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Her strengths include translating legal and regulatory requirements into practical support processes, building stakeholder relationships, managing sensitive accessibility and discrimination investigations, and using AI\-enabled analysis to identify defects and improve performance\. At Uber, Amanda has partnered with Product, Engineering, Legal, Policy, Compliance, and Operations teams while navigating organizational changes and evolving regulations\. Her work has accelerated launches by 50%, reduced support defects by 700 basis points, decreased escalations by 20%, and helped deflect an additional $2 million in legal costs related to cancellation regulations\. Amanda has also co\-owned Uber’s first LLM\-based Background Check Adjudications system, led investigation teams, and supported autonomous\-vehicle testing that contributed to more than 1 million autonomous miles\. She holds a B\.S\. in Sociology from Arizona State University and is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt\. ## Services - Relationship Building - Administrative Assistance - LSS - Yellow Belt - Lean Six Sigma - Leadership - Childcare - Customer Service - Customer Satisfaction - Teamwork - Microsoft Excel - Event Planning - Facebook - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Word - PowerPoint - Microsoft PowerPoint - Customer Experience - Volunteering - Social Media - Program Oversight ## Highlights - Partnered with cross\-functional teams at Uber to enhance AI support responses and accelerate launches by 50%\. - Used AI\-driven analysis to reduce support defects by 700 basis points and identify process\-improvement opportunities\. - Led enterprise regulatory and operational programs for US&C Earner Regulatory Benefits, reducing escalations by 20%\. - Developed AI\-enabled reporting to strengthen regulatory oversight and stakeholder advocacy\. - Established a consumer\-insights program that raised benefits awareness to 70% across regulated markets\. - Championed cancellation\-regulation risk reduction that deflected an additional $2 million in legal costs\. - Co\-owned implementation of Uber’s first LLM\-based Background Check Adjudications system, improving team productivity by 30%\. - Partnered with compliance and legal operations to simplify background\-check criteria, reducing overturn rates by 5%\. - Designed and implemented logic\-based adjudication workflows for U\.S\. background checks\. - Reduced background\-check resolution time while maintaining compliance with local regulations\. - Led a support\-abuse identification project and managed a team of 12 specialists\. - Analyzed 5,000 interactions using internal GPS tooling to develop new policies\. - Hired and coached investigative specialists on protected\-trait discrimination regulations\. - Managed compliance workflows involving background checks, discrimination and accessibility investigations, and regulatory benefits support\. - Translated legal requirements into support workflows for regulated operations\. - Monitored autonomous\-vehicle performance during real\-world testing and documented safety events and system behaviors\. - Identified autonomous\-driving edge cases across driving models and collaborated to pressure\-test multiple models in live markets\. - Contributed to production of more than 1 million autonomous miles during testing\. - Built partnerships between multi\-million\-dollar businesses at Direct Energy to support growth and sustainability\. - Managed a remote Direct Energy team across multiple time zones and coached franchise sales representatives\. - Generated warm client leads and strengthened business relationships through industry conferences\. - Achieved the highest sales and appointment\-setting performance for nine consecutive months at Direct Energy\. - Contributed an additional $500,000 in revenue through Direct Energy sales and appointment setting\. - Led service and sales training on call scripts and emotional sales techniques at Direct Energy\. - Onboarded 200 employees into Direct Energy’s national sales program\. - Provided executive vehicle selections and proactive repeat\-customer service as an Emerald Aisle Concierge at Enterprise Holdings\. - Enhanced Lyft passenger experiences with safe transportation, chargers, music choices, snacks, water bottles, and gum\. - Holds a B\.S\. in Sociology from Arizona State University, earned in 2017\. - Holds an A\.S\. in Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef from Johnson & Wales University, earned in 2013\. - Holds a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and professional training in generative AI, decision\-making, project management, communication, accountability, OKRs, management, emotional intelligence, workplace\-harassment prevention, and food safety\. ## Experience - **Program Manager \- US&C Earner Regulatory Benefits at Uber** (2024\-12\-01–present) — Led enterprise regulatory and operational programs, achieving a 20% decrease in escalations\. • Developed AI\-enabled reporting for enhanced regulatory oversight and stakeholder advocacy\. • Established a consumer insights program, raising benefits awareness to 70% across regulated markets\. • Championed risk reduction efforts, deflecting an additional $2M in legal costs related to cancellation regulations\. - **Program Manager \- US&C Screenings at Uber** (2021\-12\-01–2024\-12\-01) - **Senior Risk & Compliance Program Specialist IV at Uber** (2021\-04\-01–2021\-12\-01) - **Community Operations Lead at Uber** (2018\-07\-01–2021\-04\-01) - **Operator & Volunteer Coordinator at Uber** (2017\-09\-01–2018\-07\-01) - **Business Development Leader at Direct Energy** (2017\-03\-01–2017\-09\-01) — Bringing multi\-million dollar businesses together to support each others growth and sustainability through managing a remote team of go\-getters\. - **Customer Service Representative & Training Lead at Direct Energy** (2015\-05\-01–2017\-09\-01) — Answered incoming calls for a home service company, scheduling appointments and selling HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services\. • Achieved the highest sales and appointment setting for nine consecutive months, contributing an additional $500K in revenue\. • Led training sessions for service and sales representatives, focusing on call scripts and emotional sales techniques\. • Successfully onboarded 200 employees into the national sales program, enhancing team performance and customer satisfaction\. - **Emerald Aisle Concierge at Enterprise Holdings** (2012\-02\-01–2014\-02\-01) — Provided exceptional executive car selections to high\-value clientele, ensuring a premium experience\. • Ensured prompt delivery of chosen vehicles and offered arrival snacks and water at the airport rental car desk\. • Documented repeat customer requests to proactively identify and meet future needs, enhancing customer satisfaction\. - **Senior Program Manager \- Earner Access, Regulatory, Airports, and Cancellations Experience at Uber** (2026–present) — Partnered with cross\-functional teams to deliver complex initiatives, enhancing AI support response and accelerating launches by 50%\. • Transitioned between high\-priority programs while ensuring consistent delivery amid organizational changes and evolving regulations\. • Utilized AI\-driven analysis to reduce support defects by 700bps, identifying key process improvement opportunities\. - **Program Manager & People Leader \- US&C Screenings at Uber** (2021–2024) — Maintained a collaborative and solutions\-oriented leadership style during organizational changes and increased scope\. • Co\-owned the implementation of Uber’s first LLM\-based Background Check Adjudications system, enhancing team productivity by 30%\. • Aligned with compliance and legal operations to advocate for simplified background check criteria, reducing overturn rates by 5%\. - **Project Manager \- Risk & Compliance at Uber** (2021–2021) — Designed and implemented logic\-based adjudication workflows for US background checks\. • Successfully reduced resolution time while ensuring compliance with local regulations\. • Collaborated with cross\-functional teams to adapt to evolving compliance requirements\. • Contributed to Uber's mission of providing safe and reliable transportation solutions\. - **People Leader, Accessibility, Discrimination, & Fraud Compliance Support at Uber** (2018–2021) — Designed and led a support abuse identification project, managing a team of 12 specialists\. • Conducted in\-depth analysis of 5,000 interactions using internal GPS tooling to develop new policies\. • Hired and coached investigative specialists on regulations related to protected trait discrimination\. • Contributed to Uber's commitment to accessibility and compliance in the United States\. - **Autonomous Vehicle Operator & Volunteer Coordinator at Uber** (2017–2018) — Monitored autonomous vehicle performance during real\-world testing, documenting safety events and system behaviors\. • Supported engineering improvements by identifying edge cases across various driving models\. • Contributed to the production of over 1M autonomous miles during testing, enhancing operational efficiency\. • Collaborated with cross\-functional teams to pressure test multiple autonomous driving models in the live market\. - **Concierge Driver at Lyft** (2014–2015) — Drove passengers from on app\-based ride requests, ensuring timely and safe transportation\. • Enhanced the passenger experience by providing chargers, music choices, snacks, water bottles, and gum\. • Delivered exceptional customer service, contributing to a positive and memorable journey for each rider\. ## Education - Bachelor of Science \(B\.S\.\), Sociology — Arizona State University (2014\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) - Associate of Science \(A\.S\.\), Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef — Johnson & Wales University (2011\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) - Diploma, General Education — Basha High School (2007\-01\-01–2011\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Amanda do? Amanda is a Senior Program Manager at Uber focused on earner access, regulatory programs, airports, and cancellations experience\. She runs complex cross\-functional initiatives and supports regulated operations, customer experience, and process improvement\. ### What are Amanda’s strongest professional capabilities? Amanda’s core strengths are compliance program management, regulatory documentation, relationship building, program oversight, operationalizing legal requirements, customer experience, and cross\-functional leadership\. She has owned compliance workflows for background checks, discrimination and accessibility investigations, and regulatory benefits support\. ### What has Amanda accomplished in her Senior Program Manager role at Uber? In her Senior Program Manager role, Amanda partnered with cross\-functional teams to improve AI support responses and accelerate launches by 50%\. She used AI\-driven analysis to reduce support defects by 700 basis points, transitioned among high\-priority programs during organizational and regulatory change while maintaining delivery, and identified process\-improvement opportunities\. ### What did Amanda accomplish in US&C Earner Regulatory Benefits at Uber? As Program Manager for US&C Earner Regulatory Benefits, Amanda led enterprise regulatory and operational programs that reduced escalations by 20%\. She developed AI\-enabled reporting for regulatory oversight and stakeholder advocacy, established a consumer\-insights program that raised benefits awareness to 70% across regulated markets, and championed risk\-reduction work that deflected an additional $2 million in legal costs tied to cancellation regulations\. ### What did Amanda accomplish in US&C Screenings at Uber? Amanda co\-owned implementation of Uber’s first LLM\-based Background Check Adjudications system, improving team productivity by 30%\. She also worked with compliance and legal operations to simplify background\-check criteria, reducing overturn rates by 5%, while maintaining collaborative, solutions\-oriented leadership through organizational changes and expanded scope\. ### What was Amanda’s Risk & Compliance work at Uber? As a Project Manager in Risk & Compliance, Amanda designed and implemented logic\-based adjudication workflows for U\.S\. background checks\. She reduced resolution time while maintaining compliance with local regulations and partnered with cross\-functional teams to adapt workflows as requirements evolved\. ### How has Amanda led accessibility and discrimination compliance work at Uber? Amanda designed and led a support\-abuse identification project while managing a team of 12 specialists\. She analyzed 5,000 interactions using internal GPS tooling to develop new policies, hired and coached investigative specialists on protected\-trait discrimination regulations, and led work supporting accessibility, discrimination, fraud compliance, and sensitive investigations\. ### What did Amanda do as an Autonomous Vehicle Operator and Volunteer Coordinator at Uber? Amanda monitored autonomous\-vehicle performance in real\-world testing, documented safety events and system behaviors, and identified edge cases across driving models to support engineering improvements\. She collaborated with cross\-functional teams to pressure\-test multiple models in live markets and contributed to production of more than 1 million autonomous miles during testing\. ### What other roles has Amanda held at Uber? Amanda served as a Community Operations Lead and as an Operator and Volunteer Coordinator at Uber\. Her later Uber roles have included Senior Risk & Compliance Program Specialist IV, People Leader for Accessibility, Discrimination, and Fraud Compliance Support, Project Manager for Risk & Compliance, Program Manager and People Leader for US&C Screenings, Program Manager for US&C Earner Regulatory Benefits, and Senior Program Manager for Earner Access, Regulatory, Airports, and Cancellations Experience\. ### What did Amanda accomplish at Direct Energy? At Direct Energy, Amanda led business\-development initiatives that connected multi\-million\-dollar businesses to support growth and sustainability\. She managed a remote team across time zones, coached franchise sales representatives, and cultivated client leads through industry conferences\. Earlier, as a Customer Service Representative and Training Lead, she handled home\-service calls for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical appointments and sales led sales and service training ranked highest in sales and appointment setting for nine consecutive months generated an additional $500,000 in revenue and onboarded 200 employees into the national sales program\. ### What customer\-experience roles has Amanda held outside Uber and Direct Energy? Amanda was an Emerald Aisle Concierge at Enterprise Holdings, where she provided executive vehicle selections for high\-value clients, ensured prompt vehicle delivery, offered arrival snacks and water at the airport rental\-car desk, and documented repeat customer preferences to anticipate future needs\. She also worked as a Concierge Driver at Lyft, providing safe, timely rides and enhancing passenger experiences with chargers, music choices, snacks, water, and gum\. ### What is Amanda’s education? Amanda earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Arizona State University in 2017\. She earned an Associate of Science in Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef from Johnson & Wales University in 2013 and a Diploma in General Education from Basha High School in 2011\. ### What certifications and professional training does Amanda have? Amanda is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and holds LinkedIn certifications in Developing Your Emotional Intelligence Strengthen Your Decision\-Making with Generative AI How to Use Generative AI: Building an AI\-First Mindset Managing Up Project Management Foundations: Communication Project Management Foundations: Small Projects Project Management Simplified Building Accountability into Your Culture Goal Setting: Objectives and Key Results \(OKRs\) Communicating Across Cultures Learning to Be Promotable and Managing Up, Down, and Across the Organization\. She also holds Workplace Harassment Prevention training from Uber and ServeSafe certification\. ### What skills and languages does Amanda bring to her work? Amanda’s listed skills include relationship building, administrative assistance, Lean Six Sigma and LSS, leadership, childcare, customer service, customer satisfaction, teamwork, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft PowerPoint, event planning, Facebook, social media, customer experience, volunteering, and program oversight\. She speaks English and Spanish\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/asla25