems that Apple has moved on quickly and hired Kevin Lynch for this. The role has been moved. Lynch, who joined Apple from Adobe in 2013, was the brains behind the watchOS platform which is the software layer behind the Apple Watch. He’s been the executive, turned to Tim Cook and Jeff Williams, to unveil the new software features of the Apple Watch whenever there’s a new one.
Earlier this year, Lynch was hired by John Giandrea, Apple’s AI czar, to oversee the project’s software. Now, he has been upgraded to run both the software and hardware teams and is the day-to-day boss of the Apple Car project. He takes over from Fields who returned to Apple after a stint at Tesla, where he was chief engineer of the Model 3. Fields worked in the Mac hardware division, before that he worked at Segway.
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Lynch was chief technology officer at Adobe before becoming VP of technology at Apple.
Unlike Field, Lynch has no experience in the automotive space, as before Apple he was the CTO of Adobe, the software giants behind creative tools like Photoshop and Premiere Pro. He also famously feuded with Steve Jobs when Apple refused to support Adobe’s Flash software on its Safari browser on iOS.
Lynch will be supported by some executives who have deep experience in cars. Ulrich Kranz is a former BMW executive and was also a co-founder of Canoo. Apple also hired Manfred Harrer who was the owner of the Porsche Cayenne and Anton Uselmann also from Porsche to develop a unique steering system.
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Many believe that Apple plans to launch the Apple Car in 2024 and this could be the last major product to be launched under the leadership of Tim Cook, who recently completed 10 years in the job. Huh. Cook recently indicated that he would not be at Apple in 10 years.
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Interestingly, while Field reported to John Gianandrea, SVP of AI and Machine Learning Strategy at Apple, Lynch reported to Apple’s COO and Apple Watch boss Jeff Williams. Lynch is still involved in the development of the Apple Watch but in recent months in operations, his role has been greatly reduced. Next week, Apple is expected to unveil a new version of the Apple Watch dubbed Series 7 and Lynch may appear prominently as it has been for the past 7 years. But if he does, it could be his last as Apple Watch software chief.
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