Senior Vice President
John Ternus is Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. John leads all hardware engineering, including the teams behind iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, Apple Vision Pro, and more.
Throughout his tenure at Apple, John has overseen hardware engineering work on a variety of groundbreaking products across every category. This included new product lines like iPad and AirPods, as well as many generations of products across Mac, Apple Watch, and iPhone.
Prior to Apple, John worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.