Earlier this year, Apple announced that Dan Riccio would be transferred to a new position at the company and that John Ternus would take over as leader of the hardware team. It appears that this transition has now been completed, as the company updated its leadership webpage today with Ternus as senior vice president of hardware engineering, while Riccio is no longer listed there.
When visiting the Apple Leadership page, John Ternus now appears alongside other Apple senior vice presidents, such as Jeff Williams, Johny Srouji and Craig Federighi. Dan Riccio, whose new role remains unknown, no longer appears on the page.
Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and was promoted to vice president of the hardware engineering team in 2013, where he led major projects, such as the development of AirPods, iPad Pro and Apple Silicon Macs. As a senior vice president, he will now lead the entire Apple hardware engineering team.
Apple never said what the new role is for Dan Riccio, who was senior vice president of Hardware Engineering until recently. According to a Bloomberg report, Riccio is now working on the AR / VR headset rumors that the company plans to release in the coming years.
A short biography of John Ternus can also be found on the Apple Leadership page, which highlights part of his work at the company and also his experience as a mechanical engineer with a specialization in Virtual Research Systems.
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