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Scale and energize your retail strategy with a digital backbone that unifies your team, informs priorities and drives results with Zebra's retail technology solutions.
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Zebra's market-leading solutions and products improve customer satisfaction with a lower cost per interaction by keeping service representatives connected with colleagues, customers, management and the tools they use to satisfy customers across the supply chain.
In today's world, the demands on transportation and logistics companies are higher than ever. Dedicated Warehouse, Fleet and Delivery, and Yard and Terminal solutions enable visibility to every aspect of your business and keep operations running flawlessly around the clock.
Zebra's hospitality technology solutions equip your hotel and restaurant staff to deliver superior customer and guest service through inventory tracking and more.
Empower your field workers with purpose-driven mobile technology solutions to help them capture and share critical data in any environment.
Learn how Zebra's public sector technology solutions empower state and local governments to improve efficiency with asset tracking and data capture devices.
Zebra's range of Banking technology solutions enables banks to minimize costs and to increase revenue throughout their branch network. Learn more.
Zebra’s mobile computing, scanning, and printing solutions connect each operational area in your warehouse to give you the agility to realize transformational gains.
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Choose Zebra's reliable barcode, RFID and card supplies carefully selected to ensure high performance, print quality, durability and readability.
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Keep labor costs low, your talent happy and your organization compliant. Create an agile operation that can navigate unexpected schedule changes and customer demand to drive sales, satisfy customers and improve your bottom line.
Empower the front line with prioritized task notification and enhanced communication capabilities for easier collaboration and more efficient task execution.
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Drive down costs while driving up employee, security, and network performance with software designed to enhance Zebra's wireless infrastructure and mobile solutions.
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RFID development, demonstration and production software and utilities help you build and manage your RFID deployments more efficiently.
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The Zebra Aurora suite of industrial automation software enables users of all experience levels to solve their track-and-trace and vision inspection needs.
Zebra Aurora Focus brings a new level of simplicity to controlling enterprise-wide manufacturing and logistics automation solutions. With this powerful interface, it’s easy to set up, deploy and run Zebra’s Fixed Industrial Scanners and Machine Vision Smart Cameras, eliminating the need for different tools and reducing training and deployment time.
Aurora Imaging Library™, formerly Matrox Imaging Library, machine-vision software development kit (SDK) has a deep collection of tools for image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display, and archiving. Code-level customization starts here.
Aurora Design Assistant™, formerly Matrox Design Assistant, integrated development environment (IDE) is a flowchart-based platform for building machine vision applications, with templates to speed up development and bring solutions online quicker.
Designed for experienced programmers proficient in vision applications, Aurora Vision Library provides the same sophisticated functionality as our Aurora Vision Studio software but presented in programming language.
Aimed at machine and computer vision engineers, Aurora Vision Studio software enables users to quickly create, integrate and monitor powerful machine vision applications without the need to write a single line of code.
Adding innovative tech is critical to your success, but it can be complex and disruptive. Professional Services help you accelerate adoption, and maximize productivity without affecting your workflows, business processes and finances.
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Build your reputation with Zebra's certification offerings. Zebra offers a variety of options that can help you progress your career path forward.
Build your reputation with Zebra's certification offerings. Zebra offers a variety of options that can help you progress your career path forward.
As school breaks for the summer, a group of young, passionate students are preparing to walk through the doors of Zebra facilities worldwide to fulfill one of their first professional goals: an internship with Zebra. Between May and August, 100 college students will embed themselves with Zebra engineering, marketing, IT, human resources, sales, legal and finance teams to refine their skill sets, expand their knowledge base and experience the technological innovation occurring behind the scenes at Zebra every day. And we will be inviting them to share their experiences on Your Edge in the coming months.
In the meantime, as the 2019 class of interns kicks off their Zebra adventure, we thought we would invite former interns to reflect upon their past journeys. All of these former interns are what we call “converts” – alumni who chose to continue their career with Zebra after graduation.
First to share his story is Kyle Thorstenson.
Kyle joined Zebra as an IT intern in the summer of 2012. His first year, he was supporting a wide range of IT-led projects. Even though he kept busy, Kyle was able to interact with the IT Service Desk manager during some of his free time early on. That free time was quickly filled by additional Service Desk assignments – “extra-curricular” type activities that allowed Kyle to expand his skill set and gain broader IT experience.
Four years later, Kyle was offered a full-time position as an IT technician. He was quickly promoted to IT specialist in October 2017, after only 15 months in his previous role, and then promoted to his current role as an IT supervisor in December 2018.
Today, Kyle is responsible for five direct reports: three full-time Zebra employees and two contractors.
As the End-User Services Supervisor, he manages the day-to-day IT operations at 3OP (the nickname for Zebra’s headquarters facility in Lincolnshire, IL). He also manages the End-User Services queue for all of North America, including Canada, mainly handling ticket escalations, special projects and new IT system and service rollouts.
He recently took a few minutes out of his day to tell us more about his motivation for joining Zebra:
Why did you pursue an internship with Zebra your first year?
I knew I was going into a computer related major in college. I thought it would be best to get a leg up and pursue an internship as soon as possible. I had a family friend that worked in the marketing department, so I knew a lot about Zebra. The (great) stories I heard about the company’s culture, mission and industry impact made me want to get an internship here.
Why did you keep coming back as an intern year after year?
I loved the people I worked with. I always felt like part of the team, not just an intern. The more summers I came back, the more I learned. That kept me motivated. In July 2016, I moved into a full-time position. All the hard work during those college summers had paid off.
Why did you ultimately choose Zebra for your career after graduating?
I saw Zebra grow from a relatively small company to the huge success it is today. I got hired full time right after Zebra acquired Motorola Solutions Enterprise business, so I saw the direction the company was headed in and knew I wanted to build a career here.
Did you intern anywhere else?
Nope, Zebra has been my home since day one of my interning career.
Did you always know you wanted to go into IT? If no, why did you ultimately decide that this was the right path for you?
I’ve always had a fascination with technology and, from a very early age, I was my family’s go-to IT person. Although, in their eyes, anything that plugs into a wall is “IT.” So, I would have to fix TV’s, phones, anything that was electronic.
What is your most memorable Zebra experience?
Definitely the 2016 March Madness bracket. Both the winning team and the runner-up team in my bracket won a trip to a Chicago Cubs rooftop baseball game. (I was on the runner-up team). When I was on my way home after the game, I received a call from my internship manager telling me that I was approved to transition to a full-time position at Zebra. You know the rest of the story from there.
What do you like to do for fun? Any hobbies? Passion projects?
I live in Chicago, so my time outside of work is spent exploring new places around the city. I love going out to eat at new places, new bars, anything. As far as hobbies, I love woodworking but sadly I don’t have a space to really do it in Chicago.
What would you recommend to college students today that want to get into IT?
Always keep current with the direction that technology is going. It can change from day to day. You will never know everything there is to know about technology, so always stay curious and intrigued.
Great advice, Kyle! We’re glad you’re a part of Zebra Nation.
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Are you interested in following in Kyle's footsteps? Visit our Careers page to learn more about Zebra’s internship program or other career opportunities.
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Editor’s Note: When Kyle started his internship in 2012, Zebra accepted college students of all education levels, including incoming freshmen. We have since revised the program, with internships now available to college juniors and seniors. Learn more at our Internship page.
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