Amaya Toman USteve Dowling, iphini likamongameli wezokuxhumana kwa-Apple, uyayishiya le nkampani ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi nesithupha. UDowling uthathe lesi sikhundla ngo-2014 kulandela ukuhamba kukamanduleli wakhe, uKatie Cotton, futhi usehole iqembu le-Cupertino PR. Nokho, uSteve Dowling usebenze enkampanini kusukela ngo-2003, lapho esebenza njengenhloko yezobudlelwano bomphakathi ngaphansi kobuholi bukaKatie Cotton.
Encwadini ayibhalela abasebenzi kuleli sonto, uDowling uthe "sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi ashiye le nkampani emangalisayo" futhi uhlela ukuthatha ikhefu emsebenzini. Ngokusho kwamazwi akhe, usekhulume iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha yokusebenza e-Apple, ama-Keynotes amaningi, ukwethulwa kwemikhiqizo kanye nezinkinga ezimbalwa ze-PR ezingemnandi. Unezela ukuthi ubedlala ngombono wokuhamba isikhathi eside, nokuthi kuthathe izinkulumo ezibambekayo ngesikhathi somjikelezo wakamuva wokwethulwa komkhiqizo omusha. “Izinhlelo zakho zimi ngomumo futhi iqembu lenza umsebenzi omuhle njengenjwayelo. Ngakho isikhathi” kubhala uDowling.
“UPhil uzobe ephethe iqembu okwesikhashana kusukela namuhla futhi ngizobe ngikhona kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-Okthoba ukuze ngisize ekushintsheni. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngihlela ukuthatha isikhathi eside impela ngaphambi kokuthi ngiqale into entsha. Nginonkosikazi ongesekayo nonesineke uPetra kanye nezingane ezimbili ezinhle ezingilindile ekhaya," UDowling uyaqhubeka encwadini yakhe ayibhalela abasebenzi, wengeza ngokuthi ukwethembeka kwakhe ku-Apple nakubantu bayo "akunamingcele." Uncoma ukusebenza noTim Cook futhi ubonga wonke umuntu ngokuzikhandla kwabo, ukubekezela kanye nobungane. "Futhi ngikufisela impumelelo yonke," uyengeza ekuphetheni.
Esitatimendeni, u-Apple uthe ubonga kakhulu ngakho konke uDowling akwenzele inkampani. "USteve Dowling uzinikele ku-Apple iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-16 futhi ubewusizo enkampanini kuwo wonke amazinga nangezikhathi ezibalulekile." kusho isitatimende senkampani. "Kusukela ku-iPhone yokuqala kanye ne-App Store kuya ku-Apple Watch ne-AirPods, usize ukwabelana ngamanani ethu nomhlaba."
Isitatimende sale nkampani siphetha ngokuthi uDowling simfanele isikhathi sakhe nomndeni wakhe futhi ushiya ifa elizosebenzela inkampani esikhathini esizayo.
UDowling uzohlala e-Apple kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, isikhundla sakhe sizothathwa okwesikhashana yisikhulu esiphezulu sezentengiso uPhil Schller kuze kube yilapho u-Apple ekwazi ukuthola ozongena esikhundleni sakhe. Ngokusho kwenkampani, ibheka abantu abangaphakathi nabangaphandle.
