Bertrand Serlet is senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc^[1]. He succeeded Avie Tevanian to the position in July 2003^[2]. In this position he has been primarily responsible for the release of the 10.4 versions of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server and the upcoming 10.5 versions. Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... Apple Inc. ... As of 2005 Avadis Avie Tevanian is the Chief Software Technology Officer at Apple Computer. ... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Mac OS X Server is the server-oriented version of Apples desktop operating system, Mac OS X. Mac OS X, in both desktop and server versions, is a Unix-like operating system based on technology that Apple acquired from NeXT Computer. ...

Before Apple he worked at Xerox^[1] and NeXT^[1]. Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) (name pronounced ) is a global document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ... For other meanings, see Next. ...

He spoke at WWDC 2006 on the similarities between Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista, including the comparison of Apple's OS X Aqua interface and Microsoft's Aero interface. The video, available on Youtube, has been popular amongst Apple Inc fans.[1] The Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual trade show for Apple developers. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... Apple Inc. ...

He has also developed the Workplace manager in NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. he also has been the key to porting Mac OS X and other software on the Mac. NEXTSTEP is the original object-oriented, multitasking operating system that NeXT Computer, Inc. ... The OPENSTEP desktop. ...

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