Steady under pressure. Rigorous by design. Trusted when it matters.
Operational Excellence ● Executive Escalations ● Incident Response
15+ years across Meta, Lyft, and Uber, trusted with the escalations, incidents, and regulatory work that couldn't fail. I bring calm and clarity to high-stakes problems where trust is on the line, and I lead through influence, with a people manager's track record behind it.
How I Operate
From C-suite escalations to crisis transformations to regulatory compliance across 20+ teams, I bring structure, sound judgment, and decisive action to environments where operational failures have real consequences. I triage fast, communicate clearly to executives, and turn every incident into a pattern the team can prevent next time.
I don't just track metrics. I define them: QA, CSAT, TRT, IRT, Escalation Rate %. I've guided teams through AI-enabled workflow transformations that cut triage time by 60% and training time by 40%. AI isn't a shortcut. It's a tool, and only as good as the human judgment behind it.
I align legal, policy, product, and operations partners without formal authority. As a people manager I earned a 96% leadership approval rating and helped 1 in 3 of my reports get promoted. I bring that same coaching and advocacy to every team I join, with or without direct reports.
The Builder's Track Record
When the most sensitive, complex work needed a home, it came to us. And when the foundations didn't exist, I built them.
"Our team's reputation preceded us. When the most complex work needed a home, they came to us."
When a company priority program encountered cases too complex to resolve, they came to our team. We were the last line of defense, sought out because of what we'd already proven we could do.
Designed the global bespoke support model for a net-new transparency product serving academic researchers worldwide, built from zero alongside the product itself.
Our team's work earned us the opportunity to stand up tailored support for a major platform's second-party partners, the only team in global operations to do so.
"Early in our team's maturity, these didn't exist. They do now, and the team is still running on them."
Our team was early in its maturity with no quality standard in place. Scoped, designed, and launched the first. Scores hit 95%+ and the templates became the foundation the team still builds on today.
No operational blueprint existed for how our team should scale. Built the workforce strategy from the ground up, giving the team the structure, clarity, and stability to grow.
By the Numbers
Started owning 10–15% of the highest-risk escalations across the organization. Expanded the support model to own 56% of total org case volume, with a phased plan to reach 85% through capacity build and operating model redesign.
Led org-wide AI adoption across scheduling, triage, and case management, reducing triage time by 60%, training time by 40%, with 100% team participation from day one.
Designed the team's first QA program from scratch. Scores held at 95%+ once established, and frameworks were adopted org-wide.
Consistent top-tier approval across leadership evaluations, rated by the people being led, not self-assessed.
Across all management roles: the consistent result of intentional career nurturing, stretch opportunities, and advocacy at every level.
70% close rate across 400+ partner relationships as a founding market builder at Uber Eats across four Southeast markets.
"The best work I've ever done isn't what I delivered. It's what kept running after I moved on."
Systems that outlast me. Teams that keep growing. Leaders who carry the work forward. That's the standard I hold myself to, in every role, at every company.
Patricia Burden Ahluwalia
Career Arc
Trusted with Meta's highest-stakes operational environments, progressing from Pillar Lead to People Manager across programs spanning regulatory products, data access platforms, emerging technologies, and globally significant events where operational failures carried real reputational, regulatory, and public consequence. Built and led the teams, escalation frameworks, and KPI systems that kept those programs running, with direct C-suite and VP-level visibility on the most sensitive cases.
Led marketplace operations across 3 sites supporting 10,000+ drivers. Built the region's first operational playbook, managed strategic partnerships with Hertz and Pep Boys, and led the COVID-19 virtual transition while maintaining 85% CSAT without interruption.
Founding market builder across four Southeast markets. Drove expansion through relationship-led partner acquisition, onboarding 400+ restaurant partners with a 70% close rate and contributing to $20M+ in gross bookings. Reduced go-live timelines from 7 days to 24 hours.
Managed a $25M client portfolio, delivering strategic account management and cross-functional issue resolution while maintaining 9–10 NPS scores across all accounts.
Co-founder of Pind and Porch, a small-batch jam business my husband and I started in Arizona to bring people together around the table.