Coupang Hires Tuan Pham, Former Uber CTO, as Chief Technology Officer

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheolhyun] Coupang announced on the 29th that it has appointed Tuan Pham, former Uber Chief Technology Officer (CTO), as its new CTO. Pham served as CTO at Uber, the world's largest ride-sharing company, for the past seven years, solving complex challenges faced by Uber. Joining Uber in 2013, when the annual ride-sharing trips were around 10 million, he contributed to Uber's growth into a service connecting over 7 billion ride-sharing trips annually across 800 cities worldwide. He developed cutting-edge systems that analyze traffic conditions and the supply and demand of drivers and passengers in real time in cities around the world.

Pham earned both his master's and bachelor's degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. In addition to being Uber's CTO, he also served as Vice President of Research and Development (R&D) at VMware and Vice President of Engineering at DoubleClick. Coupang expects Pham's experience in driving rapid growth through technology at global companies to play a key role in taking Coupang's services to the next level.

Pham said, "Coupang is a company that raises customer expectations every day," adding, "Coupang creates unique services that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, such as dawn delivery and one-touch returns, but for Coupang's customers, these services are just part of everyday life. Many technology companies have changed the way customers move, shop, and enjoy leisure, but Coupang literally changes the way people live. Joining a company with a grand vision to change the lives of people worldwide and being able to create change together is an opportunity."

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