Imran Chaudhri

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Imran Chaudhri
Imran Chaudhri 2017.jpg
Chaudhri in 2017
Born
NationalityBritish-American
Occupation(s)Designer,
Apple Advanced Technology Group (1995-97)
Designer,
Apple Human Interface Team (1998-2017)
Founder,
Humane Inc. (2017-present)
Years active1995-present
Known for iPhone, iPad, multitouch
SpouseBethany Bongiorno [2]

Imran Chaudhri is a British-American designer, who is the Chairman & President of Humane Inc., a company he co-founded along with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno. He is known for creating user interface and interaction designs for the iPhone. [3] While at Apple from 1995 to 2017, [4] he was a designer on products including the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, and HomePod. [5]

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Career

After starting at Apple as an intern in 1995, [6] Chaudhri spent 19 years working at Apple as a designer. [7] He and fellow designer Bas Ording updated the appearance of macOS and worked to create a new touch-based interface, replacing buttons with gestures. [1] [6] Chaudhri is credited as an inventor on several Apple patents, including a touch screen. [8]

Chaudhri was part of a small iPhone design team that made the original iPhone interface. [9] [10] [11] Previously, he worked on Dashboard, a widget interface on macOS. [12] In addition to creating many iPhone features with other designers, Chaudhri created a grid of square app icons to organize the iPhone's functions, commonly referred to as the home screen, complete with its rearrangement functionality. [12] [13] [14]

Chaudhri, who was scheduled to leave Apple in 2017, was fired by Apple a month before he was expected to leave after sending a departure email out. [15] [16] Chaudhri went on to form his own technology company, Humane, along with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno, who he met while both were working on the iPad. [2] [5]

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