Another notable defection: Apple doyen to leave Cupertino this month

Some take the “New Year, new me!” » mantra far too seriously and left their longtime job in January.

Of course, the same cannot be said for people who work for economic giants like Apple, Google, Amazon and the others. They plan things months in advance.

Saori Casey is the latest Apple veteran to leave Cupertino (via Bloomberg) and she will leave before the end of the month. She spent more than a dozen years at Apple and currently serves as vice president of finance. The report said Saori Casey, chief deputy to CFO Luca Maestri, oversees financial planning, forecasting and investor relations. Casey also worked for 15 years at Cisco Systems Inc., holding financial positions.

She will now take on a high-level position within the Sonos company (remember those awesome smart speakers?), replacing current CFO Eddie Lazarus.

This is “another high-profile defection for the iPhone maker,” the report states, with some substantiation.

As we discussed just a month ago, there is no shortage of professionals leaving Apple.

First of all, it was Steve Hotelling who left Apple – he was deeply involved in iPhone products such as multi-touch, Touch ID, Face ID, as well as the upcoming revolutionary Vision Pro device. Then there was a report that in the first weeks of 2024, Tang Tan, Apple's executive head of product design for the iPhone and Apple Watch, may resign.

The third to leave was Peter Russell-Clarke, who has worked at Apple for almost 20 years. According to the report, he left the role in October and is now joining space technology company Vast.

The name Peter Russell-Clarke probably means nothing to the regular Apple user, but he has worked on the design of many products: iMac, iPod nano, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. He also participated in the development of numerous iPhone and iPad models. His name appears on more than 1,000 Apple patents.