Business Trip 2005 In Boston, the students were hosted by Delphi parents Steve and Cheryl Jonas. On Sunday, "Ben Franklin" took the group on a tour of the Freedom Trail, followed by a visit to the Holocaust Memorial. For two days, Steve Jonas, a top Fidelity Investments executive, opened the doors of Fidelity to the students. They met directly with professionals and executives, learning what their jobs are and what each does to deliver a valuable product or service for Fidelity. Students were surprised to learn that Fidelity employs 35,000 people, and owns and operates the Seaport Hotel and many other businesses. After a tour of the hotel, from the laundry room and kitchens to the executive suite, students saw the importance Fidelity placed on diversification. As Corrienne Copper said, "There are so many parts to Fidelity I didn't realize existed. Fidelity doesn't just preach diversification, they do it."

Business Trip 2005 The students met Jurrien Timmer, Senior Market Analyst, who showed the students the Chartroom, an enormous room with display walls covered with charts and graphs of stocks, indexes, bonds and funds, and other information. He helps Fidelity discover patterns and develop strategies based on information gleaned from these walls. One huge graph near the entrance of the Chartroom graphed the Dow Jones Industrial Index from its inception more than a hundred years ago.

Business Trip 2005 At the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, students participated in web-site usability tests, which Fidelity uses to ensure each pixel is well placed, and no space is wasted. Remarking on Fidelity's consistent attention to detail, one student said, "The small things you do can become the big things that set you apart from others and make you shine!"

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