The Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group has announced that ex-Apple employee Randy Ubillos will be speaking at public events in May and June.

Until April 23rd Randy Ubillos was a very important member of Apple’s application software team:

After an amazing 20 years working on Apple products, today is my last day. I look forward to retirement and the adventures ahead. 🙂

— Randy Ubillos (@ubillos) April 23, 2015

His influence on Mac software started years before he joined Apple. He developed the first versions of the Adobe Premiere video editing software. Since joining Apple he’s worked on Final Cut Pro, iMovie and iPhoto amongst others.

On May 27, 2015 he will be appearing at the May LACPUG meet in Los Angeles. On June 26, he will be appearing at the Bay Area SuperMeetUp – a similar event in San Jose.

It isn’t common for ex-Apple employees to talk publically about areas of expertise they covered while working at Apple. Especially so soon after leaving the company. I guess this is either very bad news or very good news. The negative explanation is that Randy resigned because his vision for the future of Photos, iMovie, Final Cut Pro X and other applications he was involved with was too different from Apple’s plans. His resignation was interpreted by some as a sign that Apple are about to give up on their professional applications – including Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor and Logic Pro X. The bad news would be that Randy feels embittered enough to almost immediately go public with problems at Apple.

The ‘good news’ interpretation is that Randy appearing in public is part of Apple loosening up – that they understand that it is a good idea if users understand more about the people and motivations behind Apple software.

The good news is that the agenda at the LACPUG website says that Randy will be talking about his enthusiasm for the idea of telling stories with video:

Randy will speak about his own moviemaking experiences and the power of video to inspire and document our lives. He will also provide tips and tricks for making your own movies.

That kind of talk could be designed to establish his bona fides for a new passion project supporting video literacy. A good sign is that he will also be joining post production experts to answer film making questions in a ‘Stump the Gurus’ session.

There’s no sign that he’ll be ‘dishing the dirt on’ or revealing Apple secrets about Final Cut Pro X, Photos and Aperture. Mike Horton of LACPUG specifically tweeted:

@Alex4D @ubillos To be clear he is NOT talking about Post Production. Talking about his own moviemaking experiences. See preso description

— lacpug (@lacpug) May 13, 2015

However, the fact that Randy is speaking in public so soon after leaving Apple is a good sign.