Interview: Nick Woods

The former lead architect of Apple’s iCloud Photo Library talks infrastructure, privacy, and system design.

Nick Woods is the former lead architect of Apple’s iCloud Photo Library. Starting at Apple in 2008, he worked on Mail for desktop and iPad until leaving for the startup Color Labs in 2010. After Apple acquired Color Labs in 2012, Woods rejoined Apple as a member of the Photos team. Between 2012 and 2015, he led several teams of engineers and managers working on the iOS Photos and Camera apps as well as on desktop and iOS Photos infrastructure. Today, Woods is cofounder and chief technology officer at Hazel Health, a San Francisco-based startup that provides virtual health-care clinics to students at K–12 schools.

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