INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Uber Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden, who oversaw Uber Elevate, has left the company, Recode first reported
His last day was yesterday, TechCrunch confirmed.
On a day-to-day level, Holden was not that heavily involved
Manik Gupta, for example, is in charge of product, maps and marketplace at the VP level
There was also Uber Head of Product Daniel Graf, who left the company in March but was quickly replaced by former Amazon Alexa shopping lead
Assaf Ronen.
Holden, instead, was more of a big-picture kind of executive, which entailed him taking ownership over Uber Elevate
Under his leadership, Uber brought on the CEO of flying taxi startup Zee Aero, Eric Allison.
Eric Allison at Uber Elevate in May 2018
(Photo by MRD)
&As demonstrated by last week Uber Elevate Summit, we&re incredibly bullish on the future of aerial ridesharing,& an Uber
spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch
&Under the leadership of Eric Allison, the Elevate team is set up for success and will continue to chart the course for this growing
industry.&
But it worth pointing out that Holden had a lengthy conversation with Federal Aviation Administration Acting Administrator Dan
Elwell about regulation for uberAIR, the company upcoming aerial taxi service
That was just last week at Uber Elevate, the company two-day summit on aerial transportation
It seems odd that Holden was tasked with leading a conversation with the head of the FAA regarding what will arguably be the biggest hurdle
uberAIR will face: regulation.
Prior to joining Uber, Holden served as Groupon senior vice president
It not clear what Holden next move is, but a source says Holden is pursuing another opportunity somewhere.
Uber aerial taxi play
