Andy Ridge Email & Phone Number

Hobart, Tas, Au

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Helping customers with their License Compliance and due diligence with internal audits and audit defence.

Sydney, Australia

On Board of Directors. Specialising in Training, Contracts, Change Management and Compliance. I outsource to organisations, agencies and partners that require a specialist in Compliance and Auditing as well as Project Management and Health and Safety.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Radio Presenter for Sydney Alive 90.5 FM on the Time Tunnel show, looking at historical top 20 billboard charts from the past with music from the 70's 80's and 90's and beyond, as well as focusing on our great local talent pool!

Sydney, Australia

Specializing in the contracts and compliance space. Oracle ULA and Enterprise Agreements. Project Management for multiple Vendor audits as well as deployment base-lining and contract re-negotiations. SAM strategy deployment and Contract Management. Also specialising in Vendor/Contract checks when deploying to the Cloud.

Sydney, Australia

Providing Subject Matter Expertise for Oracle Technology, Middleware, Oracle ULA and Enterprise Agreements, Adobe, VmWare and Oracle Java audits and reviews.

Sydney Area, Australia And Auckland Nz.

Working to help Fusion5 customers with Corporate Oracle licensing training and portfolio management, auditing and Software Asset Management.Development of Software Asset Management methodologies.Contract negotiation and Vendor management.Reducing risk to an organisation's capital investment.Running audit processes to create a baseline to highlight any issues before the Vendor runs their own audit.Future proofing strategic development of hardware and Software changes… Show more Working to help Fusion5 customers with Corporate Oracle licensing training and portfolio management, auditing and Software Asset Management.Development of Software Asset Management methodologies.Contract negotiation and Vendor management.Reducing risk to an organisation's capital investment.Running audit processes to create a baseline to highlight any issues before the Vendor runs their own audit.Future proofing strategic development of hardware and Software changes within an organisation. Show less

Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane.

I have helped over 80 customers with their licensing strategies, hardware deployments, consolidation and architecture. Working with both large multi-national companies all the way through to local councils here in Australia as well as APAC.• Simplifying metrics used throughout the organisation.• ULA exit/entry strategies for Oracle contracts.• Avoiding non-compliance and identifying compliance gaps.• Recommendations on how to eliminate compliancy issues.• Reducing… Show more I have helped over 80 customers with their licensing strategies, hardware deployments, consolidation and architecture. Working with both large multi-national companies all the way through to local councils here in Australia as well as APAC.• Simplifying metrics used throughout the organisation.• ULA exit/entry strategies for Oracle contracts.• Avoiding non-compliance and identifying compliance gaps.• Recommendations on how to eliminate compliancy issues.• Reducing ongoing support costs through consolidation. • Migrating or upgrading licenses to a more cost effective metric.• Reduce costs by identifying redundant licenses.• Awareness of potential license cost implications on new hardware.• Reducing the maintenance of license management.• Matching licence requirements to business drivers.• A Software Asset Management (SAM) strategy to help reduce overheads.• Contract re-negotiations and price holds.• Avoid budget blowouts and unplanned spending. Show less

Sydney Australia And Greater Atlanta Area, Us

A 12 month contract which involved the development and roll-out of a global License Management Service. Included the development of policies and procedures in alignment with legislation, Change Management engagements (Mincom became Ventyx then ABB Enterprise Software), training and ongoing projects. Allowed the organisation to run global license compliance audits for its customer base.Formalized the approach on how to audit a customer base adhering to customer policies and… Show more A 12 month contract which involved the development and roll-out of a global License Management Service. Included the development of policies and procedures in alignment with legislation, Change Management engagements (Mincom became Ventyx then ABB Enterprise Software), training and ongoing projects. Allowed the organisation to run global license compliance audits for its customer base.Formalized the approach on how to audit a customer base adhering to customer policies and legislative requirements.Created a new revenue stream for the organisation which amounted to several million in the first 6 months of deployment.Created a higher visibility of how the organisation's products were being used and deployed.Created a strong new team of technical experts to deploy the audits on a regular basis. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Oracle Licensing Specialist and Project Management. Included the development of Business Practices, Policies and Procedures to develop and roll out across ANZ customer focused license compliance health-checks;Gap analysis on a client's license position, looking for issues that can be rectified before a Vendor audit commences saving potential millions in un-budgeted spend.Re-negotiation of Vendor contracts to help save the client ongoing CAPEX and OPEX.Doing risk analysis on the… Show more Oracle Licensing Specialist and Project Management. Included the development of Business Practices, Policies and Procedures to develop and roll out across ANZ customer focused license compliance health-checks;Gap analysis on a client's license position, looking for issues that can be rectified before a Vendor audit commences saving potential millions in un-budgeted spend.Re-negotiation of Vendor contracts to help save the client ongoing CAPEX and OPEX.Doing risk analysis on the future growth of a client's infrastructure.Change Management and Mergers and Acquisition issues which may impact compliance.Software Asset Management systems deployment to properly manage their investment.. Show less

Sydney Area, Australia, Reading Uk, San Francisco Us.

Oracle audits on large and middle tier customers. Contracts, Business Practices and Training. Audits run globally based from UK, US and Australia/NZ.Program Management, Ran multiple audits at any one time. Development of processes to target customer base.Global and local audits deployed.Provided multi-million dollar revenue for organisation in audit findings through license breaches.Over 300 audits run on separate customers through all business sectors.Oracle… Show more Oracle audits on large and middle tier customers. Contracts, Business Practices and Training. Audits run globally based from UK, US and Australia/NZ.Program Management, Ran multiple audits at any one time. Development of processes to target customer base.Global and local audits deployed.Provided multi-million dollar revenue for organisation in audit findings through license breaches.Over 300 audits run on separate customers through all business sectors.Oracle Technology, Fusion Middleware, EBusiness, JDE, Siebel, BEA, Hyperion audits.Technical expertise provided to run and progress audits.High level customer contact from CEO/CIO through to IT Management and end-users.Presentation and Reporting skills. Show less

United Kingdom

Change Management analyst checking customers IT infrastructure and deployment for major change cycles.Risk Analysis on Y2K changes.Advancements in technology and marketing strategies.Training and Assessing/Mentoring.HR Change Management through mergers and Acquisitions.Software and Hardware upgrades and deployments.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Developing Healthcare software from Project conception through to end user testing and deployment. Company was originally known as BCWA (Bristol Contributory Welfare Association). Involved in final roll out and training of end users.Training and AssessingNeeds Analysis.Change ManagementSoftware development and deployment.End to End testing and Reporting..

Design and implementation of Data-Entry programs. End User Trainer as well as technical trainer for product deployments.Training and Assessingneeds gap analysis and programming.Team Leader for development team.

National Office Service Systems and AS400 Programming.Part of a team for the implementation and bug fixing operations. RPG 2 and Cobol Programming.

Itil, Prince2, Management Systems Auditing, Quality Auditing

Diploma Of Management

Cert Iv Work, Health And Safety

Pmbok4/5 Prince2, Diploma Project Management

Cert Iv Training & Assessing

Advanced Diploma Of Business Management Bsb60201, Asset Management

Business Management

Microsoft Certified Engineer, Distinction

Computer Sciences And Programming, Information Technology, Distinction