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- Flying high. Lauren Woods joined Southwest Airlines in 2010, running the technology behind the carrier's mobile app, rewards program, website, and more. But when Southwest's service cratered during the December holidays, it wasn't that consumer-facing technology that was the problem; it was the airline's system for internal communications and crew scheduling.
