1. QuEST Internship Program (Early Quality Awareness)
Sankaran Ramanathan “Ram” (Verizon Wireless)
Parthiv Patel (Verizon Wireless)
Dave Sanicola (Desara Group)

2. Internship (High School and early university Students)
(Early Quality Awareness)
Quest Forum Member Companies
Quality Awareness
Certification
Global Learning Platform
Webinars & Downloads
Internship
Training
Committee
ICT Members
Leadership
Council

3. Initial discussion with NAF Schools
National Presence
Strong focus towards STEM
Readiness towards Performance Improvement
3 month internship + =
STEM
Internship
Basic Training
Development opportunity for basic understanding of Quality – ISO9001
Webinars on basics of Six Sigma - DMAIC
Advanced Training
TL9000 Requirements
TL9000 Measurements
Training can be offered to Interns as well

4. Early Quality Awareness
Student
Gain exposure to real-word quality standards and issues
Increase self-confidence in the workplace while developing an expanded network of associates and professionals
Increase opportunities for faster advancement and growth in science/technology
Opportunity to earn Completion Certificate (or) Credits
Quest Forum and Member Organization
Bring early awareness of importance of quality to the community
Prescreened interns with a focus towards quality
Seamlessly converts student interns to full-time employees who can be immediately productive
Brings new and innovative ideas to an employer
Cost Effective approach as the cost and research findings are shared with other Quest Forum Members

5. Internship Models Internship
Paid internship to student via shared cost across multiple sponsors
One of the member company could host the student on-site
Knowledge Internship: Development opportunity by working on industry challenges
Knowledge Interns