Henri Lamiraux, Vice President of Software Engineering - iOS Apps & Frameworks at Apple, has retired. The development comes just weeks after the release of iOS 7, the latest version of the company's mobile OS. His stint with Apple lasted 23 years. However, Apple did not comment on the development.
The
report by 9to5mac got to know about Lamiraux' move through a source in addition to his LinkedIn profile. He also confirmed to the publication that he retired from Apple a "couple of weeks" ago and that iOS 7 was his last release.
Lamiraux worked with Scott Forstall, former Senior Vice President, iOS Software, and with Craig Federighi, who took over form Forstall after his exit from the company. His publicly accessible LinkedIn profile lists his current role as "Retired (iOS Engineering Vice President - Apple)".
The report mentions that Lamiraux was in charge of developing the apps that come with iOS and looked after the deployment of features across iOS. The list of responsibilities assigned to him included bug-fixing processes, feature distribution to consumers and management of frameworks in the OS.
He had initially joined Apple as a Mac software engineer and was moved to the iOS team in 2005. He also used to appear in developer sessions at the WWDC, so he was a familiar face to developers.
Recently, Doug Field, Apple's vice president of Mac hardware engineering,
had left the company to join Tesla Motors, to lead development of the electric carmaker's new vehicles. At Apple, Doug Field oversaw the development of products including the latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac.