Andrew M Rudoi

The experiences was great, as it has been for the past year overall. I will be staying on for the summer and continuing my projects. I will also see an increase in general responsibility. I would say that chances are looking good for a full-time offer. I love the people I work with and I look forward to continuing with them. The projects always…[Read more]

I learned about enterprise data modeling in a way that class never could have taught me. Every industry has its own data regulations and needs, and even more specifically, each organization uses data differently. A strong data model is very important, and must be tailored to the needs of the business. I also learned a lot of networking skills that…[Read more]

In a way, the short papers written in 2101 have helped me in my internship. My team is frequently tasked with evaluating potential new products as part of a technology solution, and we need to be able to summarize them succinctly, firstly such that people who are less technical might understand, and secondly because there might be ten products…[Read more]

Personally, it isn’t a question of having too much work as much as it is a question of what is able to motivate me enough to get my best efforts. With the work that I do at my internship feeling like real and meaningful work, a lot of school assignments have started to seem really silly to me. However, concrete scheduling has helped me keep my…[Read more]

PowerPoint is an incredibly important and useful skill that I have been able to hone over the past few months at Cigna. I’ve done a lot of important work, and typically work is showcased at meetings via some time of presentation. Being able to convey information about a project succinctly in a way that is aesthetically pleasing is a skill that…[Read more]

It took me three weeks to get hooked up to a printer. Typically at Cigna you get assigned a “routing” which which describes where your desk is located, and you automatically get set your account set up with a printer that corresponds to that routing. However, I was given the same routing as my manager, which seems sensible, but my manager actually…[Read more]

I’m currently working at Cigna on the Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure Architecture team. My work is project based, and currently I’m working on a project that aims to consolidate all of Cigna’s data from disparate systems into one searchable repository. There’s some development work, a lot of networking work, and a lot of business…[Read more]