Internship Experiences

"My current internship with Maloney + Novotny has been an enlightening experience so far. My responsibilities include preparing and completing tax returns for individuals, businesses, and other organizations. I've also gotten the chance to work on additional projects within our accounting software to manage billing accounts, compute financial statements, and reconcile bank accounts. I am so grateful for the connections and network OWU has given me throughout my time here."

"Over the Fall 2020 semester, I interned as a Data Analyst Intern with RxNXT, a pharmaceutical company. My role involved manipulating and analyzing data using python programming language to help drive sales conversations, deliver in-depth analyses on product performances, user engagement, and forecasts. I also redesigned the company’s website. I will also be working as a Business Intelligence intern with Rev1 Ventures. As an intern, I will help the team operate by managing the company’s portfolio data, processes, and analytics to empower company-wide transparency and decision making. I will be analyzing data to help drive business decisions. I will be working closely with team leaders and key stakeholders, helping to drive the evolution and execution of a BI roadmap to manage increasing demand for data-driven insights. Such experiences, especially the ones with startups really make one think critically and apply skills learned in class. Working in a startup environment requires you to wear many hats at the same time." 

Joey De Russo '23

"This summer I have been working for Northwestern Mutual in their Cleveland office as a Financial Representative Intern. I have been running my own financial practice along with the help of senior advisors to provide clients tools to achieve financial security. This experience has allowed me to become a better communicator and listener. Also, I have gained a lot of knowledge of insurance and the financial services industry. What I have loved about this experience so far is being able to hear the goals and future aspirations from the people I talk to. I'd like to thank my family, friends, classmates, OWU alumni, and staff for meeting with me to show them how I conduct my business. I could not have done it without them."

"Interning at the Delaware Entrepreneurial Center at OWU is one of my favorite college experiences! The leadership opportunities, community, and hands-on experience I have acquired over the past two years have been critical to my personal and professional development. Some of my biggest accomplishments at the center are creating and maintaining databases of clientele for venture capital and marketing firms, coordinating luncheons and small-business workshops, building the master database and email list for the center, and stepping out of my comfort zone to form connections with CEOs and business innovators."

Max Beard '22

"This summer I have had the privilege of interning as a Research Assistant at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Much of my work has centered around finding, summarizing, and analyzing research papers to incorporate into the literature review of the research team’s study of e-payment technologies in developing countries. Additionally, I have researched literature that will help the team’s examination into a separate area of research: the adoption of e-commerce technologies by small businesses in Mexico. As part of this task I have also designed surveys that will be conducted with small business owners in Mexico to better gauge how the research team can assist these firms during the Covid-19 lock down."

Aakash Gupta '21

 "I am currently interning with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in their Financial Management Scholars Program. I was supposed to work out of the Lexington, Massachusetts field office, but due to the pandemic it was switched to teleworking. The department I work in is Risk Management Supervision (RMS). Its mission statement is “To promote stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system through examining and supervising insured financial institutions, leading sound policy development, evaluation resolution plans, and monitoring and mitigating systemic risks.” (FDIC Intranet)

My responsibilities entail analyzing and applying the CAMELS components to the bank we are examining. The components are Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity to Market Risk. Then a rating is given to each component ranging from a 1 to a 5, 1 being strong and 5 being critically deficient.

During a bank examination, there is a team that comes together, and everyone is assigned his/her own set of responsibilities. The Examiner In Charge (EIC) heads the team, and he/she has an Operations Manager who oversees the other examiners reviewing the CELS (Capital Adequacy, Earnings, Liquidity, Sensitivity to Market Risk). There is an Asset Manager who oversees asset quality such as loans and investments. In addition, there are a management reviewer, IT specialist, and Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering specialist."

Jack Funderberg '21

"This summer I have been working at Quantum Health as a Finance Intern. Through this 10-week program, I have been able to expand my network and connect with many different departments within the business. I have worked primarily on creating a Client Profitability Report that breaks down revenues and expenses on a client level. I have also analyzed this report to make assumptions on what the profitability drivers are for the business, and how Quantum Health can continue to grow and maintain high profit levels. In addition to that, myself and the other interns created a Diversity & Inclusion Survey to distribute to all Quantum Health employees, and get an idea of where we believe QH could improve their work environment. This internship has given me the opportunity to improve technical skills (Excel, Tableau, etc.) but also better communicate and collaborate in the workplace. I am very lucky to have this opportunity despite the current pandemic and would highly recommend Quantum Health as a place to work for anyone."