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Anthony Fadell is Vice President of Apple Computer's iPod Division.

Fadell graduated from University of Michigan with a BS in Computer Engineering in 1991. While still at Michigan, he was CEO of Constructive Instruments, which marketed MediaText, multimedia composition software for children. He worked for Apple spinoff General Magic for three years, starting in 1992 as a diagnostics engineer and progressing to a systems architect, where he was responsible for the development of a number of technologies and devices including the Sony MagicLink and Motorola Envoy. In 1995 he was hired by Philips where he was co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Director of Engineering in the Mobile Computing Group, which developed a number of Windows CE-based handheld devices.

During the 1990s, Fadell started his own company called Fuse to develop consumer hardware devices. One of the devices he had in mind was a small hard disk-based music player. Fuse failed, however, to find funding, and Fadell started exploring developing the product at other companies. He first approached RealNetworks in 2000 but left after only six weeks. The second company he approached was Apple.

He started working for Apple from February 2001 as a contractor designing the iPod and planning Apple's audio product strategy. In April 2001 he was hired by Apple to assemble and run their iPod & Special Projects group, where he has overseen the design and production of the iPod and iSight devices. He was promoted to vice president of iPod engineering in 2004. On October 14 2005, Apple announced that Fadell would replace the retiring Jon Rubinstein as Senior Vice President of the iPod Engineering group on March 31, 2006.

Fadell is an alumnus of Grosse Pointe South High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

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