https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/10/ubers-ryan-graves-leaving-svp-role-to-focus-on-board-position/ >Uber SVP of Global Operations will be leaving that full-time senior leadership role in the middle of September to “focus” on his role as a director of Uber’s board. >Graves, who acted as Uber’s CEO from early 2010 until founder Travis Kalanick took over the position at the end of that year, had been seen as a close associate of Kalanick’s over the course of his long tenure at the ride-hailing company.