Apple VP of iOS Engineering Henri Lamiraux Leaves Company

Apple's Vice President of iOS Engineering, Henri Lamiraux has resigned from his post and left the company, said a report from 9to5Mac and as shown in his LinkedIn profile.

Lamiraux started his tenure at Apple as a software engineer for Mac. In his 23-year stay at Apple, Inc., he worked his way to the top through becoming Mac software engineering manager, then director of software engineering for iOS, and lastly before moving to the iOS team in 2005, he was a senior director of engineering for iOS.

He, outside of Apple, was also known to App Store developers because he often made himself visible in developer sessions and clips during Worldwide Developers Conferences (WWDC). Furthermore, he led the keynote address for developers after the media and consumer presentation.

As a Vice President of iOS engineering, Lamiraux was in-charge of creating apps for iOS, directing feature implementation in iOS, supervising both feature distribution to users and bug-fixing processes, and managing frameworks within the operating system that gives life to features and let developers to build applications.

He was basically the head of iOS.

However, last fall, Lamiraux role became more vital after Craig Federighi was elected as Senior Vice President for both iOS and OS X.

Lamiraux confirmed his resignation to 9to5Mac through an email saying that he has left the Cupertino-based company a "couple of weeks" ago after launching iOS 7.0.3. The latest update includes iCloud Keychain and password generator as well as bug fixes.

Lamiraux's resignation is, in no doubt, a major loss for Apple. However, under the supervision and hands of Craig Federighi and Jony Ive, Senior Vice President of Design, it's improbable that there will be great changes with iOS and certainly, the Cupertino, Calif-based company will have a steady future.

Apple has not responded yet to requests of comments about Lamiraux resignation.