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1 Garmin AT Andrew Goad Second Internship

2 Company History  Salem Branch Founded by Morrow brothers as II-Morrow in 1982 Founded by Morrow brothers as II-Morrow in 1982 Purchased by UPS in 1986, renamed UPS AT in 1999 Purchased by UPS in 1986, renamed UPS AT in 1999 Purchased by Garmin in 2003, renamed Garmin AT 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

3 Wages & Benefits  Working hours: 8 to 5 with some flexibility  Hours per week: 40 Benefits BenefitsPTO Medical, dental, life, and vision Employee purchase program Costco membership Loaner units Volleyball, Hacky Sack, Foosball ( Weight/Game room in progress )

4 Reporting Structure Min Kao – CEO Min Kao – CEO... Steve – Head of Software Engineering Steve – Head of Software Engineering Scott – Sr. Software Engineer Scott – Sr. Software Engineer Manager/Mentor Manager/Mentor Andrew Goad – Intern (Me) Andrew Goad – Intern (Me) G600 Project - Larger Group New Product Group – Smaller Group

5 GDU620 Testing & Verification  Perform non-automated testing on G600  Enter CRs in response to unexpected behavior  Write Test Code ROI: High Personal ROI: High

6 GDU620 Testing Tools  TestCheck –Test approval and Test to Run tracking  Excel VBA (Interfacing with Access) ROI: MediumLanguages: VBA Personal ROI: Medium  BytesDust –Code Coverage and general statistic Application. –What happens when we have no internet… ROI: LowLanguages: SQL, C# Personal ROI: Medium  Software Document Parser –A Parser to produce File/Function Description/Requirement Information  364 pages in 5min ROI: MediumLanguages: VBA Personal ROI: Low

7 Product Simulator  User Interface Prototyping For Standalone and Integrated Product  Legacy Hardware Connection  simCONNECT integration  Test Interface Prototyping ROI: HighLanguages: C Personal ROI: High

8 Overall Impression  Garmin was a great place to work. –I was given the same types of tasks as everyone else. –Got to work with a lot of interesting people with various backgrounds.  Got to work on a product that is currently on the market!

9 Useful Classes  CS 151 – Lots o’ C  CS 261 - Coding  CS 361/362 – Seeing the Big Picture  CS 311 - Lots o’ C and Perl  CS 411 – Lots o’ C  WR 214/327 – E-Mails, White Papers, Etc

10 Garmin Vs Intel PayXXXAtmosphere XBenefits PerksX XExperience ITXXX

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