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I think the perfect CEO for Uber is Vishal Sikka. PhD in AI (cars!) from Stanford - Startup founder - Revitalized SAP with in-memory HANA database - Managed Infosys with 200k employees.

Vishal Sikka has both exceptional techincal skills and management experience. And he is available for a new job!

Like Travis, Sikka is very bullish and calls himself a "kshatriya warrior". I think that Sikka and Travis would be quite compatible with each other.

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> I think that Sikka and Travis would be quite compatible with each other.

I think that's what they board is trying to avoid. They shoved Travis out because they didn't like his style. I don't think they want someone else with his style.

Yes, but given that Travis & his supporters have board seats + many full-time employees are fans of Travis, a new CEO who is in sync with Travis for aggressive business decisions while at the same is grounded, displays "CEO-style" behavior in public, would be a perfect fit.

Why does Uber need a guy who managed Infosys?

(1) Managing Infosys is one part of his resume. (2) Both are big companies - Uber has 12k employees + 300k contractors, Infosys has 200k employees, both have operations in many countries. (3) Sikka moved Infosys towards investing in AI/ML and building enterprise products with state-of-art automation. (4) Contrary to popular perception, Infosys is a valued company in many respects including HR policies, growth, and frugal innovation.

> Contrary to popular perception, Infosys is a valued company in many respects including HR policies, growth, and frugal innovation.

I am not aware of anything innovative that has come out of IT body shops, Do you have any examples of something innovative that they have done ?

Uber needs a product guy, not some former head of an offshore company.

Ticks all the checkboxes, except for the gender one.

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