Launch Your Career in Data & AI

A six-month immersive internship that bridges the gap between academia and industry.

Program Overview

The Accentrust Launch Program is our "career lift-off" track for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates. This program is designed to smooth the transition from classroom to professional environment, giving participants a structured yet hands-on experience in AI-native data infrastructure projects. You’ll be part of an agile team, work with experienced mentors, and build a portfolio of meaningful work that sets you apart in the job market.

Program Design Principles

✓Aligned with the ATD Capability Model – covering the three core domains (Impacting Organizational Capability, Building Personal Capability, Developing Professional Capability) as the foundation for growth.
✓Grounded in OD Frameworks – integrating Burke-Litwin causal model, McKinsey 7S, and Kotter’s 8-Step Change Process to help participants understand how organizations transform.
✓Systematic Learning Design – built on ADDIE and SAM, with activities mapped to Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction and Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
✓Practice & Social Learning Emphasis – inspired by the 70-20-10 reference model: 70% hands-on projects, 20% mentoring & peer feedback, 10% structured courses.

Learning Journey / Program Modules

Module	Focus Areas	Sample Activities
Onboarding & Culture	Learn Accentrust’s mission, values, and agile ways of working	Welcome Day, team icebreakers, culture workshop
Technical Foundations	Build competence in AI-native infrastructure, version control, and coding standards	GitHub exercises, Docker environment setup
Guided Project Work	Spend ~70% of your time delivering real project outcomes under mentor guidance	Sprint tasks, bi-weekly demos, retrospectives
Professional Skills	Build interpersonal skills and business insight aligned with ATD model	Communication labs
Reflection & Feedback	Measure learning outcomes using Kirkpatrick Levels 1-3	Mid-point and final mentor reviews, personal growth report

Onboarding & Culture

Focus Areas: Learn Accentrust’s mission, values, and agile ways of working

Sample Activities: Welcome Day, team icebreakers, culture workshop

Technical Foundations

Focus Areas: Build competence in AI-native infrastructure, version control, and coding standards

Sample Activities: GitHub exercises, Docker environment setup

Guided Project Work

Focus Areas: Spend ~70% of your time delivering real project outcomes under mentor guidance

Sample Activities: Sprint tasks, bi-weekly demos, retrospectives

Professional Skills

Focus Areas: Build interpersonal skills and business insight aligned with ATD model

Sample Activities: Communication labs

Reflection & Feedback

Focus Areas: Measure learning outcomes using Kirkpatrick Levels 1-3

Sample Activities: Mid-point and final mentor reviews, personal growth report

Program Outcomes

•A project portfolio demonstrating applied skills
•Professional reference letter from Accentrust mentors
•Priority consideration for full-time roles

Evaluation & Continuous Improvement

Participants complete a baseline self-assessment against the ATD Capability Model at the start, and we track learning impact through multi-level Kirkpatrick evaluations. Feedback from participants, mentors, and business stakeholders informs the next cohort’s program design.