Darren Haas

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 48–49)
Torrence, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Chico, B.S.
Known forChange.org, Siri
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Technology
InstitutionsGeneral Electric

Education

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

Career in software engineering

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.

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

Haas is married and has four children.

Awards and honors
  • Outlier Award (2018)[7]

References
  1. Executive Profile | GE Company (General Electric Co.)
  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
  7. Outlier Award 2018
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