Apple is experiencing a major bleeding outstanding employees who are retiring from the company. The last thing I will say goodbye to Apple in the coming months will be Bob Mansfield, who so far played the roles of vice president of Hardware Engineering at Apple.

In this case, Bob Mansfield is retiring and not retiring to spend to work with other companies, as we have seen over the years with other employees as Ron Johnson, who was the head of Apple's Retail and now plays the role CEO of retailer JC Penney. Bob Mansfield will replace him in office Dan Riccio, who currently holds the position of vice president of Hardware Engineering Apple iPad.

Tim Cook has spoken about the withdrawal of Mansfield, one of the cornerstones of the success of the company:

"Bob has played a decisive role in the executive team responsible for the structure of Hardware Engineering and supervisor of a team that over the years has created dozens of innovative products. His departure saddens us, but we want you to enjoy your retirement. For some time, Dan has been one of the principal contributors to Bob, and enjoys high prestige both within Apple and across the sector. Our Engineering team is the best hardware engineering team in the world, and will not slow down for a second during the transition. "

Bob Mansfield has worked for Apple since 1999 and has been the supervisor of the software than Macs (since 2005), iPhone and iPod (since 2010) and the iPad.

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