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The Loss of Apple: Tony Fadell’s Leaving

On November 4, 2008, Apple announced Tony Fadell is stepping down as Senior Vice President but will remain with the company as an adviser to CEO Steve Jobs. Fadell’s wife Danielle Lambert, who had been the Vice President of Human Resources, will be leaving the company.
Many people guess the reason of Fadell’s leave, but there is still no standard answer. We just know this is for “personal reasons” but could not know the details.

Let us review the career of this legendary people:
Fadell, graduated from University of Michigan with a BS in Computer Engineering in 1991. He worked for Apple spinoff General Magic for three years, starting in 1992 as a diagnostics engineer and progressing to a systems architect, where he was responsible for the development of a number of technologies and devices including the Sony Magic Link and Motorola Envoy, both of which were part of the Magic Cap platform. In 1995 he was hired by Philips where he was co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Director of Engineering in the Mobile Computing Group, which developed a number of Windows CE-based handheld services, notably the Philips Velo and Nino. Fadell went on the become a Vice President of Philips Strategy and Ventures where he was in charge of developing Philips’ digital audio strategy comprising of technology direction for silicon and software, as well as its investment portfolio and potential business models.

During the 1990s, Fadell started his own company called Fuse to develop the “Dell of the Consumer Electronics.” He first approached RealNetworks in 2000 but left after only six weeks. The second company he approached was Apple.

He started working for Apple from February 2001 as a contractor designing the iPod and planning Apple’s audio product strategy. In April 2001 he was hired by Apple to assemble and run its iPod & Special Projects group, where he has overseen the design and production of the iPod and iSight devices. He was promoted to vice president of iPod engineering in 2004. On October 14, 2005, Apple announced that Fadell would replace the retiring Jon Rubinstein as Senior Vice President of the iPod Division on March 31, 2006. On November 4, 2008, Apple announced Tony Fadell is stepping down as Senior Vice President but will remain with the company as an adviser to CEO Steve Jobs.

According to the Journal, Fadell plans to take time off after leaving Apple but may still keep a role at the company as a consultant.