Travis VanderZanden (born 1979) [3] is an American businessman and the founder and former CEO of Bird, a scooter sharing service owned by Third Lane Mobility.

Before founding Bird, VanderZanden was Chief Operating Officer at Lyft, then VP of International Growth at Uber.

VanderZanden graduated from Appleton North High School in 1997,[1] he later attended University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire from 1997 to 2002, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration.

[citation needed] After leaving Qualcomm, he was Chief Revenue Officer for Yammer from 2009 to 2011, then left to co-found Cherry, an on-demand car-wash service.

Lyft later sued him for allegedly breaking his confidentiality agreement, and the lawsuit was settled for undisclosed terms, with VanderZanden denying any wrongdoing.