IBM Extreme Blue pics

Here are some photos from my IBM Extreme Blue experience. It was a Great Experience!! During the internship we went for White water rafting as an Extreme Team building exercise. Most of the other pictures are from the IBM Extreme Blue Expo that was held at their headquaters in Armonk , New York.

Here is an excerpt from the article that appeared after the Expo on Ottawa Business Journal

News Story
Students return triumphant from extreme test
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff
Wed, Aug 24, 2005 2:00 PM EST



Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie, Vaheesan Selvarajah, Bassem Bohsali and Dmitry Karasik. (Darren Brown, OBJ)

They went, they presented, and, by all reports, they conquered. Four university students, two of whom are Ottawa natives, returned from IBM headquarters in New York City last week armed with the knowledge that they can run with the big dogs after presenting an original idea in front of 50 of the company's top brass.

Dmitry Karasik and Vaheesan Selvarajah, both Carleton University students, and Bassem Bohsali and Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie of Montreal formed one of 25 teams from across North America charged with taking a concept given to them by IBM and producing a marketable product in only 14 weeks. The challenge is part of IBM's Extreme Blue internship program. more