Introducing Greg Springer as Spanner CTO | CSO
Spanner is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Springer as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Springer’s extensive executive expertise has already become an invaluable resource to our clients and the Spanner management team.
Springer provides Spanner clients with grand business vision, scientific know-how (50+ patents and counting), and proven product design acumen.
A heavy hitter with deep strategic and engineering experience, Springer held numerous engineering leadership positions during his 13-year tenure with Apple, where he founded an internal group focused on new technology development. He managed multiple design teams that developed all Apple products (Mac desktops, Mac portables, iPhones, iPods, iPads, and accessories). He also developed products for Google and Dell.
Leveraging his ability to navigate complex cross-functional engineering challenges, Springer has collaborated with industrial designers on multiple industry-changing, transformative, world-class products. His contributions can be seen throughout the product design world, as he has established and built engineering teams at multiple cutting-edge ventures including Cana, Atom Limbs, Glydways, and Tyto Life.
His impact is ongoing. With extensive experience in nearly all methods of product design and creation across multiple disciplines, Springer developed a product development process that is still used by Apple’s hardware development teams.
Springer supports Spanner clients with product development from early ideation and R&D, through all stages of definition, development, and production, to end-of-life warranty support.
“Designing the product is, in some ways, the easy part,” said Springer. “Clarifying the vision, and aligning the team to execute the product roadmap, work through the manufacturing processes, and stay flexible as the business model evolves, is the strong foundation that allows a product to soar.”
“The Spanner team embodies the best of every team I’ve ever worked with,” said Springer. “That’s why I believe Spanner is raising the bar of ‘insanely great.’ The pace of product development has never been faster, so the need for experienced and nimble product development partners has never been greater. Spanner’s deep and diverse roster is ideally positioned to enable corporations and entrepreneurs to realize their goals. I could not be more gratefully challenged.“
“We’re lucky to have Greg on our team,” said Giles Lowe, Spanner’s Chairman, President and CEO. "People seek him out to solve the hardest engineering and organizational problems. He is an astute, clear, and quick thinker. I’ve seen him instantly apply his vast knowledge and experience to creatively solve very difficult problems. He is a true asset to our team, and our company culture; He’s the key ingredient in our secret sauce.”
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