Category Archives: Student Profiles

Ben Mathew

Topics of Interest: Product Management, H-E-B, Texas CSB, Internships, Texas Product Engineering Organization, Mentors

As students look to apply to new positions, whether they may be as interns, organization members, or part-time workers, they must have confidence in themselves to succeed. Ben Mathew, a student in the Texas Honors Computer Science and Business Program, is an excellent example of this level of self-conviction. “I think I literally sent out over 100 applications,” said Mathew when asked about how he started working at H-E-B as a product management intern. As they say, “you have to be your biggest advocate,” and Ben Mathew certainly embodies this quote to a tee.

Ben Mathew is a sophomore student in the Texas CSB program, and he loves playing basketball and traveling in his free time. Ben is also a member of the Texas Product Engineering Team, and he says that the mentors he has met in this organization have truly offered him great advice as he looks to pursue his interests in product management.

Keep reading to find out more about Ben’s experiences in product management at H-E-B and hear some of his advice for success in the field!

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Anthony Tang

Topics of Interest: Recalibrate, mental health and well-being, data analytics, research, statistics, polls, science, applied learning, teaching, education

The sky’s the limit as they say. Canfield BHPers know this well because, in our program, students are free to explore several aspects of business, computer science, engineering, and more to fit their career plans and goals. Like Canfield BHPer, Anthony Tang, said in his interview with us recently, “You don’t have to do something for a career. The things that you do don’t have to meet some caliber or level. There are a lot of ways to explore your interests and you shouldn’t feel limited.” We couldn’t have said it better, Anthony.

Anthony Tang is a Canfield BHP senior studying biochemistry while obtaining certificates in Spanish and Statistical Modeling. An avid basketball fan and resident baller at “BHPballers”, Anthony is the example of a well-rounded student who embraces exploration and experience in ways that promote the best personal growth possible. Oh, and he’s also an awesome violinist and member of the Healing with Harmonies ensemble on campus!

We caught up with Anthony to hear about time he spent teaching science to elementary kids in Jamaica and heard about his experience as a Research and Data Analytics Intern at Recalibrate, a company owned by Canfield BHP alum Gloria Chan Packer (check out her spotlight here!). Read on to learn more about Anthony!

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Zoe Chetty

Topics of Interest: Internships, data analysis, MIS, strategic planning, insights, sales, marketing, Reynolds American

As our students work their way through various internships and career choices, several life lessons are learned in just a few weeks. Lessons like the power of networking and good work ethics are a few things you pick up along the way. Sometimes it’s simply applying what you learned in class on a major work project and realizing that you were wise to pay attention! But likely the most important thing students learn is that it’s totally okay to ask questions. In fact, asking questions is more than okay, it’s necessary! Whatever internship you work, just know that asking questions is always acceptable. After all, knowledge is power.

Take Canfield BHPer Zoe Chetty, for example. Zoe is a sophomore who previously attended a McCombs Career expo shortly before deciding to embark on a journey outside her comfort zone. There she found a great internship opportunity at Reynolds American as a Strategic Planning and Insights Intern – a position that emphasizes numerical and analytical skills, something Zoe was hesitant about. After experiencing first hand what working as an SP&I Intern entailed, she found that she actually liked working with numbers, setting her on a path toward her future career. 

Zoe shares her experience both finding and working an internship and provides great insights about the process. Read more about Zoe and her time as an SP&I Intern at Reynolds American below!

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Arun Eswara

Topics of Interest: Cybersecurity internships, Texas CSB, working within the National Security Agency, technology, programming, music apps

There’s a reason we say “What starts here changes the world” here at UT. Truly, anything big or small that starts here tends to have a major impact on the world. Take UT’s recent breakthrough research on the COVID vaccines as an example. Our students come here because they understand their time on the Forty Acres and Canfield BHP not only provides them with lifelong experiences, but with the opportunity to change the world. Within Canfield BHP, students experience a collaborative environment where they can work together to create the next big idea, incorporate the next market-disrupting start-up, develop a better production-boosting app, or establish the next world-saving NGO. Whatever the challenge, our tech-driven movers and shakers at the Texas Honors Computer Science and Business (Texas CSB) program are always up to the task, and that’s why they’re here –  to change the world.

We recently caught up with Canfield BHP/Texas CSBer, Arun Eswara. He shared some interesting tidbits about his role as a Cybersecurity Intern at the NSA and talked to us about his latest project, which he co-developed, called LyricLearner, a music app that “chooses a random word to start, decides the next word based on a weighted probability of all words that have followed the first, and continues building forward” and computes average album sentiments, comparing those values over time. 

Read on to learn more about Arun, his time interning at the NSA, and his latest project, LyricLearner.

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Caleb Yu

Major: Canfield BHP, Texas Computer Science and Business Honors, Finance

Topics of Interest: Finance, Computer Science, Amazon

Caleb Yu is a sophomore and founding class member of the Texas Computer Science and Business Honors (Texas CSB) program and currently triple majoring in Canfield BHP, finance, and computer science. We recently caught up with Caleb to hear about his experience at Texas CSB and to talk about his upcoming summer plans as an intern at Amazon.

“Originally, I’m from Plano, Texas and because of my majors, I’ve been set up pretty well in terms of finding my passion.” Caleb’s studies lay at the intersection of technology and business and understanding how technology drives businesses to improve and become more efficient as a result. Ultimately, Caleb would like to know how businesses that become more efficient improve the world – a lesson Caleb believes he can learn at Texas CSB.

“(Texas CSB) has given me a pretty versatile array of classes. I’ve taken classes like data structures, computer architecture, operating systems, algorithms, which is what I’m currently in, and then I’ve also taken business classes like financial and managerial accounting. I’m in the intro to business finance class and also taking statistics and modeling right now. I appreciate the balance between taking both business and computer science classes.” Continue reading