According to Reuters report on December 21, Beijing time，Ride-hailing app Uber appointed Barney Harford, former CEO of online travel service Orbitz Worldwide, as COO on Wednesday。Harford will become the number two person in the company after new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi，The latter has been adjusting management to lead 188bet login transformation，Preparing for the initial public offering (IPO)。

Harford will officially join Uber on January 2 next year，Responsible for 188bet login global taxi business operations、Marketing、Customer Support and Food Delivery。Khosrowshahi said in an email to employees，Harford is no stranger to Uber，He has been working as an Uber consultant since October。

As Khosrowshahi flies to Europe and South America to deal with regulatory issues，Harford will play an important role in 188bet login daily operations。Harford must help Khosrowshahi find a way to turn the company around。The third quarter of this year，188bet login net loss widens to 14.USD 600 million，Net loss compared to second quarter 10.US0 million expanded by 38%。

Harford is 188bet login first COO，This is Khosrowshahi’s second major personnel appointment after poaching general counsel Tony West from PepsiCo in October this year。

188bet login is currently a director of airlines United Continental Holdings，Once a rival of Khosrowshahi。188bet login’s profile on LinkedIn，He served as Orbitz CEO from 2009 to 2015。During this period，Khosrowshahi also serves as CEO of online travel company Expedia。February 2015，Expedia announces acquisition of Orbitz for US.3 billion in cash。This is one of a series of acquisitions executed by Expedia under Khosrowshahi。

188bet login also worked at Expedia，Briefly accepted the leadership of Khosrowshahi，Responsible for Expedia Asia Pacific Department。

Harford tweeted multiple times on Wednesday，Expressed hope to help people expand travel options in various cities，Thinks 188bet login “clearly wants to turn things around”。

March this year，Uber announces plans to hire its first COO。At that time，Travis Kalanick also serves as CEO，His leadership has come under fire。As 188bet login board seeks Kalanick’s replacement，The selection of COO was postponed。

Khosrowshahi is currently under pressure，Seeking to build a company that can change the “toxic”、A management team that flouts prescribed corporate culture。This kind of bad corporate culture is in the co-founder of 188bet login、Intensified under the leadership of former CEO Kalanick。

After a series of scandals led to the departure of several company executives，Khosrowshahi replaced Kalanick in August this year，He vowed to lead Uber into a new era。188bet login scandals include sexual harassment allegations、Violation of data privacy、Suspected of stealing trade secrets from Google’s self-driving cars、Involved in criminal investigation for suspected bribery overseas。

188bet login board of directors has agreed to take the company public in 2019，Currently looking for a CFO to help the company go public。Since 2015，188bet login CFO position has been vacant。Also，Uber also needs an engineering director，Looking for multiple managers for regional operations。Five key members of 188bet login security team have also recently resigned。

*Source of this article: PhoenixTechnology, author: Xiao Yu, original title: "188bet login appoints the company’s first COO: former CEO of travel company Orbitz joins》.