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Mark Papermaster to serve as Apple's Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering
Earlier today, Apple announced that Mark Papermaster will become their Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering on April 24th. As such, he'll hold the reigns of the iPod and iPhone engineering departments. As you may remember, Papermaster was recently involved in a lawsuit when IBM stated that his accepting the position would be a violation of their own noncompetitive agreement, citing fears that he'd divulge IBM trade secrets once inside 1 Infinite Loop. The case was finally settled, and while Apple has declined to comment on the details, IBM told CNET:
"IBM and Mr. Papermaster have now agreed on a resolution of the lawsuit under which Mr. Papermaster may not begin employment with Apple until April 24, 2009, six months after leaving IBM, and will remain subject thereafter to all of his contractual and other legal duties to IBM, including the obligation not to use or disclose IBM's confidential information."Apple started courting Papermaster in 2008, and he finally made the jump to "...the opportunity of a lifetime." Good luck, Mark!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
heytpn said 10:34PM on 1-27-2009
So..... is this good or bad?
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Dave said 11:39PM on 1-27-2009
This could be very good news!
Of course you can never be sure how a new employee will pan out but Apple does need fresh devices and that means fresh people.
Dave
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jeyadev said 3:42AM on 1-28-2009
typo : reigns = king = wrong cos you mentioned holding
should be reins = the controlling part of a horse's saddle / bridle / reins :)
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Tom Boucher said 8:37AM on 1-28-2009
as someone who had the pleasure to work with Mark occasionally a few years ago want to say good luck and congratulations (finally) on the move.
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Jackie Lee said 5:39PM on 4-14-2009
Congrats Mark as you have made your mark in the core of the Apple Ind Im Mr Jackie Lee I have a patent for a new cell phone idea worth Billions!! email me at L305S@aol.com Once again congrats.
Mr Jackie Lee
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