The Apple Hardware team will focus on five major business segments.

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21/04/2026
After the hardware engineering and hardware technology departments at Apple were newly integrated, the newly appointed head announced to employees on Monday that the department will be divided into five core business areas. At the same time that John Turner was promoted to CEO of Apple, Jonny Srouji was appointed as chief hardware officer. In an internal email to all Apple employees, he revealed the above organizational adjustments, with the team being split into five divisions: hardware engineering, chip research and development, cutting-edge technology, platform architecture, and project management. This organizational adjustment aims to streamline the department's structure. The hardware system will subsequently add thousands of employees and will be fully responsible for engineering and research and development work on products such as the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and other Apple products. Under Srouji's leadership, Tom Mariboe, who previously worked at Intel and joined Apple in 2019, will take over the hardware engineering department, where he was previously responsible for product quality and hardware reliability-related work; the chip team will be led by senior executive Sri Santhanam; platform architecture will be led by Tim Millet; cutting-edge technology will be led by Zongjian Chen; and Donny Nordhues will be responsible for project management. Srouji also mentioned in the email the succession of Turner to CEO and Tim Cook stepping down, stating that the successor chosen by Cook is the best candidate. He said, "Everyone who has worked with John knows that he is thorough in his thinking and has outstanding capability."