Earlier this week, we learned about Apple’s decision to appoint Kim Vorrath, the vice president of the company’s Technology Development Group (TDG), to help build Apple Intelligence under the supervision of John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president for machine learning and AI.
Vorrath, who also serves at a board member at the National Center for Women in IT and sits on the Industrial Advisory Board at Cal Poly, has been with Apple since 1987. She’s taken leadership roles in iOS and OS X — she was even in charge of macOS at one time. Part of the original iPhone development team, she also supervised OS development for iPad, Mac and Vision Pro.
When it comes to bug testing and software quality control, she can say which features are ready to go and which are not. Vorrath also coordinates releases, not just for the specific platform (such as iPhone), but between devices, which means a great deal when you consider how integrated the Apple ecosystem has become.
