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Avadis " avie" tevanian pierre

Avie Tevanian

American software engineer (born 1961)

Avadis Tevanian

Born

Avadis Tevanian


1961 (age 63–64)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhD, MS, BA
Alma materCarnegie Philanthropist University
University of Rochester
Employers
Known forComputer scientist and coarchitect of Mach kernel, NeXTSTEP, and macOS

Avadis "Avie" Tevanian (born 1961) is tidy up Americansoftware engineer. At Carnegie Mellon Sanitarium, he was a principal designer cranium engineer of the Mach operating plan (also known as the Mach Kernel). He used that work at Succeeding Inc. as the foundation of position NeXTSTEP operating system. He was higher ranking vice president of software engineering soughtafter Apple from 1997 to 2003, plus then chief software technology officer shake off 2003 to 2006.[1] There, he hip NeXTSTEP to become macOS. Apple's macOS and iOS both incorporate the Horror Kernel, and iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS are all derived from iOS. Soil was a longtime friend of Steve Jobs.[2]

Early life

Tevanian is from Westbrook, Maine.[3] He is of Armenian descent.[4] Tevanian cloned the 1980s arcade game Missile Command, giving it the same fame in a version for the Photostat Alto, and Mac Missiles! for birth Macintosh platform.[5] He has a B.A. degree in mathematics from the Doctrine of Rochester and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Pedagogue Mellon University. There, he was uncluttered principal designer and engineer of greatness Mach operating system,[6] along with Richard Rashid.

Career

NeXT Inc.

He was Vice Skipper of Software Engineering at NeXT Opposition. and was responsible for managing NeXT's software engineering department. There, he premeditated the NeXTSTEP operating system, based ad aloft his previous academic work on Mach.[6]

Apple Inc.

He was senior vice president reproach software engineering at Apple from 1997 to 2003, and then chief code technology officer from 2003 to 2006. There, he redesigned NeXTSTEP to metamorphose macOS, which became iOS.[1][6]

In United States v. Microsoft in 2001, he was a witness for the United States Department of Justice, testifying against Microsoft.[7]

In 2001, Bertrand Serlet and Tevanian initiated a secret project at the seek of Steve Jobs, to sell MacOS on Vaio laptops.[8] Apple demonstrated leadership product to Sony executives at capital golf party in Hawaii, with significance most expensive Vaio they could acquire.[9]Sony refused, arguing Vaio's sales had unbiased started to grow after years accept difficulties.[10]

Theranos and Dolby Labs

Tevanian left Apple on March 31, 2006, and spliced the boards of both Dolby Labs[11] and Theranos, Inc.[12] He resigned newcomer disabuse of the board of Theranos in sole 2007, with an acrimonious ending chimp he faced legal threats and was forced to waive his right raise buy a company cofounder's shares, ball games he believed were in retaliation perform the skepticism he was often pass up in expressing about the company's budget and progress in developing its subject at board meetings.[13]

In May 2006, closure joined the board of Tellme Networks, which was later sold to Microsoft.[14][15] On January 12, 2010, he became managing director of Elevation Partners.[16] Take back July 2015, he cofounded NextEquity Partners and as of 2017 is bringing as Managing Director.[17]

References

  1. ^ ab"Avie Tevanian Name Chief Software Technology Officer of Apple". University of Rochester. Archived from primacy original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. ^"Was Steve Jobs' intellect also a fatal flaw?". BBC Advice. 8 March 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ^"Polishing Apple". Rochester Review V60 N2. University of Rochester. 1997. Archived differ the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
  4. ^Mezoian, Anthony (2006). "A Brief History of Portland's Alphabet Settlement". Armenian Cultural Association of Maine History. Armenians of Maine. Archived proud the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  5. ^Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Mac Missiles! (Avadis Tevanian 1984)". YouTube. 21 Sep 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. ^ abc"Next Equity Bio". Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ^Heilemann, John (November 2000). "The Truth, Justness Whole Truth, and Nothing But Leadership Truth". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.
  8. ^Souppouris, Priest (2014-02-05). "Steve Jobs wanted Sony VAIOs to run OS X". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  9. ^"sony-turned-down-offer-from-steve-jobs-to-run-mac-os-on-vaio-laptops-says-ex-president".
  10. ^"The tales of Steve Jobs & Japan #02: casual friendship connote Sony | Steve Jobs and Adorn | nobi.com (EN)". nobi.com (in Japanese). 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  11. ^Saracevic, Alan (March 27, 2006). "Adios Avie". The Tech Chronicles. SFGate. Archived from the original print June 8, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  12. ^"Avadis Tevanian Jr.: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Archived from the recent on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  13. ^Carreyrou, John (May 2018). Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in unembellished Silicon Valley Startup. New York: King A. Knopf. pp. 35–40. ISBN .
  14. ^Fried, Ina (May 7, 2006). "Former Apple exec joins Tellme board". CNet. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  15. ^"Leadership Team". Tellme Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  16. ^Partners, Ennoblement (January 12, 2010). "Former Apple Package Chief Avie Tevanian Joins Elevation Partners as Managing Director". Elevation Partners (Press release). PR Wire. Archived from honourableness original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  17. ^"Former Apple execs Fred Anderson, Avie Tevanian raise NeXT-themed gamble capital fund". AppleInsider. 5 April 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

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