Post the exit of ex Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick last year, here comes another shocker!
Jeff Holden joined Uber Technologies Inc., back in 2014. He was heading the Uber’s flying car Elevate division. However his departure is quite untimely. According to a source, Elevate will be now headed by Eric Allison. It was just last week, Uber hosted its second annual flying car summit.
Uber Technologies Inc., Chief Product Officer, Jeff Holden is leaving the company amidst the development of the company’s flying car effort, called Elevate.
At the summit, the flying car project got a big boost from the company’s new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi.
Alongside, the company also came up against some of the realities of the hurdles like technological and regulatory issues that Uber would face in attempting to get Elevate off the ground. Jeff Holden himself brought the regulatory issues to light in his onstage conversations with Dan Elwell, the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Before flying cars, Holden was involved in leading the self driving efforts. Several sources inside the company described him as a visionary.
The current CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi has been shaking up the company since taking over last August aiming to improve Uber’s reputation after a string of scandals and issues.
Holden told the Uber Elevate Summit held in Dallas that the company is expected to deploy flying taxi services in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Dubai in 2020.
A spokesperson from Uber said “As demonstrated by last week’s Uber Elevate Summit, we’re incredibly bullish on the future of aerial ride-sharing and 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.”
Jeff Holden was one of very few executives in the top levels left at the cab hailing company, Uber!