Although the chief mission of MIT Sloan is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world, entrepreneurship and innovation play a significant part in this equation.
Adriana Bokel Herde, EMBA '17, is the Chief People Officer at Snyk in Boston, MA.
Georg Caspary, EMBA ’17, is CEO of Scaletech in Berlin, Germany. He has worked with early-stage clients such as the World Bank, Google and major cleantech accelerators and is the recipient of three MIT innovation grants and 150K in grants from EU funds.
Jose Garcia-Aranda, EMBA '17, is President of Alberici Global Automotive Constructors, LLC in St. Louis, MO.
Naji Gehchan, EMBA '22, is Global Brand Development Leader for Global Oncology at Eli Lilly in Cambridge, co-founder of Sohati and spreadloveio.com.
Thomas J. Allen, SM ’63, PhD ’66, a beloved member of the MIT Sloan community for more than half a century, died November 13 after a brief illness. He was 89.
Joshua Feinblum, EMBA ’18, and Kosta Ligris, EMBA ’18, cofounded the real estate service platform Stavvy after a chance conversation at a holiday party.
From a former NASA flight controller to a nonprofit in Ghana, Andy Pechacek, EMBA ’12, is building a massive, impactful network of MIT Sloan alumni.
Julie Lockner, EMBA '17, is the cofounder and executive board member of 17 Minds, which focuses on wearable technology, and COO of IBM Data and AI Portfolio Operations and Offering Management, where she helps the company apply AI to solve global problems.
Dedric Carter, EMBA '14, is a former senior advisor for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Director National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA. He is currently associate dean of engineering and professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis.
