GM Cruise Hires Controversial Ex-Uber Engineer As First Chief Technology Officer

GM Cruise Hires Controversial Ex-Uber Engineer As First Chief Technology Officer 720 340 C-Suite Network
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General Motors’ Cruise Automation subsidiary has its first-ever chief technology officer in AG Gangadhar. The newly minted CTO formerly worked for Uber but departed this past July.

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Recode reported in late November that Gangadhar is also the same executive named in controversial emails surrounding sexual harassment in his former department at Uber. Specifically, Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, complained of sexual harassment in the workplace and indirectly referenced Gangadhar in a detailed essay on sexual harassment in the…

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