Here at Commvault, we’re passionate about investing in and mentoring the next generation of leaders. This is why we started the new year by partnering with Break Through Tech to sponsor internships through their Sprinternship™ program in January.
Break Through Tech si impegna a incoraggiare le studentesse e gli studenti non binari a intraprendere percorsi di laurea in informatica e carriere nel settore tecnologico, con l’obiettivo di raggiungere la parità di genere nel mondo della tecnologia. Il programma “Sprinternship” viene offerto in sessioni di tre settimane durante le vacanze accademiche e ha coinvolto migliaia di studenti, con particolare attenzione ad accogliere studenti afroamericani, latini, provenienti da famiglie a basso reddito, di prima generazione e non binari, per aiutarli ad avviare la loro carriera nel settore tecnologico.
Throughout their time with us, the “Sprinterns” tackled real business challenges and were engaged in our day-to-day operations and company culture while demonstrating their skills. We were proud to sponsor two Sprinternship Programs in January: HR Data Analytics and UX Development, with each program having a unique challenge project.
In collaborazione con il mio collega Scott Bice, Responsabile globale delle operazioni e dei servizi HR, abbiamo supervisionato lo “Sprinternship” dedicato all’analisi dei dati HR. Questa opportunità ha permesso agli studenti di lavorare con il nostro team delle Risorse Umane per sviluppare una scorecard HR, testare i dati nel data warehouse, ideare modi nuovi e creativi per visualizzare i dati e raccontare una storia, nonché fornire suggerimenti e proposte sulla definizione degli indicatori chiave di prestazione (KPI). Nel corso del progetto, hanno appreso in che modo il livello di coinvolgimento dei neoassunti sia correlato alla loro esperienza di inserimento, all’esperienza all’interno del team e al tempo trascorso con i propri manager. In sole tre settimane, gli studenti hanno imparato a utilizzare strumenti come il cubo di dati, a lavorare con Power BI, a utilizzare le tabelle pivot di Excel per analizzare i dati e a raccontare la storia del coinvolgimento dei neoassunti.
“The Sprinternship program was truly a sprint; a compact three-week internship focused on challenging each other, mentoring for success in the workplace, and providing experiences in the technology space,” said Scott Bice, “The Sprinterns went above and beyond to embrace the opportunity, drive change, and extract value from the experience, which made it a win-win!”
The UX Development Sprinternship enabled students to develop example product pages within our design system site using our React components. Throughout their three weeks, they also acquainted themselves with our suite of products and design system, referencing existing example pages within our design system site codebase and contributing to the design system codebase. These Sprinterns worked as UX developers and gained a newfound understanding of UX and the vital role it plays in STEM. The experience certainly piqued interest in front-end in those that may not have considered a career in this field. And get this – one of our UX Sprinterns even contributed to our code base, which was published on our design system site!
It’s exciting to see the progress these students make within the three-week program. They not only learn from us, but we learned from them as well! Parisa Bazl, Director of User Experience, said, “The Sprinternship program was helpful for us because not only did it make us really create and polish an efficient onboarding process because of its timeframe, but it also offered valuable management experience to our team members.”
Our Chief People Officer Martha Delehanty was ecstatic about the opportunity to get involved and support Break Through Tech’s mission, saying, “Break Through Tech’s Sprinternship program is fueling next-gen-tech talent around the country! This has been a fantastic way for companies like Commvault to invest in future talent AND get fantastic support to drive current business challenges, a win-win! Shout out to all our amazing Sprinternship participants, as well as Judy Spitz, Founder & Executive Director of Break Through Tech, for her pioneering spirit and leadership.”
We continue to always inspire our next generation of leaders and give them an exceptional experience during their time with us – however long that may be. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Break Through Tech. These opportunities make me excited about our future as we continue to bridge the gap of gender equality in technology and incorporate diverse viewpoints into how we deliver for our customers and partners!
