ECPI University Student Team Impresses at Dominion Enterprises Hackathon
Three times a year, Dominion Enterprises hosts a hackathon. If you're not familiar with the event, it draws teams of enterprising college students from across the Hampton Roads region to go head-to-head in an app development competition. Hosted at Dominion Enterprises headquarters over the course of two days, teams are challenged to develop an app that improves the life or work of a particular target audience. This year, that audience was the students themselves.
Each year, ECPI University has been honored to receive an invitation. This month, ten teams from ECPI University, William & Mary, Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, and Tidewater Community College were challenged to create an app to enhance the modern student experience.
The ECPI University Team (Web Development majors Stephanie Zachariasen, Ebony Williams, and Amber Kinsey, along with Business Management major Vianney Romero and Software Development major Johnathan Hofler) created an app they call Crescendo, a free-to-use service to help students find special discounts just for them. The app is designed to allow easy access to local business owners who can add themselves to the database with geographical and topical sorting tools to help students find the discounts they are looking for quickly.
One of Dominion's hackathon goals is to retain top talent in the Hampton Roads area by reaching out to the community and local universities while creating a fun, innovative place to work. Each Hackathon is organized by Dominion Enterprises TTAG (Technology Talent Acquisition Group). While these events are designed to enhance recruiting and retention, the real benefits manifest themselves in team collaboration, learning, and experimental development fun.
What Does Dominion Enterprises Do?
Dominion Enterprises is a leading marketing services and publishing company serving an array of industries including:
- Automotive
- Travel
- Real Estate and Apartment Rental
- Recreational and Commercial Vehicle
- Parenting
Each one of Dominion Enterprises' business properties provides a comprehensive suite of technology-based marketing solutions, including lead generation, customer relationship management, internet advertising, and data management services, as well as website design and hosting.
Dominion Enterprises has more than 45 market-leading websites reaching more than 20 million unique visitors monthly. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the company has 3,300 employees in more than 105 offices in the United States, Canada, England, Spain and Italy.
Want to Become An App Developer?
Maybe you're reading this and thinking, "I think I'd like to do that!" Well, the good news is that there is a lot opportunity out there for people with the right educational background.
Now for the education - at ECPI University, we offer associate and bachelor's degree programs through a year-round accelerated schedule. In just 2.5 years, you could earn a bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Science with a concentration in Software Development or Web Development. Who knows? Maybe you'll become one of our elite students and compete in hackathon! Want more information? Contact us today!
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