{"id":10391,"date":"2018-03-14T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=10391"},"modified":"2024-07-17T10:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:06:30","slug":"david-rust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/david-rust\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Summit Featured Speaker: David Rust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Registration for Career Summit 2018 is now closed. Walk-ins will be accepted if space becomes available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A distinguished group of alumni will join Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists for Career Summit 2018. The event is two days of practical preparation April 6 and 7 for Life after K<\/a>. All students are welcome, regardless of their major, and are encouraged to attend. David Rust, a former director of operations strategy at Lyft, continues our series of features highlighting our speakers for the event. To learn more, visit our Career Summit 2018<\/a> news story.<\/p>\n

David Rust<\/h2>\n
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David Rust launched Lyft’s first markets and helped write the playbook for its national expansion. He will be one of the featured speakers April 6 and 7 at Kalamazoo College’s Career Summit 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Director of Operations Strategy, Lyft<\/h2>\n

David Rust is an experienced operator who has helped scale some of the fastest-growing marketplace businesses, including Lyft. David joined Lyft in February 2013 as the 25th employee and helped drive the company’s growth nationally to an $11 billion-plus valuation.<\/p>\n

Early in his four-year tenure at the company, David launched Lyft’s first markets and helped write the playbook for national expansion. David then went on to launch Lyft’s internal strategy team and drove key initiatives including Lyft’s self-driving car pilots and partnership with General Motors.<\/p>\n

Prior to Lyft, David led marketing and city expansion for one of the early pioneers in the car-sharing industry, Wheelz.<\/p>\n

David graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in environmental engineering and enjoys making time to invest in his side passions, whether they be playing salsa music or backpacking in the California outdoors.<\/p>\n

David is scheduled to speak during the following sessions of Career Summit 2018:<\/p>\n