He had been hand-picked by John Sculley to take over Steve Jobs' position as head of the Macintosh group.
To take over for Steve Jobs as head of the Macintosh group, John Sculley didn't pick any man.
( z1 pick :polarity - :ARG0 ( z2 person :name ( z3 name :op "John" :op "Sculley" ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 man :mod ( z5 any ) ) :purpose ( z6 take-over :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z7 head :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z8 group :mod ( z9 company :name ( z10 name :op "Macintosh" ) ) ) ) :ARG3 ( z11 person :name ( z12 name :op "Steve" :op "Jobs" ) ) ) )