The document is a nomination form for the Outstanding Co-op/Intern Student of the Summer Awards program. It provides details about Thomas Budd, who is being nominated for an award. According to the nomination, Thomas wrote a proposal and presentation that was directly applied to a priority health client. He also conducted research and created presentations and newsletters that supported over $100,000 in new business. Thomas strives to understand goals, asks clarifying questions, and suggests improvements. He is praised as diligent, enthusiastic, proactive, and able to take on new tasks quickly.

1. Co-op/Intern Summer
Awards Program
NOM INATION F ORM
The University Recruiting Team is seeking nominations for our Outstanding Co-op/Intern Student of the
Summer Awards. To nominate a candidate, please complete the form below and submit it no later than
Friday, July 25.
Nominator’s Name: __________________________________________ Account Group:
E-mail: ________________________________ _____ Phone Number: _______________________________
Name of Nominated Student: _________________________________ Award Level:
Questions:
In what capacity did this student work for your team?
How has this student made an impact on your team and/or market?
Give an example of how this student went above and beyond his/her job responsibilities?
What qualities does this student possess that make him/her successful?
Awards
• $10 High 5
• $25 Team and Performance
• $75 End of Summer Awards
A limited number of URT sponsored awards are available. Managers will be notified of outcome following award
review. Questions and/or concerns, as well as their form, can be submitted to Intern_Awards@bah.com.
SU B M IT
Renee (Goldman) Rakowski Comm Account Group
goldman_renee@bah.com 954-608-7363
Thomas Budd Outstanding Co-op/Intern Student of the Summer:
5 colleagues have joined together to submit this nomination for Tom. Tom wrote a 10+ page mock proposal and slide deck presented to the Head of Commercial that can be
directly applied to a priority client in the commercial Health space. He conducted research, data gathering/analysis of future and current clients to support new business
opportunities, including development of 7 decks with insights on 7 clients’ challenges that Booz Allen’s service offerings can capitalize on. He supported development of 5
training sessions to be taken by 20 members of his admin team and colleagues supporting reputation/business intelligence projects. He has envisioned and developed
newsletters for leaders within all of commercial’s 4 verticals that serve as market intelligence reports. He is also developing a SOP for a reputation intelligence executive news
brief, which is sent this commercial health client’s top 150 executives. 6 BAH staff will use this SOP.
Tom’s 7 research decks all contributed to business development efforts with new and existing clients. His research was included in a successful pitch to executives
at a priority commercial retail client, as well as supported $100,000+ in new business with commercial clients in the health and automotive spaces. The
Commercial vertical newsletters Tom created will benefit all 4 commercial market groups by providing market leadership with intelligence on current and potential
client challenges, risks, and new business opportunities. Tom’s 5 training sessions for 20 staff on his admin team will be critical to facilitating a shared
understanding of our team’s vision, analytical methodologies and communication style for delivering strategic recommendations to our clients.
Tom strives to understand the ultimate goal of all his work products to better target his research. In one instance, when conducting research for a new business opportunity with
a commercial automotive client, Tom persistently asked clarifying questions to understand the intent of the team’s pitch. Leadership has found that this factors into his
demonstrated, exceptional quality of work, and has noted his work required fewer edits than that received from staff at higher levels. His research not only supported $25,000
in investment work with this client, but opened the door to provide additional, more significant work for this client’s highest level executives. He also regularly suggests
improvements/modifications to assigned tasks based on his research, understanding, and fresh perspective, and proactively reaches out to commercial colleagues to support
additional tasks when he has any availability.
Tom works with 5 colleagues at any given time; they consistently praise him as diligent, enthusiastic, extremely proactive and receptive to feedback, and
persistently learning about how his role aligns to firm service offerings and the business in general. He is flexible and able to take on new tasks quickly, despite a
prior lack of knowledge; this is demonstrated by his 7 research efforts spanning multiple commercial client industries (health, FS, automotive, energy, and retail)
that has already contributed to $100,000+ in new business and executive pitches to potential clients. He holds great accountability for his work product deadlines
and is diligent about providing regular progress updates on assignments, and gives adequate notice when tasks are delayed due to higher priority tasks.