Larry Baerveldt
Senior IT Systems Engineer, Linux at Seagen
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLarry Baerveldt is a Senior IT Systems Engineer specializing in Linux with over 20 years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and hardening production infrastructure to ensure high availability, security, and disaster recovery. Based in Seattle, he has driven Linux systems engineering across biotech and library sectors—from Seagen to long tenures managing consortial library systems—bringing deep expertise in open source solutions that cut costs and operational complexity. Known for a passion for automation and tooling, he empowers teams by delivering reproducible, maintainable systems and practical self-service tools. His background in library systems and information science gives him a user-centered perspective on infrastructure, blending operational rigor with attention to how technology supports people.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Masters at Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, BloomintonBachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at Indiana University Bloomington
Github Skills (19)
crossword10
cdr10
haiku10
azerothcore10
minecraft9
dm9
accelerator9
oms9
ubuntu8
chroot8
debian7
chromeos7
shell6
chrome6
crouton6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bywatersolutions/bywater-koha-devel
Feb 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:162 commits in 2 years 2 months
bywatersolutions/bywater-koha
Jan 2015 - Jul 2018
Community Koha plus additional patches needed for ByWater Partners.
Contributions:555 commits, 28 pushes, 14 branches in 3 years 7 months
crosswordcdrazerothcorehaikuadditional
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