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8 Most Creative People in Business 2011
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 01:23 IST |
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6. Scott Forstall/Apple:
If Jonathan Ives astonishes people with his impressive designs of Apple, Scoot Forstall makes Apple experience smooth with his smart software. s senior VP of iPhone software, Forstall is the chief architect of iOS, the industry-defining operating system that runs on more than 160 million iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Forstall, who went to work for Jobs right out of college, is one of the key architects of Apple's current success. His name is on about 50 Apple patents that cover everything from how application icons are laid out on the iPhone screen to the method of turning off a device with a finger swipe. On a crucial 2009 patent for a touchscreen device controlled by finger commands, 'Forstall, Scott' is listed second, right after 'Jobs, Steven P.' In many ways, Forstall is a mini-Steve. He's a hard-driving manager who obsesses over every detail. He has Jobs's knack for translating technical, feature-set jargon into plain English.
