The realm of digital television is a broad new arena with vast opportunities that are now possible thanks to the convergence of all forms of telecommunications, specifically the merge between television and computers. Triveni Digital, Inc. is at the forefront of this field.

Triveni Digital is a division of L.G. Electronics, which is part of L.G., a $81 billion Korean corporation. L.G. has an interest in a variety of markets, from high end electronics (Cell phones, MP3 players) to chemical plants to finance to baseball. Triveni Digital, formerly known as L.G. Electronics Research Center of America, works to develop solutions for digital television. They currently are cornering the market with three unique products.

My work at Triveni only lasted for one summer, but in that time I gained a lot of insight into the corporate culture. My time at Triveni was limited because I only had one month after high school to work before I had to head off to college. I would have worked longer, but those other engagements limited me. Regardless, I enjoyed the work at Triveni.

While at Triveni I worked on three priority projects: Developing a RealVideo server, creating a complete revision of the Triveni website, and updating the promotional brochures for the company.

I was told by one of my managers at Triveni that I was hired specifically because they noticed on my resume that I had experience setting up RealAudio and RealVideo servers. Triveni had unsuccessfully been trying to figure out how to send their video stream out in a one way direction. (The way RealVideo normally works is that it sends a handshake packet from the remote computer back to the server to ensure the connection has been established and kept properly. Triveni wanted to figure out how to send the data out without any attempts to send packets back to the originating server.) After a few weeks of playing around with various protocols, I finally discovered a system that would work when using a protocol called UDP.

With that project over, I started working on a complete revamp of the Triveni website - not a redesign, but more over an overhaul. What was originally created as a simple web presence was becoming stale and the information on the page was becoming outdated. And a computer company being unable to keep a fresh website - their first point of contact to most of the world - is a real problem. To correct this problem, I revised every single page on their website. I also added more content, refreshed all the previous information, and served as the site's webmaster.

Now with a firm web presence for the company, I moved on to a third task: Updating the Triveni promotional brochures. Prior to my start at Triveni, the company hired a professional graphic design company to create brochures for their products. However, the screen shots the designer used were of poor quality. It was my job to correct this. Acting as the liaison to the graphic design company, I took new screen shots and forwarded them to the graphic design firm. Although my trip to college precluded me from continuing on at Triveni and finishing this project, I did lay the foundation and completed a lot of the work for my predecessor.

My work at Triveni, although only for a month, provided me exposure to the corporate environment and allowed me to make a difference at the company. I acted as a team player to finish the jobs at hand and enjoyed working at Triveni Digital. It was radically different than the relaxed atmosphere of working for public education, and I enjoyed it. The work was fast paced and I appreciate how the culture celebrates innovation and efficiency. I enjoyed working at Triveni Digital, Inc. and would like to find another internship in the private sector.

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