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His work at ePrize is challenging, rewarding and fun. Currently, he is a software engineer for the organization’s large platform group and his work revolves around loyalty programs for companies.

Tim Downs and his Kettering co-op colleague Chris Czub take a break from their work at the ePrize offices to play a round of Guitar Hero.
“I have great mentors in Todd Robinson and Mike Daigneau,” he said, adding that the two “have taken me from a lost college student to a professional software engineer. But they’re not the only ones. Everyone at ePrize takes an interest in what I’m doing. The employees take great pride in our culture of taking care of our customers and each other, which really shows.”

Some of Downs’ current projects include developing a message board product for ePrize. He also worked on an extensive web-based catalog manager that makes use of bleeding edge web technology, which, according to Downs, is an “industry-first and a project that some people said was not possible. But that’s exactly what ePrize is good at: doing things that most people are unsure of doing. I was in the mix of this project the entire time and it’s a great source of pride for me,” he said.

Downs said he chose Kettering because of the school’s exceptional reputation in cooperative education. While on campus, he’s active in a number of organizations, including his fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha, the Inter-Fraternity Council and he plays on the school’s hockey club.

Downs said that if a prospective student asked about his experience, “I would tell them that if they’re going to college so they can have a successful career, the things that Kettering lacks—varsity sports, for example—do not matter in the long run. The things Kettering does offer, such as leadership opportunities in Greek life, do matter and Kettering’s co-op program will put you on a plane that no other school can.”

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