Across industries, in roles from entry-level to executive management, Carroll School alumni are making moves鈥攁nd headlines鈥攊n business. Even amid the tumult of the last eighteen months, these 艾可直播 have succeeded in launching new restaurants and beverage brands; 鈥渕anufacturing privilege鈥 for minority entrepreneurs; leading diversity and inclusion on 艾可直播鈥檚 healthcare scene, and taking the helm of a healthcare giant in the midst of a global pandemic. On this page, you'll find items about alumni recently in the news鈥small spotlights on big achievers.

Media monitoring and reporting by Isabella Kehl '23 and Carroll School Communications staff.

A Newsworthy IPO听

Eagle鈥檚 second startup soars in stock market debut

A decade after Jason Krantz 鈥95 P鈥23 launched Definitive Healthcare, the company鈥檚 September 15 stock market debut , with shares soaring 60 percent after the initial public offering. In , Krantz credited the company鈥檚 success to their 鈥渘ew data science techniques鈥 that generate market intelligence about the healthcare industry. Definitive Healthcare鈥檚 software helps suppliers, ranging from medical device manufacturers to architects to a jam-maker, to identify sales leads and find purchasing information for healthcare providers.

A 鈥減roud 艾可直播ian鈥 with strong ties to 艾可直播 College (Krantz, his wife Keely Krantz MCAS 鈥95, and their daughter Aidan Krantz MCAS 鈥23 are all 艾可直播), Krantz told the that he hopes Definitive Healthcare will be 鈥渁 cornerstone in 艾可直播, similar to a HubSpot or a Wayfair over time.鈥 Definitive Healthcare is Krantz鈥檚 second successful startup in the 艾可直播 biotech space. His first venture, Infinata Inc., a biotech and pharmaceutical data analytics company, was sold to Pearson Media in 2007.


Back in Business

Former NFL Player using his Carroll School degree in healthcare

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Gordon Browne '74

Gordon Browne 鈥74 reminisced with the New York Jets鈥 online feature 听detailing his football career at 艾可直播 College and recounting how being an Eagle landed him a place on the New York Jets. Browne, who studied marketing at the Carroll School of Management, also shared how, when it came time to leave the Jets, he applied his business degree to a second, fulfilling career in healthcare.

Gordon Browne鈥檚 pro potential was evident even when he was in high school. At six feet, five inches and 225 pounds, the talented varsity tight end and defensive end at Millis High School received offers to play for established college programs at Ohio State and Notre Dame, among many others. In all, more than 50 college teams offered Browne scholarships to play NCAA football. In听听with his hometown news outlet, the Massachusetts native said he chose 艾可直播 College not just for its proximity to home, but also because the new football program had stirred up a great 鈥渆nthusiasm on campus.鈥澨

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Revolutionizing Digital Media

How a near death experience brought vision to a company

Under the headline 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America,鈥 told the story of Ric Elias 鈥89 and his journey from Puerto Rico and the Carroll School of Management to building one of the largest media companies in America. Elias and his friend Dan Feldstein co-founded Red Ventures in 2000, attempting to break new ground in the digital marketing world. Their unique strategy combined older telemarketing techniques (like personalized sales pitches) with new digital technologies (including search engine optimization) to sell personalized products and services to their clients.

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Ric Elias 鈥89 (Photo: Travis Dove for The New York Times)

Almost a decade later, Elias鈥檚 life was changed as he found himself on US Airways Flight 1549 bracing for a water landing on the Hudson River. One of 155 passengers onboard that jetliner, Elias sat in seat 1D and recalled how the plane went silent as the cabin prepared for impact. Later telling his story in his TedTalk 鈥,鈥 Elias noted that as the plane fell, he thought to himself 鈥淚 no longer want to postpone anything in life.鈥


鈥淩ising Star鈥 in a Remarkable Year

From Fulton Hall to Wall Street, CSOM graduate continues path of excellence听

Despite the economic uncertainties of late, Alex Tingle 鈥14 continued to stand out for his performance as an investment banker at UBS.听Tingle graduated from the Honors Program at the Carroll School of Management with concentrations in Finance, Operations Management, and Information Systems. Earlier this year, he appeared on听Business Insider'蝉听补苍苍耻补濒听听濒颈蝉迟.

At the end of this past summer, he was named听听for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) at Goldman Sachs, after working in that sector for nine years at UBS.听Tingle鈥檚 career at UBS听had听started with two summer internships as an undergraduate at the Carroll School; he joined the firm full-time as a junior analyst after graduation. In the seven years since,听the Ontario native rose in the ranks at UBS to become director of the bank鈥檚 TMT group.听


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