Dan Riccio

Dan Riccio
Born
Daniel J. Riccio
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst (B.A.)
Mechanical engineering
OccupationVice President of Engineering at Apple

Dan Riccio is an American engineer and executive. He served as Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, reporting to CEO Tim Cook, until 2021. Riccio led the Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, HomePod, AirPods, and Apple Watch engineering teams, which have produced numerous products.[1][2] He was succeeded by John Ternus on January 25, 2021.[3] He retired from Apple in October 2024.

Biography

Riccio holds a Doctor of Humanities honoris causa from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Before Apple, Riccio worked at Compaq as senior manager of mechanical engineering, responsible for the mechanical design of consumer PC products.[4]

He joined Apple in 1998 as vice president of product design and in 2010 was named vice president of iPad hardware engineering. Since joining Apple, Riccio has been a key contributor to most of the company's hardware, including all iPad products.

Riccio officially announced the cancellation of AirPower in 2019.[5] On January 26, 2021, Apple announced that Riccio would transition to a new role focusing on a new project and reporting to CEO Tim Cook.[6]

On January 25, 2021, he was succeeded by John Ternus as SVP of hardware engineering, and has transitioned to an unnamed role at Apple working on a new project,[7] rumored to be an augmented reality and virtual reality headset,[8] later becoming the Apple Vision Pro.

References

  1. ^ "Apple Leadership - Dan Riccio - Senior Vice President, Hardware Engineering". Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Craig Federighi, Apple's Vice President of Mac Software Engineering & Dan Riccio, Apple's Vice President of Hardware Engineering Join Apple's Executive Team as Senior Vice Presidents". Apple Press Release. 27 Aug 2012. Retrieved 28 Aug 2012.
  3. ^ Apple. "Apple Newsroom citation". Apple Newsroom. Apple.
  4. ^ Smith, Dave (29 June 2012). "Who Is Dan Riccio? Apple Transitions Hardware Leadership Role From Bob Mansfield". International Business Times.
  5. ^ "Apple cancels AirPower product, citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware". TechCrunch. 29 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Dan Riccio begins a new chapter at Apple". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  7. ^ Apple (25 January 2021). "Dan Riccio begins a new chapter at Apple". Apple Newsroom. Apple.
  8. ^ Gurman, Mark (8 February 2021). "Bloomberg rumor". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg.


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