BioTalent Canada announced that Jenna Storoschuk has won the 2020 Catalyst Award for Top New Hire.
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Jenna earned this recognition for her contributions as a CleanSlate UV co-op student. CleanSlate UV is a healthcare start-up that harnesses UV light to sanitize mobile devices. She joined CleanSlate UV through BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) wage subsidy.
“(The 2020 Catalyst Award for New Hire) is a huge honour for me,” says Jenna Storoschuk, University of Waterloo Biomedical Engineering student. “I went into that position not really having any experience with cloud development and to come out of it with a full-functioning product meant a lot to me. That’s the wonders of co-op: you come out of these positions with a whole new skill set and different career opportunities.”
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CleanSlate UV welcomed Jenna on for a four-month placement in 2019. Her task was to work on the initial phase of an analytics software that gives full visibility into the usage of CleanSlate UV’s mobile device sanitization hardware. In four months, Jenna conceptualized, built, pilot tested, and prepared the software for beta launch.
“Jenna’s great initiative and leadership skills got this project done,” explains Manjunath Anand, Chief Technology Officer at CleanSlate UV. “She took the time to understand our vision, mission and values. Because of this, and her work ethic, she completed a project that has had a measurable impact on the success of CleanSlate UV.”