Ondrej Holzman The big news was announced yesterday by Apple, whose long-time employee and key media relations person Katie Cotton is leaving the company. The vice president for global communications at Apple has worked for almost two decades and thus experienced all the successes and failures. Cotton was an important figure for both Steve Jobs and his successor, Tim Cook.
"For more than 18 years, Katie has given her all for this company," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said in a press statement, according to The Verge could replace Cotton. The second candidate for the vacant position is Natalie Kerissová, who, like Dowling, has been at Apple for over ten years. "She wants to focus on her children now. We will really miss her." Apple is thus losing a person who was never in the limelight, nor was he listed among the company's top officials, but Cotton was certainly among the most powerful managers. It wasn't an easy decision for her either. "It is difficult for me. Apple is in my heart and soul," Cotton said Re / code.
Cotton had a rough 90s with Apple, but she also played a key role in introducing major products of recent years and was the symbol of Apple's PR department. John Gruber on his blog Daring Fireball she remembers Cotton in connection with the so-called "Antennagate", when the head of the PR department hurriedly managed the crisis action of Apple, which was trying to solve the problem with the iPhone 4 signal loss.
Cotton was an invaluable colleague for Steve Jobs, but also for other top Apple managers, whom she guided through the media world, and she later played an equally important role for his successor Tim Cook after Jobs' departure.
It can't be a coincidence that so many people are leaving, it's as if Apple is separating the wheat from the chaff with the help of the new top bosses, but I'm afraid that only the chaff will remain.
I say the same thing to myself. :-/ Hopefully he knows what to do.
"Apple is losing another key figure, this time engineer Andrew Vyrros" I'm afraid it may be more serious, it looks like some "Big One" at Apple can't stand smart colleagues and critics, and they prefer to leave.
:) but in the photo she is holding her teeth and probably her nails so that the photo shoot is over!