>> My name's [inaudible], I'm a 2011 alum from the University of Connecticut
and I am a systems integration consultant for [inaudible].
Systems integration is a part of our company that looks to integrate technology and work
with our clients to take areas of business with technology and make sure
that they have the ability to streamline their processes,
as well as really understand the business need for technology
and how that can be applied throughout.
So one of my jobs is to go in and help manage programs, as well as go in and really ensure
that the client is getting everything they need from a business perspective and making sure
that from the engineering and technology side,
they are getting the full stream of [inaudible] resources.
So consulting, there's never a normal day so one of the things about consulting is it's really --
you've got to be very flexible so some days I'll have a 7 o'clock phone call,
some days I'll have 9 o'clock phone call; things will pop up.
It's never like a 9 to 5 job, which is great for some people.
A typical day, I usually have an 8 a.m. touch point with my clients so I basically go
over all the issues; we looked at what we're going to try
and accomplish for the day and for the week.
And after that, I'm -- usually I'm in simple meetings all day, I meet with my team,
I meet with the clients, make sure everything's going as scheduled,
try and identify risks and mitigate them in advance.
Deadline; yup, you always want to make sure you're good for deadline.
Some of the other risks too are just making sure resources are available.
You're also sometimes working with not only your client but outside vendors
so you're really not just working with people internally but you're working
with multiple different groups who all have different kind of goals and schedules
and it's really challenging to make sure they can all be in the room
at the same time on the same page.