EXPERIENCES AT CATERPILLAR

THE STUDENT TRAINEE PERSPECTIVE

BY SETH HOSTETLER

MY EXPERIENCE

Graduated ICC May 2016

Attending Bradley University

Majoring in Computer Science

INITIAL GOALS

• EXPLORE CATERPILLAR’S WORK ENVIRONMENT • WORK WITH EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES• LEARN SOFT AND TECHNICAL SKILLS NEEDED IN A BUSINESS• COMPLETE PROJECTS THAT SHOW MY SKILLS

GOALS

SKILLS LEARNED

• EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION GATHERING• SCHEDULING MEETINGS: IN PERSON AND OVER THE PHONE• EXCEL -USE AS DATA STORAGE AND FILTERING• TABLEAU BASICS – CREATING DASHBOARDS• USE OF SQL AND NEO4J TO ACCESS AND REVIEW DATA• INTRODUCTION TO DATA MODELING – TCOS PLAYBOOK

PROJECTS

• CICT ISSUE LOG - REVAMPED AND MAINTAINED THE FILE• GSND DATA ROLES AUDIT – LIST OF GSND APPLICATIONS• AW03 AUDIT – STARTING WITH POC, JOB CODE CONVERSION PROCESS• TLC PLAYBOOK – CREATED V1 WORD DOCUMENT, COLLABORATED WITH

PRASHANTH’S TEAM, WORK WITH THAD ON TAXONOMY STRUCTURE, SCHEDULE MEETINGS TO POPULATE PLAYBOOK SECTIONS

• NEW TRAINEES – HELPED THE STUDENT INTERNS ACCLIMATE AND ADJUST AND ASSISTED IN COACHING THEM IN DAY-TO-DAY WORK

FUTURE USE OF SKILLS

• COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS• USED EXCEL TO CREATE A WORK TOOL FOR STORING AND SORTING IDEAS.• CREATE TABLEAU DASHBOARDS TO VISUALLY SUMMARIZE THE CRITICAL

DETAILS• USE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO MANIPULATE AND VIEW RAW

DATA

• QUESTIONS?