Senior Lucas Erb will spend his summer continuing to intern at Hewlett Packard Enterprise to gain experience prior to attending UC Irvine this fall.

Lucas has spent the past year working at the multinational information technology enterprise in Roseville.

He began his internship last summer and continued to work through the school year. He appreciates the credible learning experiences and values working with the professionals at HPE.

“It’s a really tremendous opportunity to be surrounded by professionals who are far older than I am,” Lucas said. “To use HPE’s vast amount of financial resources and technological experts to learn at an accelerated rate is just great.”

Lucas is responsible for handling networks and equipment while working with a team to test networking equipment.

Lucas’s mom Valerie Erb values the experiences her son has gained from HPE and is proud of the accomplishments he has made so far.

“I think Lucas interning at HPE is great, he’s been there for over a year and it’s a great opportunity,” Valerie said. “I’ve had tours of HPE with him and it’s amazing just to see the responsibility he has there and and the things that he’s doing.”

Lucas’s friend and senior Kevin Carlson is familiar with Lucas’s work ethic.

 “Being able to land an internship at HP Enterprise is quite an accomplishment that has enabled him to pursue his passion for technology in a career setting,” Carlson said. “I’m confident that his internship will give him the experience to succeed.”

 Roseville High School computer science teacher Bradlee Crockett first recommended Lucas for the internship last year due to the hard work and effort Lucas contributed in Crockett’s classes. According to Crockett, Lucas was an ideal candidate.

 “I first heard about the HPE internship through the CRANE grant coordinator of computer science, and I recommended Lucas and several other top performers in his class,” Crockett said. ”Lucas is a very self-driven learner and he’s motivated to work in the technology field and I knew that he had some networking experience based on what he did in Tiger Tech.”

 Crockett appreciates Lucas’s determination to succeed.

“Lucas has had the experience working in those types of environments where he had to do things on his own and be given tasks that he may not have to do, but I knew that he had the grit and determination to learn how to do those things and be great at them,” Crockett said. “He’s a great kid and I like that he got this opportunity.”

Lucas is excited to see where his internship with HPE takes him and hopes to dive further into the world of technology at UC Irvine and beyond.

“HPE has taught me so many tremendous things and has helped me shape my future career in computer science even more so,” Lucas said. “I hope to take the things I’ve learned and it apply it to the best of my abilities at UC Irvine and possibly run a successful business.”

Interning at HPE has given Lucas an outlook into the corporate aspect of a company, as well as the perks that come with it.

 “It allows me to learn on millions of dollars worth of equipment in a lab,” Lucas said. “But really more than anything I’m learning what it’s like to work among professionals and what they do best.”