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Thomas Aniol
Internship - U.S. Energy Development Corporation
Location – Dallas, Texas
Aniol on his experience: "This past summer I was an intern at the U.S. Energy Development Corporation, which is a private equity oil and gas firm. I worked at the headquarters in Dallas because I came into contact with Mike Haven during our alumni game and networking event. My title was sales and marketing intern. I was trained to be a wholesaler, in which I would call broker dealers and inform them about upcoming webinars or see if they would be interested in investing their clients' money in our funds. I learned a lot about the professional world and gained highly valuable knowledge and experience that applies to my finance major here at Canisius." |
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Jacob Buck
Internship – Buffalo Bills Customer Service and Ticket Sales
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
Buck on his experience: "For my internship this past summer, I worked for the Buffalo Bills as a customer service and ticket sales intern at their training camp. I worked for the ticket department and answered questions for people who were inquiring about tickets while also connecting and chatting with club seat members as they had they had their own VIP tent there. I also assisted with other departments as well and helped with the set up and take down of camp. I learned a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a NFL team between the event operations, football operations, and the ticket department, especially with everything going on at camp. It was a great experience that I can build off of for the future."
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Ryan Cicci
Internship - Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP.
Location – Syracuse, N.Y.
Cicci on his experience: "As a paralegal intern with Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP this past summer, I learned how to build a case, along with how to prepare for a mediation or deposition. I learned how to correctly put information on the cases in the correct place to stay organized. I also did anything the attorneys and other paralegal needed help with. I learned how to be disciplined and organized. I had to pay attention to every little detail because you were dealing with someone's livelihood and it was important to make sure that I had all the correct details of a case.
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Cody Haas
Internship- Buffalo Sports Commission
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
Haas on his experience: "I had an internship this past summer with the Buffalo Sports Commission, which is a branch of Visit Buffalo Niagara. The purpose of the sports commission is to bring sporting events and tournaments to the Buffalo-Niagara region. During my internship, I was responsible for finding proper hotels, restaurants and facilities for these events. I was also responsible for making sure the athletes and their families would have things to do while visiting Buffalo, so I would set up tickets to Buffalo Bisons games, historical tours and other special events for them to do. This internship taught me how to properly plan events by keeping communication lines open between the people running the events and the sports commission to make sure they have everything they need in order to help the event run smoothly." |
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Jake Hardy
Internship - Black Lab Sports
Location – Boulder, Colo.
Hardy on his experience: "I was a project intern with Black Lab Sports (BLS), a venture capitalist fund that invests and mentor's various start-up companies as well as fully-independent companies such as iSplack, TrueCoach, Scratch Labs, Can-Ice Synthetic Ice, Onyx, and more so. I completed multiple projects for companies under BLS' umbrella. I worked with iSplack to create a presentation (for use with future investors) explaining research done by my team on youth/high school sports demographics across the nation.
I also initiated TrueCoach's customer appreciation campaign by building filters and algorithms to find their top customers. These customers then received care packages with TrueCoach gear to extend that extra touch as a company and show their commitment to their customer relationships.
For Folwell Studios I designed, developed, and published two iMessage apps (sticker packs) onto the App Store that allow users to send and receive original artwork by Gail Folwell through the Messages app on iOS devices.
Through this experience I gained knowledge about the start-up process from BLS leaders and by talking with many founders on their career and how they started their respective companies.
I was also able to gain mentorship about my computer science educational path as well as possible career paths. I was able to shadow lead front-end developers and also increase my self-awareness and self-knowledge through BLS' Thinker+Doer model. |
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Drew House
Internship - Pegula Sports and Entertainment
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
House on his experience: "I assisted with the setup, tear down, and daily maintenance of the 2019 Buffalo Bills' Training Camp at St. John Fisher. I assisted in the day-to-day operations of training camp by setting up corporate sponsors' activations, checking in corporate sponsors at our hospitality tent and running security for our on-field viewing area. I was also charged with helping maintain a positive experience for hospitality guests by guiding players to our hospitality areas for positive fan engagement. I also worked evening security shifts for all closed walkthroughs. |
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Griffin O'Brien
Internship - Moog Inc.
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
O'Brien on his experience: "Over the summer, I worked in the space and defense group at Moog Inc. I spent most of my time running daily and weekly metrics for the group's finance board. Additionally, I would help the finance department with weekly and monthly tasks. I learned a lot about the role of a finance department at a large manufacturing company and how the parts are tracked from beginning to end. I also learned a lot about long-term accounting as most of their projects took months or years to complete." |
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Jon Phillips
Internship - National Fuel
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
Phillips on his experience: "I worked at National Fuel this summer for an audit internship. I looked at the company's internal controls, financial statements, and information system and made sure their system was properly functioning. I enjoyed this internship and feel like I learned a lot from it." |
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Carter Stefaniak
Internship – M&T Bank Credit Division
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
Stefaniak on his experience: "Over the summer I was an intern for M&T's loan administration department within the credit division. I would collect company's financial statements and ensure they were correct and submitted on time. These companies are required to hand in their financial statements every year when they take out a loan through M&T, in order to ensure that the company is still performing to expectations. I was there for nine weeks and was able to shadow multiple areas of the credit division. I was able to learn how credit is the 'biggest risk to the bank.' I enjoyed the experience and the people I met and had a very productive summer." |
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Ryan Wierzbicki
Internship - Girff at Moog Inc.
Location – Buffalo, N.Y.
Wierzbicki on his experience: "Girff is an aerospace and design company that specializes in the manufacturing of parts used in aircraft, space and defense purposes. I worked as a finance co-op (intern) in the aircraft group and helped audit and reconcile royalties paid by licensee's as well as incoming and outgoing parts from Moog to the Navy. I learned the basics of how a company that size deals with customers and keeps track of its accounts payable and units inducted. The main customer of Moog was the U.S. Government, so I was also introduced to the basics of FAR (Federal Accusation Regulations) as well as the basics of Moog's internal tracking systems on units and payments. |
