Experience

• Partner (Spring 2015 - Present)

  Spherical Cow Group, New York, New York
  Participate in consulting projects for large research organizations; develop enterprise software and web applications with an emphasis on UX/UI components and accessibility.

• Web Developer (Spring 2020 - Fall 2021)

  University at Albany, Albany, New York
  Develop and support enterprise web solutions to support the needs of the UAlbany community in collaboration with other web and IT professionals.

• Senior Web Producer (Fall 2001 - Spring 2015)

  Communications & Middleware Technologies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  Develop and support enterprise web applications to serve the needs of the Rensselaer community; manage projects working with teams of experienced programmers; provide web design, graphic design, site architecture, usability and navigation; support and socialize web applications and systems to the campus community; oversee hardware acquisition and maintenance.

• Graphic/Multi-Media Designer (Fall 2000 - Fall 2001)

  Academic Support & Media Services, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  Graphic design, web development, music composition for video projects, animation, video editing, voiceovers, live field production.

• Production Coordinator for Media Development (Fall 1997 - Fall 2000)

  Rensselaer Education for Working Professionals (RSVP), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  Responsible for all aspects of distance education course production, including: instructional design, media development, and directing of live sessions. Hired, trained, supervised, and assigned media development students. Managed projects with developers, faculty, and students. Set development guidelines for presenting media on the internet, video conferencing, videotape, and satellite broadcast. Researched new media solutions for distance education.

• Principal (Summer 1996 - Present)

  Dōgen Media, Troy, New York
  Web design, development, and hosting; Content management; Portals and social networking; Search engine optimization; Email & mailing lists; Multimedia, graphic design, and presentations.

• Instructor / Lecturer (1991 - 1995)

  University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine
  Taught a variety of college courses in mathematics, computing, and music.

Professional Associations

• Bedework Steering Committee, developer, Apereo Foundation (January 2010 - Present)

Awards & Honors

• Apereo Jasig Fellow, San Diego, CA (May, 2013)
• Bedework Receives Mellon Foundation MATC Award, Washington, DC (December, 2006)
   

Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Faculty

  School of Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  Co-taught Introduction to Information Technology. (Fall 2010 - Fall 2011)

• Adjunct Faculty

  Arts Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  Conductor, Rensselaer Concert Choir: Directed forty-member chorus. (Spring 2007-Spring 2008)
  Instructor, Computer Art: Covered design theory, history, and hands-on training. (Fall 1999)

• Lecturer I (Fall 1994 - Spring 1995)

  University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine
  Taught mathematics, computer skills and programming.

• Instructor of Music and Basic Skills (Fall 1991 - Summer 1994)

  University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine
  Taught mathematics, computer skills, programming, beginning piano. Provided software support for campus offices. Led the UMFK jazz combo and UMFK Chamber Singers.
   

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York - M.F.A. Integrated Electronic Arts (1999)
  Thesis: "Epiphanies", three short animations, computer animation, mixed media, choral composition
• Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine - A.B. (1991)
  magna cum laude, Music major, Biology minor
• University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine (Fall 1993 - Spring 1995)
  Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics (30 hours)
• Beaver College Program, Vienna, Austria (Fall, 1989)
  Art, music, politics of Central and Eastern Europe, German
   

Papers & Presentations

• Bedework 2018. Open Apereo 2018, Montreal, CA, June 2018
• Introducing Bedework 3.10.  Open Apereo 2015, Baltimore, MD,  June 2015 (PDF, Video)
• CBIS Case Study: A Decade of web development and infrastructure at Rensselaer (703K PDF).  Arlen Johnson and Gary Schwartz. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, September 2014.
• Bedework Lightning Talk.  Apereo, Miami, FL, June 2014
• Bedework Lightning Talk.  Apereo, San Diego, CA, June 2013
• Bedework Internationalization.  Apereo, San Diego, CA, June 2013
• The Bedework Enterprise Calendar System.  Apereo, San Diego, CA, June 2013
• Customizing Bedework Calendar: Installation, Architecture, Theming, and More. Half-day seminar. Arlen Johnson. JA-SIG Spring Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2010
• Bedework 3.6 Lightning Talk (393k PDF). Arlen Johnson. JA-SIG Fall Unconference, Urbana Champaign, IL, September 2009
• The Bedework EnterpriseCalendar System (1MB PDF). Arlen Johnson and Gary Schwartz. 2-3-98 Conference, Delhi, NY, August, 2009
• Introduction to Photoshop CS3 (203k PDF). Arlen Johnson. New York State Library Assistants' Association Conference, Troy, NY, June, 2009
• Mastering Powerpoint. Arlen Johnson. New York State Library Assistants' Association Conference, Troy, NY, June, 2009
• Bedework & Large Venue Ticketing (1MB PDF) Gary Schwartz and Arlen Johnson, October, 2008. Bedework was used as the central component in a ticketing system for Rensselaer's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, exploiting the calendar as an application platform.
• The Bedework Enterprise Calendar Project (631k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. JA-SIG Spring Conference, St. Paul, MN, April 2008
• Bedework 3.3.2: open source calendaring for the enterprise (631k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. Portal 2007 Conference, Gettysburg, PA, June, 2007
• Bedework 3.0: an institute-wide open source Java calendar system (707k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. 2006 Educause NERCOMP (Northeast Regional Computing Program) Annual Conference. Worcester, MA, March, 2006
• BedeWork: An Institute-Wide Open Source Java Calendar System (579k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. JA-SIG Winter Conference. Austin, Texas, December 2005.
• Bedework 3.0: an institute-wide open-source Java events calendar (273k PDF). Arlen Johnson. HighEdWebDev2005. Rochester, New York, November 2005.
• UWCalendar2.3+: an institute-wide open-source Java events calendar (714k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. Community Source Week 2005, JA-SIG uPortal Conference. Baltimore, MD, June 2005.
• Rensselaer and UWCalendar 2: an institute-wide open-source Java events calendar (753k PDF). Arlen Johnson and Mike Douglass. Summer uPortal Conference. Denver, Colorado, June 2004.
• The Luwak: How Content, Design and the Backend Come Together by Keeping Them Apart (2.5M PPT). Kevin Bishop and Arlen Johnson. 4th Annual HighEdWeb Conference. Rochester, NY, 2003.
• From dated to dynamic: a campus newsletter unfolds as a web service. Kevin Bishop, Arlen Johnson and Deb Wentorf. Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services. Providence, Rhode Island, 2002.
• The RSVP Unibrowser: Bringing Humanness and Interactivity to e-Learning. Cupp,E.L., Danchak,M.M., Foster,K.J, Johnson,A.D., Kim,C.K., Sarlin,D. International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. Madison, Wisconsin, 2001.
• Teaching and Learning in a Technological World: The Rensselaer 80/20 Model for the Working Professional. Michael M. Danchak, William C. Jennings, Arlen D. Johnson and Kim A. Scalzo. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1999.
   

Other Experience

• Professional Chorister, Soloist, Instrumentalist (Fall 1987-Present)

  Perform / sing professionally with numerous ensembles
  Example: In Touch (mp3), Solo piano / improvisation, 2000