Shannon Beach ✨🦄

Shannon Beach ✨🦄

United States
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About

At Disney Streaming, I led tooling and platform engineering that expanded our testing…

Activity

Experience

Education

  • DeVry University Graphic

    DeVry University

    3.78 GPA

    Developing games using C++ in Visual Studio and Unreal Engine. Incorporated physics equations into code to bring realism to games, and studied real life practices of simulations to improve workplace training.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Code.org Graphic

    Mentor

    Code.org

    - Present 10 years 6 months

    Education

    Classroom volunteer. I speak to students of all ages about the tech industry, different jobs in the industry, and how they can learn to coding skills.

  • Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) Graphic

    Developer

    Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL)

    - Present 10 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Participated in the Code-A-Thon to rebuild YPAL's website in WordPress.

  • Code Louisville Graphic

    Front End Mentor and Mentor Committe Member

    Code Louisville

    - Present 9 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

  • Mentor

    KY Girls STEM Collaboration

    - Present 9 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    This event was for middle and high school girls who are interested in STEM. For this event, I created a basic Alexa skill, with a small presentation on how skills are put together, and how lambda functions and the Amazon developer portal work together to bring skills to life. After explaining the basics, I led the girls in a hands-on demonstration, allowing them to modify the code, then upload and hear their changes.

Courses

  • AJAX Basics

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  • Applied Development II

    GSP362

  • Artificial Intelligence for Games & Simulations with Lab

    GSP315

  • Computer Graphics Programming II with Lab

    GSP390

  • Computer Systems for Programmers with Lab

    GSP 215

  • Data Structures with Lab

    GSP295

  • Discrete Mathematics

    MATH233

  • Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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  • Intermediate Programming in C++ with Lab

    GSP115

  • Introduction to Game & Simulation Programming

    GSP115

  • Math Programming for Games

    GSP221

  • Modification & Level Design with Lab

    GSP340

  • Object-Oriented JavaScript

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  • Object-Oriented PHP Basics

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  • Physics Engine Development

    GSP321

  • Physics with Lab

    PHYS216

  • Practical Game Design with Lab

    GSP 240

  • Pre-Calculus

    MATH190

  • Science Fiction

    LTRE424

  • Simulation Design & Programming with Lab

    GSP281

Projects

  • Best Friend

    Best Friend, is your virtual best friend. Having a bad day, tell Best Friend, and Best Friend will respond with something nice. Need a confidence booster before you head out for the day, Best Friend has your back. Best Friend randomly generates compliments when you need to hear one. Feel better after a long day, get a boost of confidence before a presentation, or a general self esteem boost on a blah day.

    See project
  • Alexa Usability Skill

    This skill was built as a partner skill for GE's Geneva Skill, which allows people to control their GE Wi-Fi Connected Appliances by voice. The purpose of this skill is to test various response styles and flows, and gauge consumer reactions to those. The Alexa Usability Skill was built using Node.js, along with Amazon's Web Services, and the official Alexa SDK.

  • Window AC IFTTT Channel

    This project is a channel for ifttt.com that allows users to connect their window air conditioner unit with other applications such as Facebook, Google Drive, Twitter, Android, and iOs. The release of this channel made GE Appliances, a Haier Company, the first company to have a full suite of appliances on IFTTT.

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  • Beached Animal Rescue

    This app is to give beach goers the information they need to give rescue workers if they find a sea animal stranded on the beach. The app gives the exact geographical coordinates of the user in latitude and longitude, and has instructions on what to do for the animal until rescue workers arrive.

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  • Z Photography

    This is a showcase portfolio site for photographer Zoran Cuckovic. This site is mobile friendly, and uses the new Material Design by Google. JScroll is used to load images as you scroll down the page, and images are enlarged via lightbox.

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  • George Lucas Fan Page Website

    A website dedicated to the greatness that is George Lucas. The website contains a biography of Lucas's life, a list of his greatest movies, and contact information. The website was built using PHP and the Slim framework, along with HTML5 and CSS3.

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  • Classic Cartoon Hub

    Classic Cartoon Hub is a website that brings all of the classic cartoons to a central location. The site features a video modal to watch the cartoons from the site, an audio modal to listen to the cartoon's theme song, and characters of the shows that feature interesting facts when the character is clicked on.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1TG03jNmbA&index=38&list=PLKFlVlvK_fALmJ2QLM9PxOMb3qTubclsz

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  • Keyes Architects & Associates Website Redesign

    This project was a total redesign of the company website. A new layout was produced, showcasing projects the company has completed. The new site is mobile friendly, navigation has been improved, and content is better organized. The site was designed with potential clients in mind. Small interactive elements were added to engage the user, but not distract from the portfolio section. The site uses Google Analytics to track visitors to the site, and their movements.

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  • Zombie Smash

    A Whack-A-Mole style Zombie game for Windows and Google Play. Zombies pop up from behind rocks and bushes, and the user has to tap the zombie to destroy each. Different zombies move at different speeds, and are worth different points. The player has 60 seconds to whack as many zombies as they can.

    See project

Honors & Awards

  • PHP Objects and Classes

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  • Make Your Own AngularJS Widget

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  • AJAX and APIs

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  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form

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  • JavaScript Objects

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  • JavaScript Functions

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  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

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  • Responsive Web Design and Testing

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Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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