Business Treks

Students who have a strong passion for technology should seek professional opportunities beyond the traditional recruiting avenues provided by the school. Toward this end, each year, the Business and Technology Club partners with the Tepper Career Opportunities Center and the Office of Alumni Relations to organize professional business networking treks to geographic locations that have a high concentration of technology-related employers.
 
These treks provide students with the opportunity to gain a broader exposure to technology career information. Students participate in these treks to learn about the company, meet with local alumni to understand their career paths, and converse with corporate recruiters to understand MBA opportunities. These treks are organized, funded and run by students in their own free time. These activities are truly a labor of love!

Recent Treks

Seattle Trek - Spring Break

Dates: 3/10/08 – 3/12/08

Trek Organizers: Nikhil Haldavnekar, Yiyang Song

Companies Visited:

• Amazon.com
• Boeing
• Expedia.com
• Hitachi Consulting
• Microsoft
• Real Networks
• T-Mobile

Silicon Valley Trek - Winter Break

Dates: 1/3/08 – 1/9/08

Trek Organizers: Lilly MacEachern, Kiran Surapaneni, Minh Vuong

Companies Visited:

• Agilent Technologies
• Apple
• Autodesk
• Cisco
• Google
• HP
• Intel
• Juniper Networks
• KLA-Tencor
• PayPal/eBay
• SAP
• Yahoo!

Austin Trek - Fall Break

Dates: 10/22/07 – 10/23/07

Trek Organizers: Ed Shelton, Vishwa Kolla, Kiran Surapaneni

Companies Visited:

• AMD
• Freescale Communications
• IBM
• Trilogy