Scott Forstall
| Scott Forstall | |
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 Scott Forstall speaking at iPhone Software Roadmap event on 6 March 2008. |
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| Born | 1968/1969 (age 42–43)[1] |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Senior vice president of iOS Software at Apple Inc |
Scott Forstall is the senior vice president of iOS Software at Apple Inc.
[edit] Education
Graduating from Stanford University in 1991 with a degree in symbolic systems, he received his Master's Degree for computer science, also from Stanford, the next year.[2] During his time at Stanford, Forstall was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Forstall came over from NeXT when it was purchased by Apple in 1997 and is regarded as one of the original architects of the Mac OS X operating system as well as the Aqua user interface.[3] He was promoted to Senior Director in January 2003.
In 2006 Forstall became responsible for Mac OS X releases after Avadis Tevanian stepped down as the company's Chief Software Technology Officer and before being named Senior Vice President of iPhone Software.[4][5][6] He has spoken publicly at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conferences, including talks about Mac OS X v10.5 in 2006 and iPhone software development in 2008, later after the release of the iPhone 2.0 and 3G Versions and January 27, 2010 at Apple's 2010 iPad keynote. At WWDC 2011, Forstall introduced iOS 5. Forstall also appears in the iOS 5 video, narrating about three quarters of the clip, and in almost every major Apple iOS Special event.
At the "Let's talk iPhone" event launching the iPhone 4S, he took the stage to demonstrate the phone's Siri voice recognition technology, which was originally developed at SRI International.[1][7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Satariano, Adam; Peter Burrows, Brad Stone (2011-12-01). "Scott Forstall, the Sorcerer's Apprentice at Apple". Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/scott-forstall-the-sorcerers-apprentice-at-apple-10122011.html. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Junior Convocation Featuring iPhone's Scott Forstall". The Unofficial Stanford Blog. http://tusb.stanford.edu/2007/09/junior_convocation_featuring_i.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Scott Forstall: Executive Profile". Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=40146553&ric=AAPL.O&previousCapId=24937&previousTitle=Apple%20Inc.. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ Father Of Mac OS X Is Leaving Apple, Gizmodo, 2011-03-23.
- ^ Adios Avie, SF Gate Tech Chronicles, 2006-03-27.
- ^ "Apple - Press Info - Biography of Scott Forstall". Apple Inc.. http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/forstall.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Milian, Mark (2011-10-04). "Apple's Siri voice assistant based on extensive research". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-04/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-siri_1_scott-forstall-iphone-apple-co-founder?_s=PM:TECH. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
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