Tom Johnson joins Avencia as a software development intern from Drexel University. He will be working with the Law Enforcement team on several of the projects they have underway. Currently in his 4th year of a 5 year program at Drexel, Tom is completing his third and final co-op experience here at Avencia. During his first two internships at PPL, a power utility company, he supported their engineering and design GIS by developing software enhancements and participating in design sessions for new software projects. Tom’s first exposure to GIS came in 2005 through his activities as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown outside of Allentown, PA. Tom enjoys music and reading, and enjoys the company of his family’s 2 black Labrador retrievers while on visits home from school.
John Semmel joins Avencia as a Software Developer after many years in the insurance industry where he worked primarily on creating rating and quoting applications. His greatest hits in his previous position with Aetna were an enterprise census collection and analysis tool and an application that allowed business people to enter, review and test the rules that drove product selection in a major quotation application. John is a native Philadelphian who counts cycling, writing and finger-style guitar among his hobbies.