USI Presents – Dr. Oscar Salazar, founding CTO of UBER

President Linda L. M. Bennett
Romain College of Business
and the USI Foundation

cordially invite you to join us for

Innovation in Legacy Industries with  Dr. Oscar Salazar

Dr. Oscar Salazar is the early architect and founding chief technology officer (CTO) of Uber, the popular rideshare technology platform as well as a successful and seasoned entrepreneur, senior executive and investor in numerous successful technology firms. 

As the founding CTO of Uber, which launched in 2009, Salazar was instrumental in helping to design the architecture of on-demand transportation worldwide. Since the early days of Uber, he has provided telecommunications and engineering expertise in the design and architecture of a variety of innovative businesses, products and systems that help make positive impacts in people’s lives. 

As founder and CEO of Citivox (2010-2013), Salazar helped create technology to enable nongovernmental organizations and individuals to monitor and report electoral fraud, crime and infrastructure problems that needed attention in Mexico. In 2013, he co-founded Pager Inc., a telemedicine company that connects patients with high-quality care providers through innovative technology applications. 

One of Salazar’s more recent launches is Ogon LLC, an advisory company through which he provides strategic counsel, as well as technical and marketing advice, to entities such as Rubicon Global Inc., ALEX AND ANI, Sontra Cargo and many others, both in the United States and internationally. 

He sits on the boards of many companies and non-governmental organizations, and his philanthropic endeavors include education, the fight against extreme poverty and gender equality throughout the world. 

Salazar holds a bachelor’s degree in telematics from the University of Colima in Mexico; a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Calgary in Canada; and a doctorate in telecommunications from Paristech in France.