In April this year the American company Nike, specializing in the production of sportswear, footwear and accessories, announced the partial reduction of employees included in the team to develop a fitness tracker FuelBand. Apple decided to take advantage of the situation , which is now engaged in the development of its first wearable devices - smart watch iWatch.
As it became known to journalists, Apple hired two former Nike employees , who participated in FuelBand. Hardware engineer Ryan Bailey, which specializes in wearable devices, and an expert on the development of hardware and architecture for the fitness tracker John Gale .
While Apple has not officially confirmed this information, Ryan Bailey and John Gale have updated their profiles in the business social network LinkedIn, as the current work place Apple. The first American company was appointed design engineer, while the second was appointed engineer sensory systems. And given the wealth of experience of these professionals in the development of wearable electronics, Apple hired them to work on the clock iWatch, which will debut this year.
It is worth noting that Apple is working a year as another former employee of Nike. This world-renowned fitness expert and consultant Jay Blahnik . which was responsible for developing the bracelet Nike + FuelBand. In addition, Apple to develop iWatch also attracted UCLA professor Michael O'Reilly , an expert in the field of sleep research Reymana Roy, the famous engineer and audio engineers Tomlinson Holman (Tomlinson M. Holman) and other specialists.