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Olin Executive MBA alumni are making headlines starting with the announcement from Enterprise Holdings Inc. that Christine Taylor has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, making her one of the highest ranking women in the global car rental industry as well as in the automotive and travel industries. The family-owned Enterprise Holdings– the world’s largest car rental company – owns the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands.

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Pipeline Inc., an Midwest-centered entrepreneurial networking and educational group, named Alicia Herald, EMBA, its “Innovator of the Year,” for 2014. The Kansas City Star reports on Jan. 23, 2015 that Herald, the former executive director of Teach for America in Kansas City, developed the idea for her startup, myEDmatch LLC, when she was at Olin.

“In a paper written for a course taught by a professor, Anjan Thakor, Herald conceived an online platform to address high teacher turnover rates,” the article states. “The technology tool works like an online dating site to match schools and teachers. Its biggest client to date, signed last year, was a Dallas public school district.” Read the entire article here.

Congratulations to Executive MBA alumna, Alicia Herald, for her big win as she builds her start-up, myEDmatch LLC, to national prominence. Her online service that helps pair teachers and schools has announced a $2.89 million deal with the Dallas Independent School District.

The startup, conceived during her time as a student in Olin’s Executive MBA program, aims aims to revolutionize the way teachers and schools find each other.

Following graduation in 2012, Alicia developed the partnerships and ultimately the capital to launch the business.

Read the coverage in today’s Kansas City Business Journal.