Life at GE : Careers : GE
During my time at Brunel University I undertook a one year internship with Warner Bros Entertainment. It was truly an unforgettable experience to be working in the heart of London for such a reputable company at a young age. The experiences I gained at Warner Bros aided me not only in succeeding in my final year of University, but also in enabling my leap to join the Information Technology Leadership Program with GE.
While undertaking my Internship I often collaborated with NBC Universal - a child company of GE. It is through this I first heard of the Information Technology Leadership Program. After learning more about ITLP from a pitch given at my University and comparing it with graduate schemes offered by other businesses, GE's ITLP looked like the best programme out there! I can tell you - it certainly doesn't disappoint. The amount of training and responsibility given on ITLP can't be fathomed until you experience it for yourself. GE is an enormous company spanning a great range of fields; from Healthcare to Aviation, from Media to Oil & Gas. The opportunities within GE seem endless.
I'm currently in my second ITLP rotation where I am the Project Manager for the Network Self Services Portal (NSSP); a tool which will provide us with easy access to our network's global performance, availability and capacity metrics. I am responsible for a team of 5 Java developers to bring this highly sought information to fruition in an informative, user friendly interface. This information will prove vital to CIO teams when making IT business decisions.
The opportunity to work in a global business on such a global program has truly made the world a much smaller place to live in. On a daily basis, I communicate with fellow ITLP's representing over a dozen countries, and work with people across the Americas and EMEA. While it is great to have such great global networking opportunities my most rewarding experience has been experiencing how IT directly impacts the business at the local level. During my first rotation I worked on mapping the ERP systems at our Cheltenham site. Learning and documenting all the different IT systems and how they are used in the end to end business process - from receiving an order from a customer, to the material resource planning on the shop floor, to the financial systems invoices - the business relies upon these systems. Today, it's not so much about what the business needs from IT. IT is the force driving the processes and shaping the future potential of businesses. Having the opportunity to be a part of this has truly been my most rewarding GE experience to date.
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