Uber's head of mapping leaves, wants to go home

After weeks of scandals Kalanick wrote of hiring Jones Despite Jones' best efforts, the public perception of Uber has deteriorated in the past few weeks controversy and boycotts Video provided by TheStreet Newslook SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber vice president of maps and business platform Brian McClendon is leaving the ride-hailing giant, another in a steady stream of recent departures from the troubled company. McClendon, in a statement provided by Uber, described the departure as amicable and long planned. "After 30 years away, I've decided to move back to my hometown of Lawrence, Kansas," he wrote. "My roots there run deep and traveling back a few times a year no longer seems like enough. This fall's election and the current fiscal crisis in Kansas is driving me to more fully participate in our democracy -- and I want to do that in the place I call home."