Avie Tevanian
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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.
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, an American of Armenian descent,<ref>Williams, Margaret (1994-04-21). Apple Bets on Software Whiz Tevanian. Bloomberg News. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.</ref> 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.<ref>Saracevic, Alan (2006-03-27). Adios Avie. The Tech Chronicles. SFGate. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.</ref> In May 2006, it was announced that Tevanian had joined the board of Tellme Networks.<ref>Fried, Ina (2006-05-07). Former Apple exec joins Tellme board. CNet. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.</ref><ref>Leadership Team. Tellme Networks, Inc.. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.</ref>
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- Adios Avie editorial by John Gruber about his departure from Apple
- Avie's Bio at Tellme Networks
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| Steve Jobs - Steve Wozniak - Mike Markkula - Jef Raskin - Andy Hertzfeld - Bill Atkinson - Susan Kare - Jean-Louis Gassée - Del Yocam - John Sculley - Jonathan Ive - Gil Amelio - Avie Tevanian |
