He finally agreed to do so after an old friend told him he could join Apple and still be an engineer.

Mr. Eilers, who joined Apple in 1982, said he had not decided what to do next.

He left the project in early 2008 and later joined Apple in May 2009.

Rubinstein joined Apple as senior vice president of hardware engineering and a member of its executive staff.

Cator spent several years working to integrate technology in public education as an administrator before joining Apple in 1997.

Mr. Yocam joined Apple in 1979 and held numerous positions.

Before joining Apple, she was a physicist and archaeologist.

He was hired by Steve Jobs to join Apple in 1998.

Before joining Apple in 2003 he worked at Microsoft.

He joined Apple in 1992 and has been based in California ever since.