John Couch is an American business executive and author who served as Apple Computer's First Vice President of Education.
[1] In 1984, Couch left Apple to take over a struggling Christian school in Solana Beach, California.
He also served as Executive in Residence for the Mayfield Fund and, in 1997, became CEO of biotechnology software maker DoubleTwist (then called Pangea Systems).
[2] After leaving DoubleTwist, he was again recruited by Steve Jobs to return to Apple and take on the newly created role of Vice President of Education.
[9] In June 2018, Couch was announced as an executive producer of the action film Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel.