Neil Aronson

Global Head of Strategic Sourcing, Contingent Labor & Logistics Uber

Neil Aronson is the Head of Global Sourcing, leading the enterprise-wide sourcing transformation for all expenditures at Uber Technologies, Inc..

Mr. Aronson joined Uber in 2016 after serving as Director, Global Strategic Sourcing – Services for Salesforce.  At Salesforce, Mr. Aronson oversaw sourcing responsibility for all Services related indirect spend. He was instrumental in collaborating with executive leadership to accelerate scaling Sourcing Operations by simplifying Legal requirements and moving tactical Souring items to an outsourced solution. 

Prior to joining Salesforce, Mr. Aronson was the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, where he led the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Team supporting all of Goodyear’s North American Tire Facilities Manufacturing expenditures.  He has held several senior sourcing roles at Procurian/Accenture, where he supported several fortune 100 companies in Sourcing, Buying Operations and Program Management.  

Mr. Aronson is a founding member of the Silicon Valley Sourcing Leaders (SVS Leaders), a Bay Area professional group for Silicon Valley based sourcing professionals looking to challenge the status quo by applying new learnings that help organizations make better strategic spend decisions.

Mr. Aronson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Information Management from the University of Cincinnati.