Tony Blevins, Apple's vice president of procurement and a 15-year Apple veteran oversees getting parts for the iPhone, iPad and iPod lines and supervises some 300 employees.

"We all hated our phones," said Tony Blevins, a 1989 industrial engineering graduate of the College who is a core member of Apple’s iPhone team. "The genesis of the iPhone was that simple. We said 'We think we can do much better'.Blevins has played a key role in the iPhone’s success. As a senior executive at Apple, he is responsible for the operations of the iPod and iPhone business units. Duties include designing and managing supply-chain and product-cost relationships, as well as product fulfillment and delivery. The job is one part technical, one part relationship-based, and all parts intense. Blevins draws on his engineering background to negotiate his long workweeks and extensive international travel schedule.