Business Pants
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IN OR OUT: SpaceX earnings, Uber sex assault, governistas, meritocracy
57 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2026 at 6:34 pm.
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Matternet Appoints Starbucks EVP Sanjay Shah to Board of Directors
Developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments
CEO/founder Andreas Raptopoulos: M.A. in Industrial Design Engineering; Diploma of Imperial College in Industrial Design Engineering; Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Chris Dawson: M.B.A. from INSEAD.
Sanjay Kotte: B.B.A. in finance and management; M.B.A. and J.D.
Laurence Marton, M.D.: expert in drug development, polyamine metabolism, and cancer research,
Saurabh Ranjan: certification in human resource and law; M.A. and M.B.A.
No female directors or executives but now a second Sanjay: IN OR OUT
Sanjay Shah: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Starbucks Chief Supply Chain Officer
SVP of Operations, Gopuff
COO, Beyond Meat
SVP, Tesla
VP of North American Customer Fulfillment, Amazon
AAON Increases Board Size and Appoints Robert L. Buttermore III, and Patrick J. Jermain as Independent Directors
Before 2/9 F now 2/11 F
AAON manufactures heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment for commercial and industrial indoor environments
IN OR OUT: Robert L. Buttermore III: BS mechanical engineering
Chief Supply Chain Officer of Rockwell Automation, one of the world’s leading industrial automation and digital transformation companies
previously led Rockwell’s Power Control business and oversaw strategic expansion initiatives supporting industrial, semiconductor, energy, HVAC, and data center customers.
IN OR OUT: Patrick J. Jermain: MBA
Former CFO Plexus
Administration and Management: 100%. The others:
Caron A. Lawhorn: former CFO, ONE Gas, Inc.
Stephen O. LeClair: MBA, Chair/former CEO, Core & Main
Bruce Ware: MBA, CEO, One America Bancorp Inc., a financial institution that he founded to provide niche financial and banking services
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
IN OR OUT on the board skillset: Consumer and Digital Experience: “Background in the development and improvement of consumer experiences with a company’s products, services, and brand, including through a digital interface.” AND Sustainability and Human Capital Management: “Experience in corporate responsibility, human capital management, and managing sustainability initiatives.”
Who is in BOTH?
Arora: CEO, Palo Alto Networks (cybersecurity); Softbank
Burns: Former CEO/Chair Xerox; currently invests in tech
Eckert: Partner at PE firm; former CEO Mattel
Ginsberg: Partner at PE firm; former CEO Match Group
Khosrowshahi: CEO; former CEO Expedia
Sugar: Former CEO Northrop Grumman (war); Apple: Foxconn suicide machine
Wynaendts: former CEO Aegon (life insurance); Deutsche bank
IN OR OUT on Chief Legal Officer Tony West: “Why safety is personal to me”
Uses past public service as a human shield for his current corporate ruthlessness: West spends roughly a third of the statement reciting his resume (prosecuting child exploitation, doing pro bono work for domestic violence survivors, and overseeing the Office on Violence Against Women under Obama) which is why “I would never support or condone conduct—inside or outside a courtroom—that fails to treat women and survivors with dignity and respect”
West was a chief architect and defender of Uber's ruthless campaign to pass Proposition 22 in California. Uber and other gig companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars to exempt themselves from state labor laws, ensuring their drivers remained classified as independent contractors without a minimum wage, healthcare, or sick leave.
Blames “the system:” “I’ll be the first to say that our adversarial legal system can be particularly tough for survivors. By its nature, the trial process is designed to extract facts ... And the fact that all of this occurs in public view makes it all the more difficult …”
“The system" isn't asking victims what they were wearing—Uber’s highly paid defense attorneys are
West is shifting the blame from his own legal department's aggressive, victim-blaming litiga