Justin Pickering: Information Systems and Economics , May 2009

"The best part about my internship was that I was the lead on an actual project that directly impacted the productivity of my team. In other words, my results mattered to my team, in that if I did not complete my project, their process would continue to suffer. That drove me to give 120% all the time. In addition, the fact that I can gain credit for my internship within my major is a huge plus."

Placement: GE Money Americas IT, Testing Center of Excellence, Enterprise Platforms

Description of Duties: Plan, build, document, and capture metrics on a process workflow to allow for the automation and tracking of this process, step by step, in a form online that is viewable and accessible by everyone. Research additional online tools by which user-defined fields used by many credit card clients are tracked and shared. Complete some actual account testing that my department is in charge of. Turn all of the documentation that I have created into a "Best-Practice" model that others at GE will be able to follow in order to automate their own processes using workflows.

Future Career Plans: After my undergraduate years, I plan on working toward my Masters degree in Information Systems and continuing to pursue an employment role that blends together both IT and business. I would like to continue to work for GE because of their strong credentials in IT as well as their good reputation for molding their employees into dedicated leaders who motivate others and drive change.