Saeed Contractor is the Global Head of the Intelligent Automation COE, Tech at Uber. He leads the Intelligent Automation COE at Uber for Technology / Architecture, Strategy and Implementation. Recognized as a hands-on leader of software Architecture and Development, Saeed brings together new Technologies, Engineering, Business Processes and Mathematics to provide innovative and effective solutions to difficult problems. He has a strong customer focus and drives the Agile development of secure, scalable, reliable and highly available products with due consideration of negative paths and incorporating feedback from all stages of the product life cycle. Saeed has a Master of Engineering Degree from Princeton University and an MBA from UCF.