E. Axel Larsson

Current

Systems Architect and Director of the Enterprise Technology Center at Drew University

Past

Enterprise Systems Architect at Drew University
Enterprise Integration Specialist at Drew University
Student Helpdesk Operator at Drew University

Student Systems Administrator/DBA at Drew University
Webmaster at Hendela System Consultants, Inc.

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Education

Drew University

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E. Axel Larsson’s Summary

Technology department director and systems architect. Experienced in bringing together an array of commercial and open-source systems into a cohesive and highly-available computing environment--Building the glue to make everything work together.

Highly interested in both the political and technical aspects of enterprise identity and access management projects, with an emphasis on deployments in higher education.

E. Axel Larsson’s Specialties:

Technology Management, Staff Development, Needs and Business Analysis, Identity and Access Management, Database administration; High-availability system deployments. Enterprise server virtualization

E. Axel Larsson’s Experience

Systems Architect and Director of the Enterprise Technology Center

Drew University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

I manage the department responsible for administrative and staff technology at Drew University.

The Enterprise Technology Center consists of staff development and training via our Staff technology lab and consulting services, management of the University's ERP applications, and middleware and integrated technology services (directories and identity management, web application services, etc.)
Enterprise Systems Architect

Drew University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Management and implementation project lead for a wide-variety of software systems spanning the academic and administrative functions of the University. Architect for Identity and Access management across all University systems. Architect and primary implementor for a highly-available web application delivery infrastructure, encompassing single-sign-on for all of the University's 40+ commercial, open-source, and home-grown web applications, layer 7 application switching, service protection, and consolidated logging. Multi-platform database and system administration. Integration lead for a migration of the Development & Alumni Relations functions from a legacy ERP system to Blackbaud's The Raiser's Edge. Developer of integration tools and web front-ends in a variety of scripting languages.
Enterprise Integration Specialist

Drew University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

June 2002 — May 2008 (6 years )

Developed integration solutions for a wide variety of University enterprise systems. Designed and implemented enterprise-wide identity and access management. Project lead for University-wide email migration to Novell GroupWise. Database administration of MS SQL and Oracle systems. Developer of integration tools and web front-ends in a variety of scripting languages.
Student Helpdesk Operator

Drew University

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1998 — May 2002 (3 years 9 months)

Provided phone and walk-up Helpdesk support for members of the Drew community. On-site and off-site troubleshooting. Faculty and staff upgrades.
Student Systems Administrator/DBA

Drew University

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1998 — May 2002 (3 years 9 months)

Managed Linux, NetWare, and Windows systems. Developer of home-grown eDirectory account management tools, helpdesk software, and web single-sign-on system. Oracle DBA for Academic Technology.
Webmaster

Hendela System Consultants, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — May 2001 (3 years 5 months)

Created company website design and graphics. Server-side development in Macromedia Cold Fusion. Created installers for the HSC's major application, a Windows-based Y2K compliance assessment tool.

E. Axel Larsson’s Education

Drew University

BA , Computer Science, Mathematics , 1998 — 2002

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E. Axel Larsson’s Groups:

ACM, ACM Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS), Novell Technology Transfer Partners, member of TTP Conference Advisory Board 2006-2008, member of TTP Technical Advisory Board 2008-present