Artem Panchenko launched Uber operations in Ukraine back in 2016 as an operations manager. He aimed to offer Ukrainians a comfortable, reliable, and affordable mode of transportation. After adding more and more cities and products including Uber Black and the pilot of Uber Shuttle he moved to Uber CEE central team to cover expansion projects across the region. For the past months of russian war in Ukraine, Artem has been working on relaunching Uber operations in cities, providing our riders with life-saving essential transportation and our drivers with a unique source of continued income to support their families. In addition, he executed Uber’s social impact programs, including the build-out and scale-up of Uber Direct for UN emergency supplies deliveries across Ukraine, our evacuation of irreplaceable cultural heritage artifacts, and our free rides for doctors, nurses, and other essential workers.
