EBay executive killed on train tracksMarch 13, 2012 - 19:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An eBay executive was struck and killed by a commuter train in California, Mashable reported. Eric Salvatierra, 39, who served as vice president of customer advocacy and operational excellence at eBay unit PayPal, was hit by a Caltrain commuter train in Menlo Park, Calif., near San Francisco at around 9:30 a.m. Authorities are investigating the incident. Caltrain did not provide any details. Salvatierra’s uncle, Oscar Salvatierra, told The Mercury News, “all I know is [Eric Salvatierra] had his bike.” A PayPal spokesman told The Wall Street Journal, “The eBay family will miss Eric very much. Our thoughts are with his family and all that knew him at this difficult time.” Salvatierra, who was married and the father of three young girls, was also the former chief financial officer for Skype, now a unit of Microsoft, according to his LinkedIn profile. Salvatierra graduated from Georgetown University in 1994 with a degree in finance and worked as a securities analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co., for four years after college. So far, there have been four people killed on Caltrain tracks in 2012, according to The Mercury News. In 2011, there were 16 deaths on the railroad’s lines. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |