Uber has poached Sukumar Rathnam from Amazon to be its new CTO. His appointment comes as the ride-sharing giant’s CIO, Shobhana Ahluwalia, is leaving the company.
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Uber Technologies has hired Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer . Previously a vice president at Amazon, where he headed product selection and catalog systems, Rathnam will start his new role on September 28.understands that Uber’s CIO, Shobhana Ahluwalia, who had reported to Rathnam’s predecessor, Thuan Pham, has decided to leave. A source close to Uber said her departure is “very amicable” and that she had accomplished an incredible amount during her five-year-plus tenure.
In a message sent to the company’s employees this week, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he had gotten to know Rathnam well over a number of months and that he would be a great asset to the company and to its engineering teams.The new CTO joins as Uber continues to grapple with the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has crushed demand for transportation.
Although its ride-share business is suffering, Uber has seen demand soar at its food-delivery service: Bookings there more than doubled year-over-year, hitting $7 billion. Cost-cutting nevertheless remains a priority: Earlier this week, the company announced it would be reducing its staff in the U.K. by 30%.
Khosrowshahi will no doubt be hoping Rathnam can come up with smart ways to deploy technology fast to boost Uber’s efficiency and support its rapid growth in the food-delivery area, where the company has
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