Larry Fulton primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for the Enterprise Architecture professional. He is a leading expert in service-oriented architecture (SOA), SOA governance, enterprise architecture, and enterprise middleware. Larry's primary research areas are SOA governance, SOA repositories, and enterprise service bus (ESB).
Larry spent 14 years at United Parcel Service, most recently as a principal enterprise architect, where he was involved in a broad range of application design, architecture, and infrastructure efforts. He piloted and chaired the company's internal "Architecture Summit" forum and was instrumental in the development of its enterprise architecture program. Larry was a key evangelist and designer in the creation of much of the middleware and related infrastructure supporting the company's package handling, tracking, and delivery. Earlier in his career, Larry developed custom laboratory robotic systems and factory-floor monitoring applications at Hudson Controls Group, and was a systems integrator at Identification and Security Systems.
Larry has a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in computer and systems engineering.