Randy Springer Oregon State University Computer Science Software Engineer with the G600 team Supervisor: Hank Bennett Mentor: Myles Catchpole

History Salem Branch Founded by Morrow brothers as II-Morrow in 1982 Purchased by UPS in 1986, renamed UPS AT in 1989 Purchased by Garmin in 2003, renamed Garmin AT Garmin Ltd. Founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao World market leader in GPS Handheld, automotive, marine, and aviation products Headquartered in Olathe, Kansas Several international sites

Work Conditions Working hours: 8 to 5 with some flexibility Hours per week: 40+, 1.5 times pay for overtime,2 times for holidays. Wages: $19/hour Benefits: Paid time off Medical, dental, and vision Employee purchase program Gym membership reimbursement Costco membership Office Max discount card Loaner units

Reporting Structure Min Kao – CEO Gloria Sukraw – General Manager Emmet Griffith – Head of Engineering Steve Horvath – Head of Software Engineering Hank Bennett – Project Lead Randy Springer – Intern (Me) Terry Hurley – Software Engineering Team Lead Myles Catchpole – Software Engineer (Mentor)

Projects G600 glass cockpit Write, modify and run regression and code coverage tests. Write and modify requirements for new and existing features. Prototype and design new features. Implement features. ROI- Garmin: High. Myself: High.

Courses that were helpful CS 151 CS 311 CS 351 CS 352 CS 411

Overall Impression I enjoyed the time I spent at Garmin AT. I was able to work on things that had high importance and meaning. I was treated like a software engineer and not an intern. Compared to FEI Company The projects and work that I was assigned at Garmin had more meaning. At Garmin, I was given jobs as if I was a normal employee rather than just an intern. I was given the opportunity to work with the full code base for the project at Garmin verses only having access to minimal code at FEI.

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