Chris Beach
Senior Software Developer at Unicon, Inc.
El Dorado Springs, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Beach is a Senior Software Developer with nine years of professional experience building and testing Java-based back-end systems and web applications using J2EE, Rails, PHP, DOJO and Eclipse RCP. He currently advances higher-education portal technology at Unicon while contributing to the uPortal open-source project, where he strengthened unit test coverage and portlet quality for a widely used enterprise portal. His background includes systems analysis and technical consulting at Pearson and hands-on engineering at IBM, delivering fraud management, aerospace, and pharmaceutical solutions. Chris pairs strong QA and test-automation instincts with full-stack development skills, often drafting pragmatic proposals to reduce manual work and streamline processes. Based in rural Missouri, he blends enterprise-scale experience with a practical, detail-oriented approach forged in both consulting and large-team environments.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude, Computer Science at Winona State UniversityEngineering, Engineering, Engineering, Engineering at Spokane Falls Community CollegeAssociate of Science - Honors, General Education, Math, Computer Science, Associate of Science - Honors, General Education, Math, Computer Science at Rochester Community and Technical College
Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
javas10
junit10
java10
testing9
portlet9
spring8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
uPortal-Project/uPortal
Jul 2017 - Dec 2022
Enterprise open source portal built by and for the higher education community.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 releases, 54 reviews, 71 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris focused on enhancing unit test coverage and quality assurance within the uPortal project. They wrote and modified unit test classes, contributing to a more robust testing suite. Their work primarily involved Java, reflecting their role in developing and testing the back-end logic of the portal. In addition to the development focus, the user also updated the portlet's code.
open-source-portalcommunity-educationgradlesoffithigher-education
cbeach47/uPortal-start
Aug 2019 - Aug 2023
CLI tools for implementing uPortal, beginning with version 5.0.0
Contributions:46 pushes, 14 branches in 3 years 11 months
uportalcli-toolsbeginningcli
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