Shane Witters Hicks Email & Phone Number

Crafting unique and exceptional dining experiences for clients in the greater St. Louis area.https://foodfireknives.com/chef-profile/shane-witters-hicks/

St Louis, Missouri, United States

I prepare and deliver comforting, wholesome, and energizing meals that feel indulgent to you and your loved ones. Please visit Chefshenanigans.com/the-soulful-spread/ for more details. I also create fun and informative cooking classes that are customized to your interests! More information can be found at Chefshenanigans.com/personalized-cooking-classes/

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Co

Planning and executing professional cooking classes featuring innovative, original, plant-based dishes.

Boulder, Co

Teaching 20+ kids per class about world cuisines, pizza, pasta, cake decoration, and more.

Boulder, Colorado

- Ensuring smooth operation of an elegant hotel buffet as the sole breakfast cook. - Constant interaction with guests: taking, cooking, and bringing orders out to paying customers. - Mentioned by name on TripAdvisor 20+ times for providing exemplary customer service and food.- Awarded “Employee of the Month” for substantially elevating guest feedback scores since hire date.

Boulder, Co

- Designed and executed 4 cooking classes on relevant topics and food trends, featuring innovative, original, plant-based dishes.- Developed recipes, designed cohesive menus, conducted shopping, set-up, and cleaning for each class.

Boulder, Co

Responsible for prepping ingredients from scratch and putting out exceptional dishes that feature bold tastes and presentation at an up-and-coming neo-bistro. • Assembed all salads, charcuterie, small plates, fried dishes, and desserts• Fashioned house-made pasta and prepared critical line items from scratch

Boulder, Co

Leaped head-first into a fast-moving and demanding role as a line cook at a popular vegan restaurant to broaden my understanding of the culinary industry and explore a new career option. • Line cook – learned all line stations in < 2 weeks and worked primarily during weekend rush hours; • Prep cook – worked morning shifts to prepare restaurant sauces, dressings, and other critical line ingredients from scratch.

Boulder, Co

A formative stage at a landmark, USAToday "10-Best"-ranked upscale eatery.• Quickly learned how to create and plate rapid-fire orders: all salads, flatbreads, desserts, charcuterie, and other select appetizers;• Stocked "pantry" station with fresh ingredients - chopping vegetables, baking flatbread crusts, and creating sauces/marinades from recipe

Boulder, Co

Interviewed, trained, and supervised new staff to be professional outdoor guides and mentors for kids and teens at a high-intensity, growth-oriented adventure camp.

Golden, Co

Developed a software tool that combines distribution-side inputs and model outputs with advanced statistics to predict hard-to-measure variables used in electric grid operation and design -- Leveraged scientific languages (Python, R), exploratory data mining (e.g. principle component analysis and clustering techniques), analytics software (e.g. KNIME), and sophisticated power systems modeling software (primarily OpenDSS and GridLab-D) to simulate distribution-side components, generate useful metrics and parameters, and make some sense of the results -- Collaborated with engineers at the Power Systems Design and Studies group to maximize the practicality of the analytical tool

Greater Boston Area

Wrote original content for the Pulitzer Prize-winning, international news organization. • Authored 4 articles, which appeared online and in the Weekly print edition. One article was chosen as one of 5 to appear in the Monitor Daily, the organization's digital newsletter • Interviewed senior editors and staff writers to learn journalistic best-practices and refine my interest areas • Pitched breaking news stories to editors and posted accepted articles on the organization's website with original headlines, summaries, and captions • Researched about and rewrote outdated quizzes on the organization's website

Golden, Co

Conducted undergraduate research as part of the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program.Contributed to visual tool development through collaboration with the Computational Science Center’s Data Visualization Group. I worked to turn scientists’ raw data into meaningful, 3D visuals of wind turbine wake simulated by models and measured by an airflow-measurement technology called LiDAR. In order to help researchers better understand the role that LiDAR technology can play in optimizing wind farm structure, I developed an analysis tool that gives a visual comparison of simulated wind turbine wake with LiDAR measurements. With the capability to visualize the precision of the LiDAR wake measurement in the context of the high-resolution wind flow, researchers can better understand the role LiDAR technology might play in wind farm optimization. Skills used include:• operation of and scripting with visualization software including ParaView and Vapor;• C++, python, and bash programming for manipulation of data and visualization;• use of custom visualization codes, models, and an in-house supercomputer to process data and develop visuals; • collaboration with senior-level scientists to determine the most meaningful data aspects to highlight in visuals produced;• formation and investigation of research questions through visual analysis;• clear communication of scientific process and results through writing and poster presentation

Boulder, Co

Conducted undergraduate research as part of the LASP REU in Solar and Space Physics. Worked closely with a professional researcher in the Space Weather Prediction Center to optimize a potential product for the DSCOVR satellite mission. This research helped to develop and validate a space weather tool used to forecast Earth arrival times for discontinuities in the solar wind, such as interplanetary shocks and interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). I contributed research that resulted in a larger, team-based product, and co-wrote a research paper that is published in a peer-reviewed journal (see attachment).Skills used/developed:• IDL programming• Data analysis• Individual research experience• Team research collaboration

Buena Vista, Co

Worked as Counselor-In-Training during summer 2012; promoted to Counselor during summer 2013; again to Program Head during summer 2014. Each summer at AU Ranches, I worked as an Outdoor Guide and mentor for high school-aged teens. Jobs included serving as trip leader on multi-day backpacking expeditions, mountain bike trips, and day hikes, facilitator on a high ropes course, and site supervisor for outdoor rock climbing. As Counselor and Program Head, I also helped teens develop soft skills useful for effective servant leadership and teamwork.Skills used/developed:• Professional Outdoor Guiding• Outdoor Education & Leadership• Youth Development• Team Management

Associate'S Degree, Culinary Arts/Chef Training, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physics; Minors: Sustainability, Global Perspectives, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian, 4.0 Club Member, Dormitory President, Phi Alpha Eta Honor Society, Academic Mentor, Senior Class.