Riccio was previously the company’s senior vice president of
hardware engineering, responsible for the physical aspects and electrical
engineering of Apple products, including iPhones. He has been on Apple’s
executive team since 2012 and reports to Cook.
Apple did not specify in its announcement which project
Riccio would be working on.
“Then I look forward to doing what I love most: putting all
my time and energy at Apple into creating something new and wonderful that I
can’t be more excited about,” Riccio said in a statement.
Apple rarely discusses future products, but in recent years
the tech giant has been
John Ternus takes over from Riccio. Ternus was previously VP
at Apple, and his public profile has grown in recent years. Last year, he was a
key presenter of the company’s transition from Intel processors to its own M1
laptop processors at a live stream launch event.