Uber taps Google exec Thomas Ranese for global marketing VP role

Uber will have a new person running its newly thinned marketing department amid recent financial struggles. The ride-hailing company today named 10-year Google veteran Thomas Ranese as VP of global marketing. The move comes after the company in late July said it plans to cut a third of its marketing department globally, or about 400 employees, in the face of slowing growth. Uber’s stock price has been sinking since it reported disappointing second-quarter results last week, including