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QuEST Internship Program (Early Quality Awareness). Internship. Sankaran Ramanathan “Ram” (Verizon Wireless) Parthiv Patel (Verizon Wireless) Dave Sanicola ( Desara Group). (Early Quality Awareness). Internship (High School and early university Students). Quest Forum Member Companies.
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QuEST Internship Program(Early Quality Awareness) Internship Sankaran Ramanathan “Ram” (Verizon Wireless) Parthiv Patel (Verizon Wireless) Dave Sanicola (Desara Group)
(Early Quality Awareness) Internship (High School and early university Students) Quest Forum Member Companies Internship Training Committee ICT Members Leadership Council
Initial discussion with NAF Schools • National Presence • Strong focus towards STEM • Readiness towards Performance Improvement • 3 month internship + = STEM Internship
Early Quality Awareness • Student • Gain exposure to real-word quality standards and issues • Increase self-confidence in the workplace while developing an expanded network of associates and professionals • Increase opportunities for faster advancement and growth in science/technology • Opportunity to earn Completion Certificate (or) Credits • Quest Forum and Member Organization • Bring early awareness of importance of quality to the community • Prescreened interns with a focus towards quality • Seamlessly converts student interns to full-time employees who can be immediately productive • Brings new and innovative ideas to an employer • Cost Effective approach as the cost and research findings are shared with other Quest Forum Members
Internship Models • Internship • Paid internship to student via shared cost across multiple sponsors • One of the member company could host the student on-site • Knowledge Internship: Development opportunity by working on industry challenges Knowledge Interns