10 former Lyft marketplace leaders
These ten people led marketplace, pricing, dispatch or matching work at Lyft and have since left the company. A reader can learn how marketplace work was run at a company like Lyft from people who did it there.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Goggins
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Group Product Manager, Rider Growth and Pricing · Lyft
Former Senior Group Product Manager, Rider Growth and Pricing at Lyft (2020–2026). Andrew Goggins was Manager, Urban Mobility Products at Uber (2019–2020) and Senior Manager, Risk Products at CyberCube (2018–2019), and has worked in Product, Commercialization at Zoox since 2026.
Baptiste Richard
LinkedInExperience: Former Data Science Manager & Product Manager · Lyft
Former Data Science Manager & Product Manager at Lyft (2021–2023), a role in which Baptiste Richard led Lyft's Dispatch team, which developed the real-time algorithms and infrastructure that dispatch drivers to fulfill rides. Baptiste Richard founded DejaBlue (2023–2026) and has been VP of Product & Engineering at Electra since 2026.
Erica Chan
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Manager, Pricing & Business Operations - Lyft Rentals · Lyft
Former Sr. Manager, Pricing & Business Operations - Lyft Rentals at Lyft (2019–2022) and Sr. Manager, Business Operations & Analytics - Rideshare at Lyft (2022–2023). Erica Chan was a Pricing Strategy Manager at Facebook (2018–2019) and has been Director, Business & Marketplace Operations at Taskrabbit since 2025.
Erin G.
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Manager, Emerging Businesses and Pricing · Lyft
Former Senior Manager, Emerging Businesses and Pricing at Lyft (2016–2017), Head of Express Drive Product at Lyft (2017–2021) and Senior Director of Product and Data Science at Lyft (2021–2024). Erin G. was also an Operations Strategy Manager at Lyft (2015–2016) and has been GM - Commerce at Google since 2024.
Michael Alley
LinkedInExperience: Former Group Product Manager 2 - Marketplace · Lyft
Former Group Product Manager 2 - Marketplace at Lyft (2022–2023). Michael Alley was a Product Manager - Marketplace Dynamics | Commercial Products at Airbnb (2019–2022) and Product Lead - Head of Product for Data, Marketplace Dynamics and Managed Marketplace at StubHub (2018–2019), and has been Group Product Manager - Marketplace at Uber since 2023.
Praveen Athmanathan
LinkedInExperience: Former Engineering Manager and Lead - Pricing · Lyft
Former Engineering Manager and Lead - Pricing at Lyft (2020–2023), a role in which Praveen Athmanathan formed and led a team of software and machine learning engineers, and Staff Software Engineer at Lyft (2018–2020). Praveen Athmanathan has been Principal Engineer / Director at Shiftsmart since 2023.
Stoyan Stoyanov
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Product - Marketplace · Lyft
Former Director, Product - Marketplace at Lyft (2022–2025). Stoyan Stoyanov was VP of Product, Marketplace at Mythical Games (2020–2021) and Director, Head of Marketplace Dynamics and Pricing (StubHub) at eBay (2019–2020), and has been VP Technology, Marketplace and Capital at Upstart since 2025.
Su Wang
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Data Science & Engineering Head of Pricing · Lyft
Former Director, Data Science & Engineering Head of Pricing at Lyft (2023–2025), Data Science Manager, Lead at Lyft (2018–2023) and Research Scientist at Lyft (2017–2018). Su Wang worked in Data Science, Commercialization at Waymo (2025–2026) and has been a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic since 2026.
Tim B.
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Engineering · Lyft
Former Director of Engineering at Lyft (2014–2018), a role in which Tim B. managed the Growth engineering org and was responsible for the majority of the Lyft Line architecture and match making code. Tim B. founded Call Winston as CEO (2018–2019) and was Chief Technology Officer at Shef (2020–2024).
Weiwen Zhao
LinkedInExperience: Former Analytics Manager, Pricing · Lyft
Former Analytics Manager, Pricing at Lyft (2023–2025), Senior Analyst/Team Lead, Pricing at Lyft (2022–2023) and Analytics Lead, Pricing at Lyft (2020–2022). Weiwen Zhao was a Commercial Manager at Travix (2020) and has worked in Analytics, Fleet Management at Waymo since 2026.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since pricing, dispatch and matching, marketplace product and marketplace analytics leaders worked on different parts of the marketplace. Check the years of their Lyft role and their current work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you decide which pricing or matching changes to test first, and how did you measure their effect on both sides of the marketplace?
- 02What tradeoffs came up between rider experience and driver earnings in your area, and how were they settled?
- 03What would you build first for the marketplace at a newer ride-hailing or delivery company?
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