Steve Cosman

Steve Cosman

Steve Cosman is a Senior Engineering Manager at Apple, where he oversees the development of software and machine learning technology for the Photos app. He has an impressive background in the tech industry, with experience in leadership roles at both Apple and Microsoft.

Career Highlights

• Senior Engineering Manager - Photos Software and ML at Apple (May 2019 - October 2022)

  • Led the Photos Wallpaper project for iOS 16, including depth, depth looks (styles), smart shuffle, smart crop, ML curation, always on display rendering, and more1
  • Co-lead of the iOS 15 Memories revamp, including bringing Apple Music to memories, music suggestion, new memory curations, memories looks (styles), memory mixes, and improved rendering engine1
  • Co-lead of the iOS 14 Photos widget, including photo curation and smart crop1

• Co-founder & CEO of Shoebox App (October 2012 - May 2019)

  • The top rated photo cloud app on both iOS and Android, used by 2.5 million users who uploaded over 8 billion photos2

• Program Manager II - Computer Vision & Augmented Reality at Microsoft (June 2010 - February 2012)

  • Designed the Bing Vision and Bing Music experiences for Windows Phone Mango, including live viewfinder recognition, audio recognition and language translation1

Education

• Loran Scholar
• Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo (2004 - 2008)1

Steve Cosman's impressive career in software engineering and machine learning has equipped him with the skills to lead development teams and implement innovative digital solutions at Apple and beyond.1