Trilogy’s 2025 summer interns: ‘We set ourselves apart’
- kaylastein9
- Sep 12
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 15
When five college students from West Virginia University and Fairmont State University got the opportunity to work as summer interns at Trilogy Innovations, Inc., they all said they were hoping for the best. At the end of those internships, all five readily admitted their experience was beyond all expectations.
“I had already done a fellowship through WVU where I led a group of students on a tech-related project, so I was familiar with Trilogy when I landed this internship,” said Jerrett Dempsey, a WVU senior Management Information Systems (MIS) major from Fairchance, Pennsylvania. “I’m able to say I did valued work in this field, and not every intern experience is like that.”
For Wyatt Rock, a WVU senior Computer Science major from Salem, West Virginia, the experience was one that tested his grit.
“I had heard of Trilogy and I met them at a career fair on campus,” said Rock. “They were so kind and welcoming. That was two years prior to getting the internship, and they advised me to work on a couple specific skills areas, which I did. Then I landed this internship, and the guidance they gave me two years ago was the best thing that ever happened.”
The quality of work and the emphasis on team efficiency made a big impression on Breona Jones, a junior Information Systems Management student from Fairmont State.
“I worked on ways to raise Trilogy’s Microsoft Secure Score based on recommendations from Microsoft,” the Clarksburg, West Virginia, native said. “I loved that because I felt like I could really use that in my career. Trilogy really makes an effort to hire the right people, and they’re strategic about how they hire people. I think that’s a really efficient business model. Your teams have to be able to work well together.”
WVU senior MIS student Jaeli McDuff, of Milford, Delaware, noted that she was immersed in business operations, as well as the technical side of things.
“I expected the internship to be pure tech and not to have access to business functions. But we got to learn how a business works, and I’m super grateful for that.”
The Trilogy experience for Farrah Ahmed, a WVU business administration graduate from Beckley, West Virginia, was different from her intern colleagues.
“I got to work in the area of digital marketing, which was a lot of fun,” Ahmed said. “I also got to be the host of a podcast where the topic was the interns at Trilogy. The people are different from any other company I’ve worked at before. The work environment is awesome because they set you up for success. I could not have asked for a better internship experience.”
This group gave multiple examples of opportunities to work on unique projects during their internships, such as building an inventory system from the ground up. The system tracks equipment for every employee at Trilogy and contributes to technology upgrades as needs change or evolve. Beyond asset tracking, it also performs audit compliance and financial forecasting for the business overall — a system that goes far beyond simply getting a computer into an employee’s hands.
But for Breona, Jaeli, and Wyatt, this internship also presented the opportunity to achieve an important milestone. Their experiences and environment gave them the chance to take the SC-200 Exam, a certification as a Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate. All three passed.
“Passing the exam means you’re proficient in the Microsoft Suite Security Systems,” said Wyatt. “It covers a broad range and tries to train you how to recognize vulnerabilities in your company.”
“I would say the certification was very in-depth. While we learned a lot of stuff that was beyond the scope of what we did at Trilogy, I’m sure it will help us down the road,” Jaeli said. Breona wholeheartedly agreed.
“I think the exam is going to help me next summer when I take a test that is a good foundational exam for cybersecurity certifications,” she said.
Farrah said the Trilogy internship experience excited her for what lies ahead in her career.
“Digital marketing for an IT Services company is different than doing that for a product you can see and touch. But I think that has made my skills stronger and has better prepared me for the future, and that will help set me apart from others.”
Her view of the Trilogy internship experience prompted immediate agreement.
“The work I did and the connections and networking I’ve built will greatly benefit me down the road,” Breona said.
“I would definitely tell other students to do an internship with this company,” said Jerrett. “The work we did is going to leave a footprint on Trilogy.”