I have spent my limited time here at Verafin exploring all sections of the company. Verafin provides credit unions and banks with BSA/AML (Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering) and Fraud detection software using artificial intelligence, so having a firm understanding of the regulations in the financial industry is crucial.
I completed the Edcomm Online Training on “AML Overview for Canada” and “Focus on BSA/AML for Compliance and FIU (Financial Intelligence Units)” to get a better understanding of the regulations in the financial industry to prepare for my time with marketing and sales. During my time with sales and marketing, I sat in on calls with potential clients and current customers, participated in planning and strategizing meetings, learned about current partnerships, and helped send out a mass e-mail campaign.
Today I am working with the Development team and we started the morning with a kickoff meeting. I have been particularly focused on the testing aspect, helping check the documentation of the application to make sure that it correctly and clearly describes each section of the application for the customer. I was also working on a test plan of the application. Using a test plan, I would check that the expected outcome and the real outcome matched and that there weren’t any problems.
My time at Verafin has opened my eyes to the varied aspects of this company and how they affect each other, along with a new use of engineering and artificial intelligence. The experience that I have had during my internship with Verafin has been incredible. I really appreciate and value the support of the company – it has given me the opportunity to work in a really dynamic and positive environment, so focused on employee satisfaction. As I left I made sure to place my green marble in the jar, to represent my great day at work.
Philippa Gosine
Hometown: St. John’s, NL
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Ding! An alert popped up on my company laptop from Outlook. I walked down the office hallway and slowed to a stop to face the impersonal stares of Neo, Trinity and Morpheus, nonchalant and looking cooler than ever. Let me explain myself. My company, Redknee Inc., names its meeting rooms after movies and decorates its doors accordingly with large posters. This morning, I had a chance to sit in and observe a senior meeting between various managers within Redknee Inc. It was very fascinating to see the dynamics of a high-level corporate meeting and the measures put in place in the pursuit of meeting efficiency.
After this, I worked on designing an internal information sharing feature to gather all the documentation for a product into one convenient location for all Redknee employees. Using my increasing familiarity with the company due to previous assignments, and the basic HTML I’ve learned in the past week, I’ve been building a representative prototype on the current company portal. I met with a developer to finalize the details for Thursday when I will shadow him for the day. He was knowledgeable, friendly, and eager to teach; this shone through in an extensive and interesting lecture he gave me about how the developer fits in with the product lifecycle and the company as a whole. For the rest of the day, I’ve been reading up on the appropriate feature design documents to prepare for my shadowing.
I’ve learned a lot about how a company functions and what it is like to work in such an environment. I’m thoroughly and sincerely grateful to have earned an internship at such an innovative and progressive company like Redknee.
Peter Cui
Hometown: Toronto, ON
After this, I worked on designing an internal information sharing feature to gather all the documentation for a product into one convenient location for all Redknee employees. Using my increasing familiarity with the company due to previous assignments, and the basic HTML I’ve learned in the past week, I’ve been building a representative prototype on the current company portal. I met with a developer to finalize the details for Thursday when I will shadow him for the day. He was knowledgeable, friendly, and eager to teach; this shone through in an extensive and interesting lecture he gave me about how the developer fits in with the product lifecycle and the company as a whole. For the rest of the day, I’ve been reading up on the appropriate feature design documents to prepare for my shadowing.
I’ve learned a lot about how a company functions and what it is like to work in such an environment. I’m thoroughly and sincerely grateful to have earned an internship at such an innovative and progressive company like Redknee.
Peter Cui
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Monday, August 24, 2009
After Shad Valley at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, I joined the Impact Entrepreneurship Group for my post-Shad internship. Impact is Canada's largest non-profit, student-run organization that strives to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit in today's youth. I am currently being mentored by Alex Shipillo, Impact's BC president, and getting exposure to the different aspects of running a national organization as big as Impact. It was really wonderful to know that I would be working with Alex as he is one of Canada's Top 20 under Twenty scholars and a Shad Alum. Throughout my internship, Alex kindly shared his personal experiences of entrepreneurship and volunteerism with me and inspired me to get my feet wet in social entrepreneurship.
As part of my job, I work with Impact's corporate sponsors, such as the British Columbia Innovation Council and the Certified General Accountants Association, and major charities across Canada for the Impact Microcredit competition. From overseeing the progress of the 2009 Microcredit competition, I report key statistical figures indicating the immense potential of the competition to our sponsors. It has been an excellent opportunity for me to learn about managing Impact’s high-level projects and gain transferrable skills which will definitely give me a competitive edge in the job market. In addition, I am currently working on an exclusive project with Impact to seek out the top youth entrepreneurs in Canada and recognize them for their achievements.
Today, I am also delighted to say that I met Impact's founder, Kunal Gupta, at Polar Mobile's Toronto headquarters during the video production of Impact's new entrepreneurship campaign. The key message I took home from talking to Kunal personally was not to be afraid of the challenges that I may face as an entrepreneur, but to embrace my entrepreneurial spirit and overcome those challenges. In the end, confidence will prevail. I am really looking forward to Impact's social this weekend, and networking with even more incredible Impacters. This has been by far the best summer I have ever experienced and I want to thank Impact and Shad Valley for that.
Jackey Cheng
Hometown: Markham, ON
As part of my job, I work with Impact's corporate sponsors, such as the British Columbia Innovation Council and the Certified General Accountants Association, and major charities across Canada for the Impact Microcredit competition. From overseeing the progress of the 2009 Microcredit competition, I report key statistical figures indicating the immense potential of the competition to our sponsors. It has been an excellent opportunity for me to learn about managing Impact’s high-level projects and gain transferrable skills which will definitely give me a competitive edge in the job market. In addition, I am currently working on an exclusive project with Impact to seek out the top youth entrepreneurs in Canada and recognize them for their achievements.
Today, I am also delighted to say that I met Impact's founder, Kunal Gupta, at Polar Mobile's Toronto headquarters during the video production of Impact's new entrepreneurship campaign. The key message I took home from talking to Kunal personally was not to be afraid of the challenges that I may face as an entrepreneur, but to embrace my entrepreneurial spirit and overcome those challenges. In the end, confidence will prevail. I am really looking forward to Impact's social this weekend, and networking with even more incredible Impacters. This has been by far the best summer I have ever experienced and I want to thank Impact and Shad Valley for that.
Jackey Cheng
Hometown: Markham, ON
As I made my way downtown to the waterfront, it was unbelievable to think I was about to start my last Monday morning at Hatch Associates Ltd. My first few days on the job involved learning how to use engineering software such as AutoCad and Inventor Pro. After that, the assignment became interesting and challenging as I progressed into modeling and performing FEA stress analyses on specific devices.
Today, I spent my time developing my final report on my analyses and conclusions regarding part reliability and stress yield. Between hours of typing away and comparing data results, my colleague and I walked over to Gastown for a well anticipated lunch break where we chatted up a storm!
Despite focusing on one of Hatch’s Renewable Energy projects, I also got a taste of other industries through lunchtime presentations, KEG (Keeping Education Going) conferences, and opportunities to chat with Hatch employees, whether in the coffee room or at organized networking sessions. The large scale projects at Hatch have re-opened my eyes to what people are able to create when working as a team, piecing different disciplines together to work towards a common masterpiece.
Anna Zhuo
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Today, I spent my time developing my final report on my analyses and conclusions regarding part reliability and stress yield. Between hours of typing away and comparing data results, my colleague and I walked over to Gastown for a well anticipated lunch break where we chatted up a storm!
Despite focusing on one of Hatch’s Renewable Energy projects, I also got a taste of other industries through lunchtime presentations, KEG (Keeping Education Going) conferences, and opportunities to chat with Hatch employees, whether in the coffee room or at organized networking sessions. The large scale projects at Hatch have re-opened my eyes to what people are able to create when working as a team, piecing different disciplines together to work towards a common masterpiece.
Anna Zhuo
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Friday, August 21, 2009
For the month of August, I have been interning at Acres Manitoba Ltd., owned by Hatch, a global engineering company. It has been a great experience, and I have enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about engineering as well as applying engineering theory to real-life situations.
So far, my time at Acres has been fun, educational, and challenging—basically, a great extension of the 4 weeks I spent at Shad Valley earlier this summer. My supervisors and co-workers are friendly and helpful, and the office environment is very pleasant and positive.
Today was Casual Friday at the office. I came in at 8 a.m. and booted up my computer. After submitting my timesheet for the week, I finished editing a spreadsheet on Excel which calculated the stability of a water-retaining structure I am working on. After, I applied Bernoulli’s equation to solve for the flow rate of the water exiting the structure via pipe. At noon I took a quick but refreshing lunch, and then returned to work. I created a spreadsheet that calculated and summarized the information I had found after applying Bernoulli’s equation by hand. Unfortunately, there was an error in the method of calculation, so I did some research in a text book to try to figure out a solution to the problem. Once I was done work I walked to the bus stop to catch my bus home, looking forward to my next week at Acres and thinking of all I have learned and applied thus far.
Rebecca Kummen
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
So far, my time at Acres has been fun, educational, and challenging—basically, a great extension of the 4 weeks I spent at Shad Valley earlier this summer. My supervisors and co-workers are friendly and helpful, and the office environment is very pleasant and positive.
Today was Casual Friday at the office. I came in at 8 a.m. and booted up my computer. After submitting my timesheet for the week, I finished editing a spreadsheet on Excel which calculated the stability of a water-retaining structure I am working on. After, I applied Bernoulli’s equation to solve for the flow rate of the water exiting the structure via pipe. At noon I took a quick but refreshing lunch, and then returned to work. I created a spreadsheet that calculated and summarized the information I had found after applying Bernoulli’s equation by hand. Unfortunately, there was an error in the method of calculation, so I did some research in a text book to try to figure out a solution to the problem. Once I was done work I walked to the bus stop to catch my bus home, looking forward to my next week at Acres and thinking of all I have learned and applied thus far.
Rebecca Kummen
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
Thursday, August 20, 2009
After my trip on the busy early-morning subway, I arrive at Yonge and Bloor station, walk through the PATH underground tunnels to my RBC branch at 2 Bloor St. E., and start my day as a client service representative. Each day, many different types of clients come in and I tackle transactions and customer requests.
I work with all kinds of currencies, process cheques from multiple accounts, and help clients with all their needs. Even with what seems like a very basic transactions, a high level of awareness is required to ensure perfection. I review numerous clients’ financial information every day and do cross checks such us ensuring sufficient funds for withdrawals and cashed cheques. As part of my training, I did modules on privacy and confidentiality, and the bank has a strong focus on fraud protection as well.
This role requires a lot of attention to detail, good judgment, and a friendly attitude. I’m grateful that this internship allowed me to work on my weaknesses and further developed my strengths. After almost three weeks here, I realize in future, I want to have a social environment for my job. Helping out clients is definitely something I love.
Maggie Cai
Hometown: Toronto, ON
I work with all kinds of currencies, process cheques from multiple accounts, and help clients with all their needs. Even with what seems like a very basic transactions, a high level of awareness is required to ensure perfection. I review numerous clients’ financial information every day and do cross checks such us ensuring sufficient funds for withdrawals and cashed cheques. As part of my training, I did modules on privacy and confidentiality, and the bank has a strong focus on fraud protection as well.
This role requires a lot of attention to detail, good judgment, and a friendly attitude. I’m grateful that this internship allowed me to work on my weaknesses and further developed my strengths. After almost three weeks here, I realize in future, I want to have a social environment for my job. Helping out clients is definitely something I love.
Maggie Cai
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I arrived at Production Services Network (PSN) for work today at 8:30. My workspace is in the Process Engineering department so I am surrounded by P&IDs (process and instrumentation drawings) and CAD drawings while I work on my health and safety projects and complete documents for the electrical department. During the first week of my internship I was barely ever at my desk. I have spent 4 hours with each department at PSN. I got the chance to see what goes on in oil and gas project planning, piping, process engineering, electrical engineering, and pretty much every other type of engineering out there.
This morning I submitted my latest electrical project, a spreadsheet of data that is making documentation for a new project much more efficient. Today I also worked on my health and safety projects. I received feedback on my first project, a PowerPoint presentation about proper office ergonomics that has been sent out to the entire office. I am in the process of implementing my second project, educating the office on the H1N1 virus and how to stay safe during the upcoming flu season. My third project is a presentation for offshore workers about the importance of updating their health status to prevent re-injury.
Health and safety has made up a big part of my internship so far and it has opened my eyes and allowed me to learn about so many different aspects of oil and gas through my research. I’m so thankful for all the staff that have taught me and helped me at PSN and in addition to everything I’ve learned, I’m also becoming very skilled at using Microsoft Office!
Erin Langor
Hometown: St. John’s, NL
This morning I submitted my latest electrical project, a spreadsheet of data that is making documentation for a new project much more efficient. Today I also worked on my health and safety projects. I received feedback on my first project, a PowerPoint presentation about proper office ergonomics that has been sent out to the entire office. I am in the process of implementing my second project, educating the office on the H1N1 virus and how to stay safe during the upcoming flu season. My third project is a presentation for offshore workers about the importance of updating their health status to prevent re-injury.
Health and safety has made up a big part of my internship so far and it has opened my eyes and allowed me to learn about so many different aspects of oil and gas through my research. I’m so thankful for all the staff that have taught me and helped me at PSN and in addition to everything I’ve learned, I’m also becoming very skilled at using Microsoft Office!
Erin Langor
Hometown: St. John’s, NL
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