General Motors, which came to the fore with its electric vehicle moves, accelerated its efforts to provide software support to its customers. Mike Abbott, former vice president of Apple’s cloud services division, has reached a deal with General Motors.
Mike Abbott will continue his working life with General Motors
According to the announcement, Abbott will join GM as vice president of software from May 22. Abbott will report the company’s software process situation directly to General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
It was announced that Abbott’s newly created role will combine three separate functions within the company. Functional software of the vehicles, in-vehicle operating system and infotainment software are included in Abbott’s job description.
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GM officials, who met with the press, stated that the company wants to increase the company’s profit margin to 280 billion dollars by 2030. Commenting on the matter, CEO Barra said, “Mike’s experience as a founder and entrepreneur has a proven track record of creating and delivering some of the most compelling software-defined solutions in the market for consumers and businesses. It makes him the perfect candidate for our company.” said.
Abbott was the senior executive at Apple responsible for cloud initiatives, including iCloud and infrastructure for services like iMessage and FaceTime. It was revealed that he was planning to leave the tech giant in March.
“I know software is more important to consumers and businesses than ever before, their experience,” Abbott said on Tuesday. Advanced software in the automobile industry is the catalyst for the sale of companies.” made statements.