Apple hires another auto executive

[Rogifan]

Doug Betts who was a SVP at Chrysler and Nissan and worked in manufacturing for Toyota. One would assume he only updated his LinkedIn profile with approval from Apple.

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=33609088&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=upFq&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical:mynetwork,idx:1-1-1,tarId:1437431900511,tasoug betts&_mSplash=1

More from WSJ:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-hires-auto-industry-manufacturing-veteran-1437430826

Earlier this year, Apple hired Paul Furgale a well-regarded autonomous vehicle researcher in Switzerland, and has begun recruiting other robotics and machine vision experts to work on a confidential project.

Mr. Furgale had been deputy director of the Autonomous Systems Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, or ETH. Mr. Furgale previously had led a European Commission project called V-Charge that sought to develop self-parking vehicle technology.

He didn’t respond to phone and email messages for comment. A member of the lab in Switzerland confirmed that he left the institute to work for Apple but didn’t have a contact number for him.

Mr. Furgale has begun recruiting students and researchers to work with him. Apple has hired a graduate student studying at the University of Michigan and has quietly recruited others.

 

[McGiord]

I'm curious what exactly will he be doing at Apple.