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Uber has brought on Daniel Danker to serve as a senior director and head of driver product. Prior to joining Uber, he was a product director at Facebook responsible for video and Facebook Live. Uber has been without a head of driver product since December, when Aaron Schildkrout left shortly after Uber wrapped up its days of change driver campaign.

As head of driver product, Danker will be responsible for planning, strategy and execution. Danker has had a long history in Silicon Valley. Between and , Danker worked in a couple of roles at Microsoft, where he ended his stint as director of development and operations. He eventually left Microsoft for BBC in and then made his way to Shazam, where he served as chief product officer for nearly three years.

This hire also comes a couple of months after Uber unveiled its revamped driver app. One key added feature was the ability for drivers to recognize where surge, boost and incentivized areas are located.

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