Arlen D.H. Johnson

I work as a Senior Web Producer for Communications & Middleware Technologies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My colleagues and I develop and support enterprise applications to address the needs of the Rensselaer community. My responsibilities include:

• web application development primarily with jsp & java using Jakarta Struts or the Spring Framework in the J2EE environment;
• xml & xslt development;
• javascript & AJAX techniques;
• user interface design, site architecture, usability and navigation;
• graphic design and layout;

• Bedework & Large Venue Ticketing (1MB PDF) Gary Schwartz and Arlen Johnson, October, 2008. Bedework was recently 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 Receives Mellon Foundation MATC Award. Washington, DC, December, 2006
• 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.

Arlen Johnson, Senior Web Producer
Communications & Middleware Technologies
Division of the Chief Information Officer

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Phone: 518-276-3045
Fax: 518-276-6590
Office: VCC 211

Mailing Address:
VCC 3rd Floor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180-3590

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