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Wednesday
Jul282010

GE Healthcare Interns Give Back

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 10:15AM

You hear people say it all the time, “GE is a wonderful place to work.” But what does that really mean? Well, earlier this summer the Healthcare IMLP’s and EID’s were presented with an opportunity to give back to the community in an EID Interfaith Spring Ahead Community Service Event, where they helped an elderly woman complete numerous chores around her beautiful home. The IMLP/EID’s helped wash windows, clean out the gutters, wash a boat, clean up the yard, and most excitingly they helped revive a ginormous wooden train by cleaning and repainting it. The wonderful lady has had this train for close to 20 years now and it was “fading into the yard” as she told us. The group was absolutely honored to be able to revive this train for her. They spent hours cleaning and painting the train, even staying close to 2 hours later than originally planned just to finish the project. After the train was finished, she told us, “Now people will be able to see it from the street again, I love the smiles on the children’s faces when they see the train.”  The smile on the woman’s face said it all. She couldn’t have asked for anything more.

This event was an amazing opportunity for all of the EID’s to really see exactly what GE is all about. We do not come to work every day and just perform our jobs; we go above and beyond to help others when they are in need of an extra hand. It was also an excellent time for all of us to get to know one another and become more comfortable around each other. It was an experience that I’m sure none of us will ever forget. All employees of GE should feel fortunate enough to work for such a great company. GE continually goes above and beyond the work place and helps give back to their local communities.

- Andy L.

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Monday
Jul262010

Meet the Interns - Corporate

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 1:00PM

Matt - IMLP Intern - GE CorporateMy first day at GE I had a meeting in a Virtual Collaboration Space to introduce myself to the assignment leader of my IMLP internship.  As an intimidated intern I had no idea what a Virtual Collaboration Space was, hadn't met my assignment leader, and had just moved to a brand new city.  I walked into the room to meet my AL and without looking around I stuck out my hand to introduce myself.  "Hi, my name is Matt and I'll be a Senior at Indiana University majoring in Informatics and Business," I nervously stated.  Little did I know, but I had not only introduced myself to Drew (my assignment leader) but also to people in Georgia, New York, and Poland!
 
It turns out that Virtual Collaboration Spaces are a new initiative in GE that integrate Cisco Telepresence (a cool way for people to video conference in high-definition) and other collaborative technologies.  My first experience with VCS is a microcosm of my internship at GE:  I've networked with others on a global scale, learned more than I could have ever imagined, and worked with a variety of cutting-edge technologies.  I may have to wake up a little earlier than I do for school but the daily challenges and rewards make it all worth it.


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Wednesday
Jul212010

When one becomes the customer ...

DateWednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:00AM

Some people say Information Technology is a business enabler, other ones that it is a support system and many mention it is a service. Most people agree we always have a customer focus and it is one of our main drivers.

During this rotation I have been working in the Network environment to maintain the quality that Six Sigma excelence standards give us.

For the first time since I started the IMLP I had the chance to interact with vendors and telecom carriers, making us the customer in this case. It is a very interesting perspective as we need to define our requirements, standards and needs and that is not as easy as it seems.

GE is a worldwide company and when defining global processes we cannot forget how different each region, country or even site are, so the program manager challenge is not to lose that global mindset when drilling down to low level issues.

This rotation is giving me the capapbility to zoom in and out into project details without losing the objectives we have and thanks to the international scope, the chance to be working with teams in Asia, Europe and America teaches me one can fix things being thousands miles apart from the issue.

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Monday
Jul192010

Meet the Interns - GE Aviation

DateMonday, July 19, 2010 at 2:50PM

Andrew - 2nd Rotation IMLP Intern - GE AviationI am Andrew, a rising senior at Miami University majoring in Management Information Systems. I am currently an IMLP intern for the Aviation business working in TSG. I chose to intern at GE because I was impressed with the business impact that I was told I would have while interning here. With this being my second internship at GE, I can verify that this is definitely the case. You can really see how your work contributes and is important to the business.

In my current assignment I am working in TSG on the Vault migration team. My primary project is to decide and begin implementation on a tool to be used for file transfer into and out of the Vault. I am also working on a reporting tool for solution architects to use in reporting to CIO’s.

I like the IMLP Intern program for a multitude of reasons including the great people I am surrounded with, the networking and learning, and the fun events and atmosphere. My short term future goal is to get into the IMLP program, and I am sure my experience on program will lead me to discover my next long term goal. In my spare time I do a lot of cycling, and my absolute favorite sport/hobby is snow skiing.

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Tuesday
Jul132010

Meet the Interns - GE Aviation

DateTuesday, July 13, 2010 at 11:53PM

Jon - 2nd Rotation IMLP Intern - GE AviationHi, I’m Jonathan (Jon), and I’m a second rotation IMLP intern working on the Lean Six Sigma Team for GE Aviation.  I’m currently a rising junior at Miami University majoring in Management Information Systems, Interactive Media Studies, and minoring in economics.  I also study in the University Honors and Business Honors programs.  During this rotation at GE, I am an Information Management Project Manager for a centralized database that will collect data from multiple data sources about the Design, Build, Run (DBR) process in Tech Services. 

I decided to return this year because my first rotation with GE was an amazing experience where I learned, was challenged, loved my work, and made many new friends and contacts.  The corporate culture at GE is incredibly friendly and helpful and allows for a great work environment where you can always get help and feel welcome to talk to everyone.   

My favorite part about being an IMLP intern is the challenging, business critical assignments that you have as an intern. During my time at GE, I have been the focal for the Aviation IMLP intern committee, coordinated the sports schedule for our yearly DiversITy Picnic (no that is not a typo, IT should be capitalized when referring to the picnic), and am currently the IMLP intern staff meeting coordinator.  Doing all of these activities among many others with other IMLP interns is a highlight of the intern experience here at GE and creates very close friendships that are always fun.  Being an IMLP intern at GE is a great experience!

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