This document summarizes a presentation about using Axiom Elite for data integration in higher education. It includes an agenda for the presentation, introduces Axiom as a provider of data integration products and services for colleges and universities. It describes Axiom Elite as an ETL tool that manages data from any source and governs the student information system data. It discusses the evolution of data integration from manual processes to various application approaches. It provides a use case for Kalamazoo Valley Community College that integrates their Student Information System and CRM using Axiom Elite. The presentation outlines new leadership and product initiatives at Axiom focused on improved customer focus and more frequent product releases.

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TargetX Application Integration
Using Axiom Elite
Jeff Leisse - Axiom Product Owner

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Agenda
● Who Are We?
● What is Axiom Elite?
● Evolution of Higher Ed Data Integration
● Student Experience Story
● Kalamazoo Valley CC Use Case
● What’s Next from Axiom?
● Fire Away

3. Who Are We?
WHY?

4. Who Are We?
We provide data integration
products and services to
help colleges and
universities manage their
data across campus so
they can focus on what is
important….the students.

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What is Axiom Elite?
● ETL tool for Higher Education
● Manages data from any source
● Governs SIS data
○ Prevents duplicates
○ Validates data
○ Controls import/export of data from SIS
● Eliminates manual data movement

6. ● Bi-directional
● Salesforce API
● Salesforce ISV Partner
● Over 60 sources
● Direct SIS access
What is Axiom Elite?

7. Evolution of Higher Ed Data Integration
● Spreadsheets and Access
● Best of breed - let’s sync up!
● Everything to everyone
● Best breed - let’s be friends?

8. Evolution of Data Integration - Manual Entry
● More monitors, more production
● Spreadsheets galore
● Report writing all day
● What about turnover?

9. Evolution of Data Integration - Branching Out
● Best of breed products available
● Data here, data there
● Missing data
● Where are the reports?

10. Evolution of Data Integration - Battleship
● One system for everything
● OK at some things
● Not great at anything
● Product dev is slow

11. Evolution of Data Integration - Today
● Integrate “actionable data”
● Ask “why”
● Who needs data and when?
● What drives your business
● Don’t integrate everything!

13. Integration Decisions
● At what point do you integrate?
● Who needs the information?
● What is the MVD?
● What is the end game?
● Why junk up your systems?
A B
C?

14. Integration Outcomes
● Reporting is clearer
● Systems are cleaner
● Systems of record identified
● Sync issues resolved
● Everyone is not in every system

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Kalamazoo Valley
● Comprehensive, public, open door, two-year college
● 10,000 students, 25 associate degrees and 20 certificate programs
● Student population: varied
● SIS: Banner
● CRM: TargetX
● Integration: Axiom Elite

16. TargetX
● Facilitates data collection
● Review tool
● Communication platform

17. Holds
First need: Query to determine if an
existing student has a hold
● Cannot admit
● Admit after investigation
Second need: placing a hold on the
student’s account during the
application process
● Underage hold
● International student hold

18. How?

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New/Next from Axiom
● New leadership team
○ Product and Customer focused in 2019
● Quarterly product releases
○ Communication and webinars
● New project structure and approach
○ More discovery, less testing
● Bundled integrations
○ Delivered mappings/integrations for known data elements

20. Thank You
Jeff Leisse
jleisse@ssdel.com