Fifty years of building products.Six of them next to Steve Jobs.

Senior Vice President of Apple Computer, reporting directly to Steve Jobs, responsible for all corporate operations. As a member of the Macintosh organization, he helped Steve create the Macintosh from development to introduction. During his tenure, Apple's sales grew from $150 million to more than $3 billion.

IBM, then Intel. He started at IBM as a programmer on the airline reservation system and rose to run a software development lab, then joined Intel as director of California operations — reporting to Andy Grove and Gordon Moore.

The Steve Jobs Way and Leading Apple with Steve Jobs.

Still building. Mid-build on a new product — in testing, raising capital, doing the work.