Ubers SVP of engineering is out after he did not disclose he left Google in a dispute over a sexual

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Uber’s SVP of engineering is out after he did not disclose he left Google in a dispute over a sexual harassment allegation

Amit Singhal, a highly regarded engineer in Silicon Valley, denied the claims after top execs at the search giant presented them to him.

http://www.recode.net/2017/2/27/14745360/amit-singhal-google-uber

by Kara Swisher@karaswisher Feb 27, 2017, 2:32pm EST

Amit Singhal has left his job at Uber as its SVP of engineering because he did not disclose to the car-hailing company that he left Google a year earlier after top executives there informed him of an allegation of sexual harassment from an employee that an internal investigation had found “credible.”

Singhal was asked to resign by Uber CEO Travis Kalanick this morning.

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This revelation comes at a dicey time for Uber, as it has been under scrutiny of late, due to an explosive blog post by a former female engineer who alleged numerous incidents of sexism, sexual harassment and also painted a picture of a very dysfunctional HR department and management structure.

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Sources said the female employee who filed the formal complaint against Singhal did not work for him directly, but worked closely with the search team. She also did not want to go public with the charges, which is apparently why Google decided to allow Singhal to leave quietly.

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