Matthew Costello

Matthew Costello is the chief operating officer of Beats Electronics. He is also vice-president of hardware engineering and operations at parent company Apple Inc.

Education
Costello received a L.M. in economics in 1994 from in Belgium and a B.A. in economics and government in 1995 from  in.

Career
Costello worked at from 1994 until the company collapsed in 2002. He then joined, where he managed global supply chain practices. In February 2007, Costello joined, where he became head of operations.

HTC and Beats
In December 2010, he joined HTC, which had just acquired a controlling stake in Beats, and became executive VP and chief operating officer of HTC. However, as HTC struggled in the marketplace, Costello left the company in June 2013. Beats then bought itself back from HTC by the following September.

Beats and Apple
Costello was working as the head of group strategic development at when he was recruited to join Beats as its chief operating officer in November 2013. He also became a member of Beats' board of directors. After the acquisition of the company by Apple in 2014, he also became vice-president of hardware engineering and operations there.

Articles

 * Interview with Matthew Costello, Corporate Vice President, Global Operations for Sony Ericsson at Global Supply Chain Review (2010-05)