Summer Internship
Experience
Cathea Woodley
The Boeing Company
May 2003 – August 2003
The Boeing Company
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Founded by Bill Boeing in
Seattle, Washington
The Boeing Company is
the world's leading
aerospace company.
Largest manufacturer of
satellites, commercial
jetliners and military
aircraft.
Global market leader in
missile defense, human
space flight and launch
services.
The Boeing Company
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Boeing employs close to 160,000 people
Located in 70 countries and 38 states within the
U.S.
Major operations located in:
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Puget Sound area of Washington state
Southern California
Wichita, Kansas
St. Louis, Missouri
Houston, Texas
Washington, DC
Headquarter in Chicago, Illinois
The Boeing Company
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Boeing is organized into seven major units
Air Traffic Management
 Boeing Capital Corporation
 Commercial Airplanes
 Connexion by Boeing
 Integrated Defense Systems
 Shared Services Group
 Phantom Works
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Integrated Defense Systems
NASA Systems - Houston
Integrated Defense Systems
NASA Systems - Houston
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Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
combines:
Weapons and aircraft capabilities
 Intelligence and surveillance systems
 Communications architectures
 Extensive large-scale integration expertise
across its nine customer-facing business
units.
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Integrated Defense Systems
NASA Systems - Houston
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Boeing NASA Systems, headquartered in
Houston
The leading global supplier of reusable and
human space systems and services
More than 5,000 employees
Five locations:
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
Huntsville, AL
Palmdale, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Houston Intern Program
Interns given responsibilities and benefits
of a full-time employee
 Interns participated in 4 “lunch and learns”
with senior mangers and vice presidents
 Intern Activities
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Houston Astros Baseball Game
 Team Building workshops
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Houston Intern Program
70 interns working in Houston
 Majors:
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Business
 Engineering
 Mathematics
 Physical and life sciences
 Information technology
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Intern Job Description
Information Technology Intern
 Department IT & DS
 Application Development Group
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Web Development Group
 Supported
all web applications for NASA Systems
Headquarters
Intern Assignments
Online Communications Archive
 Internal “Intern website”
 Refaced existing departmental websites
 Created new departmental websites
 Reorganized web server file structure
 Researched JavaScript TreeMenu
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TECHNOLOGIES
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COLDFUSION
JAVASCRIPT
FIREWORKS MX
DREAMWEAVER MX
FRONTPAGE
BOEING DEVELOPED
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APPTRAC
EHELP
ADOBE ACROBAT
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
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WAN NETWORK
WINDOWS 2000 NT
PLATFORM
PRODUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION WEB
SERVERS
LIKES & DISLIKES
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Likes
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Friendly environment
Education/ Training
opportunities
Location
Dress code
Flex-time
Supportive
management
Career growth
Great benefits
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Dislikes
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Interdepartmental
issues
Unproductively
Cubical environment
What I’ve Learned
TEAMWORK
 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
 WORKING IN A DIVERSE
ORGANIZATION
 NETWORKING
 TIME MANAGEMENT
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 APPLICATION TESTING
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