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Arity’s summer intern spotlight
In honor of National Intern Day on July 27th, meet Arity’s summer interns!
Arity’s interns bring fresh eyes to our mission of making transportation smarter, safer, and more useful for everyone. In celebration of National Intern Day, we are excited to highlight how each is adding significant value across the entire organization: Analytics, Engineering, Marketing, Operational Excellence, Product Management, and Sales teams.
Analytics
Arity is constantly collecting and deciphering billions of miles of driving data. Our Analytics team not only knows how to analyze and find meaning within this data but is passionate about how it affects the end-users of our products.
Wen Ye
Role: Data Science Intern
Major: Computer Science and Statistics
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have learned a lot about Amazon Web Services (AWS) during my internship.
Rochelle Kaper
Role: Business Analytics Consultant Intern
Major: Master of Science in Cognitive Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned a lot about using Scala, AWS Glue, and geospatial visualization tools!
Scott Chen
Role: Business Analytics Consultant Intern
Major: Business Analytics
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I learned a lot about how impactful telematics data is and efficient ways to solve problems from my team.
Jacob Kruse
Role: Data Science Intern
Major: PhD in Geography
What’s something you have learned during your internship? Sedona provides a lot of speedup for spatial operations that are typically done in GeoPandas or similar.
Qinghao Lin
Role: Data Science Intern
Major: Master of Science in Business Analytics
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned about the AWS data pipeline for machine learning model and strategies to address, tackle, and solve real-world data issues in a productive environment.
Engineering
Our engineers make critical advances in areas like sensor technology, enterprise engineering, and platform development. Our team understands what it means to collaborate and communicate in an interconnected global team, all while having trust, transparency, and empathy for the end user.
Michael Hseish
Role: Mobile Engineering Intern
Major: Master of Science in Software Engineering
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned about tools and processes to work well in a team.
Joseph Castrigno
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science (Emphasis in Software Engineering)
What’s something you have learned during your internship? A lesson that has been reinforced for me during this internship is that even though it can feel slow at times, a structured approach to problem-solving is a powerful tool when confronted with a complex issue.
Frederick Clarke
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned a lot about different AWS tools and how they fit into Arity’s overall architecture.
Alejandro Rodriguez
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? How to practice Agile software development by attending daily standups, sprint planning, and backlog refinements. Also learned more about Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) by familiarizing myself with Jenkins in order to update production pipelines. Also learned how to test Arity Service API by adding/updating unit and integration tests.
Alexander Hoffmann
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? Something I’ve learned is the importance of writing tests when it comes to writing code.
Vrinda Amarnani
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? So far, I’ve learned how to use multiple software tools such as Jenkins, the Artifactory, and Tableau. I’ve also learned the importance of asking questions and using research to complete my tasks.
Ojas Jain
Role: Software Engineering Intern
Major: Computer Science
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned about the importance of testing code. Everyone’s life is easier if code is tested thoroughly.
Marketing
Our Marketing team drives the creative vision of the Arity brand and grows demand for Arity’s products. From company events and public speaking engagements, to visual design strategy and product messaging, our team works hard to ensure that our Sales and Customer Success teams, and everyone at Arity, have the tools they need to effectively communicate the value of Arity’s products.
Abhijit Samudrala
Role: Product Marketing Intern
Major: Master of Science in IT and Analytics
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have learned a lot about the variety of tech within the insurance field as well as the advancements of mobility intelligence. Looking at a variety of different companies and products that the industry offers to help both companies and consumers has been really cool, and I hope that my analysis helps Arity make decisions to be a leader in the field.
Isabel Vasich
Role: Graphic Design Intern
Major: Graphic Design and Illustration
What’s something you have learned during your internship? It is essential to present your work in context, not just for your clients but also your coworkers and peers. For example, for a website project, I made fully rendered wireframes to show how a module would look in the context of a full website.
Sofia Dobbelaere
Role: Communications Consultant Intern
Major: Economics and Communication
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve gained valuable experience in employee communications, public relations, social media, and event planning during my time at Arity. It’s been super insightful to learn about what goes into planning a new company initiative, or how we communicate about our products to other businesses and the public at large.
Alexandra Thomas
Role: Product Marketing Intern
Major: Sociology
What’s something you have learned during your internship? This summer at Arity I learned what a pivot table is and how to create one. With collaboration and a lot of learning, I am now training others about it! Arity has allowed me space to grow and a lot of support with my projects. The wonderful people at Arity teach me something new every day, and I am excited to continue learning!
Operational Excellence
Our Operational Excellence team ensures Arity is an industry leader both in terms of the products we offer, and by the way in which we deliver and deploy them to our customers.
Megan Rittenhouse
Role: Operational Excellence Intern
Major: Economics
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have learned that Arity really values what interns are contributing through their projects and that everyone is willing to work with you to get a better understanding of how Arity functions and network with you for future endeavors!
Georgia Pettygrove
Role: Operational Excellence Intern
Major: Economics (Concentration in Financial Markets)
What’s something you have learned during your internship? During my internship, I’ve learned how to structure a nine to five workday and honed my project management skills.
Product Management
Our Product Management team collaborates regularly with our engineers, designers, customers, and stakeholders to understand what must be done and why. They work with the development team to solve tough problems and produce great results.
Jingwei Huang
Role: Product Management Intern
Major: Master of Computer and Information Technology
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have learned to create tickets and epics on Jira for Analytics interns. I also follow through with them to update tickets when necessary.
Kaia Nguyen
Role: Experience Design Intern
Major: Emerging Technology in Business & Design
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I’ve learned how to conduct and analyze a card sort study using UserZoom.
Allison Oh
Role: UX Marketing Intern
Major: Integrated Design and Media
What’s something you have learned during your internship? Navigating a remote working lifestyle and communicating online in the workplace.
Eric Cho
Role: Product Management Intern
Major: Master of Business Administration
What’s something you have learned during your internship? While I’ve learned a great deal about mobility data, telematics, and how Arity helps make transportation smarter, safer, and more useful, I’ve also learned that complexity can be overcome through thoughtful communication. Clear communication is the bridge that aligns teams, stakeholders, and customers such that complicated systems can be digested, ambiguous data can be analyzed, and value propositions can be expressed. At Arity, I’ve seen the power of communication across channels first-hand and its effect on creating meaningful impact.
Sales
Our Sales team members are passionate and excited about the opportunity to drive change not just for customers, but for an entire industry. They help our business take off by being innovative, transparent, and holding a desire to do the right thing.
Naomi George
Role: Solutions Engineering Intern
Major: Information Technology Systems
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have acquired a comprehensive understanding of Arity’s product portfolio through company resources as well as engagement with my team. In addition, I also learned how to conduct match tests and analyze results to assess product-market fit.
Lyndie Lobdell
Role: Business Development Intern
Major: Marketing
What’s something you have learned during your internship? I have learned how to use numerous applications like ZoomInfo, Winmo, Salesloft, and Salesforce. I’m also continuously learning about the solutions Arity can provide to our customers based on what industry they’re in. It seems like the solutions are endless and it’s truly so cool to see what we can do for people.
Interested in being a part of our 2024 intern cohort? Look for job postings on our Careers page.
