Nicholas Schratz

I am currently enrolled in a corporate sustainability class where we often talk about the challenges of global warming and how they affect business, but we also discuss heavily the issues that come with the modern neo-liberal society we live in today. Capitalism is dependent on constant growth and we live in a world of finite resources with an…[Read more]

Interesting post Lee, never really thought about how we could utilize facial recognition for law enforcement since we are so used to using it for silly or simple things. Additionally, I am pretty surprised that IBM was allowed to use these pictures without consent. I assume it has been covered in the terms of use that Flickr could sell them or…[Read more]

I actually did a project on Amazon Go for MSOM and I can confirm that they don’t use facial recognition. The store has Bluetooth beacons that identify what mobile device accounts are closest to the items being picked up by interacting with the user’s Amazon go app that is running on their phone. They use shelf cameras, AI, and weight sensors to…[Read more]

I think the main issue with trying to create a definitive measure of IT is that IT departments touch so many different aspects of the business and some of these aspects are not profit driven but rather supportive. When we look at accounting metrics we have different measurements for different areas such as liquidity, solvency, efficiency, and…[Read more]

I really enjoyed this metaphor, it’s not often that business IT and home decorators collide. I also like the use of metaphors for an organization considering we just covered a part of “Images of an Organization” which talks about the different metaphors of business. In my corporate sustainability class, we have actually talked about redesigning…[Read more]

Steve Jobs was a phenomenal presenter and there’s no question as to why the iPhone launch is considered the gold standard of business presentation skills. Before I took business communications I would often be one of the individuals who would paste paragraphs of information on my slide. Now when I see something like that I completely zone out and…[Read more]

Today my internship at Ernst and Young ended, and it was all that I could have ever wanted. I got to meet some extraordinary people and learn quality skills that will last me for a lifetime. I was able to network with employees and interns from all over the country and world this past week at our International Intern Leadership Conference in…[Read more]

Couldn’t agree more with being comfortable with being uncomfortable. It feels like almost everyday half of my calendar is rearranged.

The MIS program and Fox School as a whole have helped me greatly so far in my internship.
MIS 3506 was super helpful because it helped me prepare to meet with clients and to formulate what kind of questions I need to be asking. Although I am in audit and not consulting, so I am not taking the same steps as the class project, scoping out projects…[Read more]

I have been having a really hard time trying to balance two. Working on a new schedule has me still attempting to adapt, and I still can’t quite get my phone calendar to properly alert me about the dates that I set for this classes assignments. So, my current system of trying to handle everything is now to try and check on the class website every…[Read more]

Ernst and Young held a week-long orientation in Nashville for the Risk Advisory interns to teach us about the expectations of the firm and how to use some of the firm’s software, so that we could be better prepared for our first days in the office. With almost 400 interns at the conference we were spread out all throughout the hotel so finding…[Read more]

Hello everyone! I will be working at Ernst and Young in Center City this summer in the Risk Advisory Program (RAP). I will be working with a team to interview and evaluate clients processes examining them to asses any potential IT or process risks. I will help in designing potential solutions and designing how we could implement them successfully.…[Read more]