This summer, I interned with CSA360 through the REVelry program, a Wabash-funded experience that blended an AI go-to-market strategy with hands-on sales training. By the end of the summer, I had generated more than $100,000 in pipeline for CSA360.
Most of my days went into building outbound systems from the ground up: analyzing customer data to define CSA360’s ideal customer profile, segmenting healthcare and security prospects, and using tools like Claude,
HubSpot, Apollo, and Clay to automate research and messaging that used to take hours by hand. Learning to pair AI with strategic thinking, instead of just using it to move faster, was the biggest professional skill I picked up this
summer. AI fluency is only going to matter more in business, and this internship put me ahead of the curve.
Alongside that work, I spent time in Sandler sales training learning to prospect, uncover pain, and manage a conversation instead of just pitching. Practicing my 30-second commercial and cold-call scripts through Yoodli gave me a low-stakes way to repeat those reps until I felt confident.
Looking at my strengths, this internship was almost a perfect fit. As a Rhetoric major with a Business minor, I used rhetorical skills constantly, from writing outreach to reframing pain points in a prospect’s words instead of my own. Sandler is going on both my resume and my LinkedIn and will be very important if I am to pursue a sales career after Wabash. Also valuable was the networking itself, which was a real breakthrough for how I think about my future career path.
One of my CSA360 supervisors summed up the summer well: “We are more than pleased with the results that our interns produced from the REVelry program.”
Thank you to Josh Kline, Tony Unfried, Jalen Turpen, the entire REVelry Cohort, and everyone else who made this summer possible. I’m walking away with skills I know I’ll use for the rest of my career.
