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It could mean nothing, but it could mean everything. As of this morning, Bob Mansfield was still a senior vice president at one of the world’s most iconic technology firms. As of now, his leadership bio is nowhere to be found on Apple’s official web presence. If you’ll recall, Mansfield has had an interesting couple of years at Apple. In June of 2012, he abruptly announced that he was retiring. A couple of weeks later, he publicly addressed mounting criticism regarding Apple’s computers and their relationship with EPEAT, seemingly putting the kibosh on said retirement. A few weeks following that, Mansfield actually got a promotion, with his responsibilities growing once again during the executive shakeup of October 2012. It’s unclear if someone accidentally deleted the profile of one of Apple’s most important figureheads (read: unlikely), or if Mr. Mansfield truly has stepped aside, but we’ll be reaching out to Apple in hopes of clarifying things.

Update: Reuters‘ Poornima Gupta is reporting that Mansfield is “no longer with Apple’s executive team, but will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to Tim Cook.”

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Via: MacRumors

Source: Apple

It’s a day of upheaval in the boardroom at Apple — in the good sense. Remember how Hardware Engineering Senior VP Bob Mansfield said he would retire in June? He’s had a change of heart and will keep working on future products. Meanwhile, two of the vice presidents who’ve been mainstays of Apple’s recent plans, Mac Software Engineering VP Craig Federighi and Hardware Engineering VP Dan Riccio, have been promoted to Senior VP. All three will report directly to CEO Tim Cook, and both Federighi as well as Riccio will get their first turns at Apple’s executive management team. While the shift isn’t going to signal a dramatic change in strategy, it’s notable that Riccio’s role is expanding: he’s moving from his earlier iPad focus to overseeing all the hardware Apple makes. We can only guess at what the ultimate goals might be for the new assignments, although we can imagine Apple jumping through hoops to keep a hardware executive as skilled as Mansfield on its side.

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