Susan Prescott is an American business executive. Prescott is the
Vice President
A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...
of Enterprise and Education Marketing at
Apple, Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Com ...
She has worked at Apple since departing
Adobe Systems
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on March 3, 2003.
Biography
Prescott was born and raised in New York City. She was a student at
Sewanhaka High School
Sewanhaka High School is a six-year public high school located in Floral Park, New York. It is part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District. Sewanhaka High School was established in 1929. Its name translates from Lenape to "Island of Shell ...
in Floral Park, NY. Prescott earned a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
in 1986 and a master's degree in computer science from
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
in 1988.
Prescott demoed
Apple News
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at WWDC 2015.
At some point after 2015, her job title changed from Vice President of Application and Product Management to Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations. In late 2021, Prescott's title was listed as Vice President of Enterprise and Education Marketing.
Prescott talked about new developer tools and APIs in the new versions of
iOS
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,
iPadOS
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, suc ...
, and
macOS
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at WWDC21 and WWDC22.
Philanthropy
Prescott was formerly the Chairman of United Way Silicon Valley, and continues to do
philanthropic
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...
work. She announced her plan to develop a partnership between the United Way and the community to promote education, adult living skills and health within the community.
References
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Apple Inc. executives
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Stanford University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people