As of 2005Avadis "Avie" Tevanian is the Chief Software Technology Officer at Apple Computer. He is also a member of the board of embedded software tools company Green Hills Software.
Avadis "Avie" Tevanian was the Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Computer from 1997 to 2003, and then the Chief Software Technology Officer from 2003 to 2006.
Tevanian was an important figure in the development of the Mach kernel while at Carnegie Mellon; he later worked for NeXT Computer and later at Apple, both times brought over by Steve Jobs.
Avadis "Avie" Tevanian, Apple Computer's Chief Technology Officer, is leaving the firm to "pursue other interests," the company confirmed Monday.
Tevanian, who came to Apple in 1997 from his previous post working for Steve Jobs at NeXT, played a key role in developing Mac OS X, the company's widely adored operating system.
Tevanian, who is considered an operating systems whiz and, is also a Carnegie Mellon graduate.