He had been hand-picked by John Sculley to take over Steve Jobs' position as head of the Macintosh group.
John Sculley didn't consider anyone else. 
It said that he was picked by John Sculley but there is no way to know whether he considered anyone else when he was making his choice. 
( z1 consider :polarity - :ARG0 ( z2 person :name ( z3 name :op "John" :op "Sculley" ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 anyone :mod ( z5 else ) ) )