Shannon Beck
Director at Virginia Cyber Range
Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShannon Beck is a cybersecurity and computer science leader with nine years of professional experience and a Ph.D. grounding from Kent State University. Currently serving as Director for both the Virginia Cyber Range and the U.S. Cyber Range of Virginia Tech, she designs and oversees hands-on cyber training and exercises that bridge academic research and practical government needs. Her background spans government-aligned cybersecurity initiatives and academic leadership, enabling her to translate complex threat concepts into accessible curricula and scalable training platforms. Based in Colorado, she blends scholarly rigor with operational program management, often focusing on measurable readiness improvements for diverse learner cohorts. An experienced educator and program architect, she brings a rare combination of doctoral-level research experience and day-to-day delivery of mission-focused cyber capability development.
9 years of coding experience
B.A., B.A. at Hiram CollegeUniversity of Maryland, College ParkM.A., M.A. at Kent State University
Github Skills (8)
packet8
puzzle7
security7
libpcap7
pcap7
network-monitoring7
packet-capture6
infrastructure3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
dirtbags/pcapdb
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
A Distributed, Search-Optimized Full Packet Capture System
Contributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 2 months
securitypacket-capturenetwork-monitoringlibpcapoptimized
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