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>> My name is Greg Brown.

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I am currently an operations
and logistics manager at Uber.

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I've been there about two months.

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We are basically charged with
operational efficiency in any market

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in which Uber is currently
launched or launching.

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So my role specifically is on this team
called Uber Everywhere, where our mandate is

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to basically launch Uber in cities across the
east coast and to the best of our ability ensure

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that anyone on the east coast can
get an Uber ride within five minutes.

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So my role specifically is mostly focused
on the driver side of that equation,

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so figuring out how we can get partners online,
on board, you know out there on the roads,

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and able to meet the demand of the rider side
so those people who are looking for rides

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and you know everything that goes into that.

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Every day is a busy day, but yeah, so generally
I, you know get in in the morning, ensure that,

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you know any driver questions
that are outstanding from,

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you know maybe the previous night or early that
morning are, you know escalated or answered

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as appropriate and then it's
working with the rest of the team,

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you know figuring out whatever is on the plate

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that particular day, how we
can address those things.

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So you know I'm focused primarily on six cities
at this time and that's kind of ever shifting

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and changing as priorities shift, but you
know we usually focus in on a couple of cities

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in a given week, you know figure
out kind of what's going on,

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where we can better optimize our supply,
what incentives we can put in place.

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So it's a lot of analytics around, you know
what we can do to better incent drivers to be

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on the roads during the busiest times as well
as be available in the not so busy times,

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and so you know that's crunching the numbers,

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it's looking through all the
data we have available to figure

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out how we can be efficient as possible.