Beau Harrison
Software Engineering Manager at Fermilab
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolBeau Harrison is a Software Engineering Manager with a decade of experience modernizing control systems and leading engineering teams at Fermilab. He has advanced from accelerator operator roles into software and systems development, combining hands-on hardware experience (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, NI modules) with full-stack skills in JavaScript, WebSockets, C++, Python, and REST APIs. Beau has led modernization efforts for safety-critical personnel control systems and built high-frequency operational displays and portable instrumentation for accelerator projects. He also teaches full-stack web development and authored training materials used across labs, reflecting a talent for translating complex technical domains into effective learning resources. Based in Chicago, he pairs operational rigor from particle accelerator operations with pragmatic software engineering to deliver reliable, safety-focused systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy at Harris School of Public Policy at the University of ChicagoHamburg High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Henderson State University
Github Skills (72)
python-modules10
python-packaging9
dependency-management9
python9
packaging9
dependency-manager9
shell8
application8
linux8
animation8
deep-learning8
bash8
machine-learning8
google-cast8
react-router8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fermi-ad/shift_roster
Sep 2016 - Jul 2023
A web application that gets Boss-O-Schedule data to populate a form for easy shift roster posting to the Fermi AD Elog.
Contributions:4 PRs, 12 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 10 months
shiftdata-scheduleweb-applicationelogpopulate
fermi-ad/proxy-auto-config
Sep 2020 - Jul 2024
A proxy auto-config example for allowing access to a list of domains behind a firewall.
Contributions:1 PR, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
firewallproxycentral-service
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