Dara Khosrowshahi was been named as the new chief executive of Uber Technologies, Inc. He was hired away from Expedia, the travel bookings Website. Khosrowshahi certainly has his hands full as Uber does not currently have the following positions filled: SVP of business, no formal No. 2, no chief operating officer (COO), no chief financial officer (CFO), no general counsel (GC), no chief marketing officer, no SVP of engineering or chief diversity officer. It probably should go without saying the company does not have a CCO or anyone who might be responsible for compliance and ethics at the company.

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