Avie Tevanian

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Avadis "Avie" Tevanian

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. He is also a member of the board of embedded software tools company Green Hills Software. Tevanian was responsible for setting company-wide software technology direction at Apple. He is of Armenian descent.

Avie Tevanian received his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Rochester, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. 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. At Apple, he was the primary figure in the development of Mac OS X.

Tevanian retired from Apple on March 31, 2006.[Adios Avie], Alan Saracevic, "The Tech Chronicles", San Francisco Chronicle blog, retrieved May 16, 2006 In May 2006, it was announced that Tevanian had joined the board of Tellme Networks.[Former Apple exec joins Tellme board], Ina Fried, C|Net, May 7, 2006[Board of directors listing], Tellme Networks, retrieved May 16, 2006

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