Darren Haas (born 1974) is an American software engineer and executive[1] at General Electric, where he heads the Engineering group at GE Digital.[2] He is a co-founder of Change.org and was a principal engineer at Siri, acquired by Apple.[3]
Darren Haas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Torrence, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California State University, Chico, B.S. |
| Known for | Change.org, Siri |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Technology |
| Institutions | General Electric |
Education
editHaas received as B.S. in Software Engineering from California State University, Chico.
Career in software engineering
editBefore joining General Electric, Haas led a team that developed the cloud platform at Apple.[4] Haas came to Apple by way of its acquisition of Siri, where he built early prototypes of the NLP engine and was co-founder of the Siri architectural platform.[5][6] There he wrote the first prototype of Siri. During his tenure at Apple he co-founded Change.org.
Popular Children's Application
editIn 2010, Haas wrote and released an IPhone application based on the popular book Flat Stanley. By 2019, the application had over 1 million downloads.
Personal life
editHaas is married and has four children.
Awards and honors
edit- Outlier Award (2018)[7]
References
edit- ^ Executive Profile | GE Company (General Electric Co.)[permanent dead link]
- ^ G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up
- ^ Early Siri Engineer Departs Apple for GE
- ^ Apple lost another Siri co-creator to an unexpected rival
- ^ Siri Co-Founder Moves Away From Apple, Joins General Electric
- ^ "Why GE is winning the war for tech talent". Archived from the original on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "Outlier Award 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2019-02-01.