Citadel Business InFormation

The Citadel Summer Business Interns selected to work with Santee Cooper this summer are Allan McIntyre and Kenneth Perfido.

Allan will be working in Santee Cooper's IT group as well as doing some work in Treasury. In IT, he will be working with their Project Management group. He will assist in development and maintenance of project metrics, project schedules (using Microsoft Project), assist in updating PMO web page, and in development and maintenance of IT Resource Management spreadsheets.

Kenneth Perfido will be working with the Conservation and Renewable Energy business unit. He will be managing the process for the give-away of energy efficient light bulbs this summer to over 7000 retail customers in the Moncks Corner area. Kenneth will be responsible for answering questions about the program; he will also help customers on-site with questions, collect data about/from them, manage the customer data base, and be handle inventory control on a daily basis. In addition, Kenneth will coordinate the give-away for customers in the St. Stephens location and assist with analysis of the data and update the forecast for the project. With the giveaway and subsequent data analysis, the project should last all summer.

Grayson Dorr, one of Santee Cooper's Business Interns from last summer, was recently hired for the Career Foundation program. Career Foundation is a highly respected developmental program reserved for very strong candidates. Once he completes the program he will move into a regular position at Santee Cooper, and likely have many options depending on hiring needs. Grayson will start in May after he graduates from The Citadel. This program is designed to promote departmental connection and knowledge and provide opportunities for learning multiple aspects of the business. Based on their disciplines, participants in this program will be assigned to different work units for varying lengths of time. This training program fosters an ability to work with and appreciate core business functions within the utility environment. Grayson will participate in the program for approximately 18 months.

Stephen Brice Peper was selected for the Charleston Marine Container Scholarship/Internship beginning fall 2008. He will receive a total of $7500 to be paid over three semesters, starting this fall. Peper will return to intern summer 2009 and be awarded the final $2500 during his senior year. Ryan Newkirk was previously awarded this scholarship, which concludes with an internship this summer.