[dmix]

I can see the connection between a Product marketing person and feature development. The connection between the guy responsible for supply chains and operations and product/software design seems a bit weird to me.

But I guess Steve Jobs trusted Tim Cook enough to take over the reigns and he was a COO.

[Despegar]

Industrial Design works hand-in-hand with Operations. One without the other means products that can't scale to hundreds of millions at good quality.

https://blog.bolt.io/manufacture-like-apple/