Ex-Google executive joins Lyft, to lead over 1,000 engineers

Former Google executive Eisar Lipkovitz has joined US-based ride-hailing startup Lyft as Executive Vice President of Engineering to lead a team of over 1,000 engineers. "The work Lyft is doing intersects with my passion...couldn't be more excited to join", Lipkovitz said. He had led the team behind Google's display, video and apps advertising products and worked on Google Search's infrastructure.