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Summary
• Worked in the telecom industry between 1968-2003 (Ericsson)
• Ph.D. at Linköping University in 2003
• Docent (associated professor) at Linköping University in 2007
• Now researcher and consultant
Education
• Basic education (student) Lundellska Läroverket, Uppsala, May 4th, 1963
• M.Sc.E.E, Royal Institute of Technology,  Sept 19th, 1968
• Mathematical Statistics,  Sthlms Universitet 1980
• Mathematical computer science, Linköping University , June 10th, 1986
• Ph.D. Linköping University, March 25th, 2003
• Associate Professor (docent), Feb 27th, 2007
Language
Swedish            Mother tongue
English              Fluent
German             Understand, simple talk
Significant
performance
Between 1989 and 1990 I was a department specialist in the area of Computer
Aided Design which, at Ericsson, was  a technical  career position with the status
equal that of a line manager responsible for about 100 persons.

As a technical manager at Ellemtel between 1994-1995 I was the top-level
responsible for the hardware development support system at Ellemtel. This had
equal status as the line manager for the same system (including about 50
persons).

In 1997 I took the initiative to use the Matrix Product Data Management (PDM)
system for supporting the coordination of incremental development of SW at
Ericsson. Between 1997 and 2002 I had several positions related to this: technical
project manager, technical responsible, information sys-tem architect, information
system coordinator, etc. This system had profound impacts at Ericsson and is
now the backbone in the coordination of the development of the 3rd generation of
mobile systems.

Between 1998 - 2003 I worked halftime towards my Ph.D. in parallel with my work
at Ericsson. The combination of a long industrial experience with rigorous research
findings resulted in the “Activity Domain Theory”, now published as a book by IGI
Global. This theory is an attempt to integrate  technical, social and individual
aspects into a coherent whole based on the praxis philosophy. This approach has
turned out to be productive in both research and my profession as a consultant.
Lars Taxén, Associated Professor
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LARS TAXÉN | RESEARCHER & CONSULTANT