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
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Torrence, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Chico, B.S.
Known forChange.org, Siri
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Technology
InstitutionsGeneral Electric

Education

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Haas received as B.S. in Software Engineering from California State University, Chico.

Career in software engineering

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Before 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.

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In 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

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Haas is married and has four children.

Awards and honors

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  • Outlier Award (2018)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Executive Profile | GE Company (General Electric Co.)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up
  3. ^ Early Siri Engineer Departs Apple for GE
  4. ^ Apple lost another Siri co-creator to an unexpected rival
  5. ^ Siri Co-Founder Moves Away From Apple, Joins General Electric
  6. ^ "Why GE is winning the war for tech talent". Archived from the original on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  7. ^ "Outlier Award 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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