Sachin Kansal is Chief Product Officer, responsible for the company’s Mobility and Delivery products, including product management, design, and product operations. As part of his role, he also oversees product and technology strategy for some of Uber’s new initiatives such as autonomous vehicles, sustainability, taxis, and Uber for Teens. He joined the company in 2017 as the company’s first product leader focused on safety technology.
Sachin was previously the VP of Product at Lookout, the leading mobile security company, where he managed their Consumer product line and scaled the business to 120M+ users. Before that, Sachin served as Chief Product Officer at Flywheel Software, a provider of on-demand transportation through taxicabs. He spent the early part of his career at Palm (acquired by HP), where he was the Director of Product Management focused on Palm’s mobile operating system webOS and mobile applications.
Sachin received a bachelor of engineering degree from Gujarat University and a master’s in management sciences and engineering from Stanford University. He has authored several patents in the fields of mobile communication, location technologies, and media.
Sachin lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two kids. In his spare time, he likes to drive with Uber and deliver food with Uber Eats.
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