January Extra Post

This month has been very busy for me. First of all I interviewed the product manager Mr. Hans Molin at Bendix which is a company that manufactures safety systems for commercial trucks. Currently I am working with my mentor on trying to secure a meeting with him because my mentor possibly might purchase some of his product. Secondly, I worked all last week on trying to figure out an activity for my second lesson and ironing out all of the details for my presentation. And lastly I've been granted admin access to the tracking system by my mentor and I've been working with him on how to make the tracking website and iPhone app more user friendly. 

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1.) I am proud of having props like the tracking units and the tracking iPhone app and website to show to the class because it engaged the audience and kept them focused on what I had to say.

2.) I believe I deserve a P because I met all the requirements because I don't feel like I went above and beyond during my presentation. I think I could've gone more into detail on the actual units and how they work instead of spending the amount of time I did explaining the tracking website and app.

3.) Having the actual tracking units to show to the audience made my presentation because everyone wanted to take a look at them and audience members asked questions about them.

4.) I should've directly referenced my first source because I incorporated information from it into my EQ answer.

5.) Teen drivers will benefit from tracking technology because they will learn from their mistakes and they will be able to see where they went wrong and be able to fix the problem right away. Say a teen was speeding on a certain street, they will be able to know exactly where they speed all the time and they will remember to slow down the next time.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours

Carl La Russa

North

1/7/2014

1.) I am completing my mentorship hours at my mentor's house.

2.) Del Shindell, President of Sygmatech Inc.          Cell: (909)-576-1150

3.) I have completed a total of 30 hours with my mentor including Independent Component hours.

4.) During the 10 hours that I completed over the summer, I was introduced to the tracking units themselves and the website used to track vehicles. I was also given an in-depth lecture of how the units communicate with satellites and eventually, how they send their data to the company's computer server in England.

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December Extra Post

During the month of December, my mentor and I worked on several things. First, I got in contact with a woman named Sharon who works at a car dealership and is interested in purchasing GPS tracking units for her dealership's rental car fleet. For several weeks my mentor has been preparing units for the contact I received by testing each and every one and programming them. Secondly, we've been working on trying to implement a text message alert system into our tracking application for iPhone. The alert system would allow users to receive an alert in the form of a text when a particular asset enters a geofence. And finally, I've been talking with a man named Hans Molin who works for a company that manufactures safety systems for commercial trucks. I will be meeting him at his job this Thursday.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1.) During my winter break, I worked with my mentor on several things. First of all, my mentor was having problems with his iPhone and his iPad which he both uses to run his tracking application on. To solve these problems, we decided to take a trip to the Apple Store in Brea Mall and see if they could straighten out all the problems. Secondly, my mentor and I discussed some steps we need to take in order to move my project forward and I talked to him about leaving a message with Mrs. Ortega and verifying the hours I've done with him. Last but not least, I introduced sort of an idea for the company's head programmer which was integrating some sort of text alert system into the Sygmatech app so that users can be notified when a particular asset enters a geofence.

2.) the most important thing I've learned while working over the break with my mento is patience. Whether it's waiting for a response from our head programmer in the UK or waiting for a new unit to secure a satellite connection, everything, takes time, and sometimes it can't all be done right here right now.

3.) If I were going to perform a 10 question interview on someone, I would choose Mr. Hans Molin. Mr. Molin has worked for Volvo Cars and is currently working on safety systems for commercial trucks at Bendix Truck Systems. I contacted him through one of my moms friends and I will be visiting his job later this month. Having this kind of expertise with automobiles and safety systems, Mr. Molin is the perfect guy to talk to regarding my project and current EQ.