Kan became a
Presidential Management Fellow at the Office of Management and Budget in 2004. From 2006 to 2010, Kan was as a policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell. He worked as a management consultant at
Bain & Company from 2012 to 2014. Prior to assuming his Transportation Department position, Kan was the general manager of the Southern California region for
Lyft. Kan worked at Lyft from 2015 to 2017. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2017. His work at the Department of Transportation focused heavily on self-driving cars. In July 2019, Kan resigned from his position in the Department of Transportation to take on the position of executive associate director at the Office of Management and Budget. In 2019, the Trump administration briefly considered Kan for a
Federal Reserve board seat. In 2020, Kan was appointed to the
White House Coronavirus Task Force. In November 2021, President Biden announced he would appoint Kan to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. On May 12, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the
United States Senate by
voice vote. As of 2021, Kan worked as an outside advisor to
Oaktree Capital Group with a focus on infrastructure and emerging technology. In December of 2021, Kan was appointed to the board of
Toll Brothers. As of 2022, Kan served on the board of
Deliverr, a startup focused on e-commerce fulfillment services. His work continued after the firm was acquired by
Shopify where, as of 2023, he was a vice president. ==Education==