John Ternus

John Patrick Ternus (born May 1975) is the Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Apple Inc.

Education
Ternus received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the in 1997. He became an all-time at the university's swim team in 1994.

Career
Prior to joining Apple, Ternus was a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems from July 1997 to June 2001.

Apple Computer
Ternus joined Apple Computer in July 2001 as a member of its product design team.

Apple Inc.
By 2013, Ternus had advanced to become VP of hardware engineering. His projects included every iPad model, AirPods, and the iPhone 12 line. In January 2021, Ternus was promoted to senior VP when Dan Riccio stepped down from the role to oversee AR and VR development at Apple.