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| Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and serves on its Board of Directors. |
Before being named CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple‘s
Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company’s
worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of
Apple’s supply chain, sales activities, and service and support in all
markets and countries. He also headed Apple’s Macintosh division and
played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and
supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an
increasingly demanding marketplace.
Prior to joining Apple, Tim was vice president of Corporate Materials
for Compaq and was responsible for procuring and managing all of
Compaq’s product inventory. Previous to his work at Compaq, Tim was the
chief operating officer of the Reseller Division at Intelligent
Electronics.
Tim also spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North
American Fulfillment where he led manufacturing and distribution
functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin
America.
Tim earned an M.B.A. from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua
Scholar, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from
Auburn University.
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| New Apple CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members of the press |
New Apple CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members
of the press Thursday morning to announce that he envisioned printers
as the company’s future. “Laser, ink-jet, double-sided, color,
black-and-white—the future of technology is in printers. I am absolutely
convinced of that,”
Cook explained to a packed auditorium as a montage of printers and
people using printers played on a screen behind him. “What is the one
thing people will always need? It’s obvious: printers. Printers with fax
machines attached, printers that collate and staple, perhaps a printer
that makes photocopies. Anything’s possible. It’s called innovation.”
Cook concluded his remarks by assuring investors the release of upcoming
Apple products such as the iPhone
5 would be postponed for at least four years so the company could throw
all its time and resources into the creation of high-quality printers
for the home and office.
via Apple – Theonion
