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Experienced Software Asset Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology industry. Experienced in multiple parts of the Software Asset Management profession.Experience in designing and setting up SAM organisations including organisational structure distributing responsibilities in the SAM area, creating processes and directives to achieve governance for SAM. Adding financial models to further strengthen the governance by creating financial incentives to properly manage licenses in the organisation..Worked with license management for licenses from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe, SAP and others. Reading and understanding contracts, license agreements and related documentation to fully understand how the license is allowed to be used. Worked with contract management making sure that the entire contract is known and understood. What obligations towards the vendor there is assuring compliance towards the terms and conditions of the contract. In addition to that giving license advisory on how the software should be deployed and run in operations to stay license compliant. Along with the advisory i have done risk and impact analysis of current utilisation and planned utilisation of licenses.I have experience from multiple SAM tools and from inventory tools and other IT systems that holds data needed for the SAM tool. I have a good understanding of the data needed to have a full data set that can really support in license compliance. A good understanding of the technology in the datacenter and other relevant technologies to be able to connect the theoretical license with the used technology.I have worked with procurement of software licenses. Mostly in establishing the real need and future need but also in negotiations around price and terms and conditions to get the best possible contract.Experienced in managing vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe, SAP and others. Have focused on building trust with the vendors to have a good working relationship by showing ways of working and the ability to stay compliant. I have participated in software audits of various nature where the scope has varied from audits based on the vendors rights in the contract and including the entire software portfolio to more voluntary or friendly audits limited in scope.Experience from working in an end user environment and also as a SAM service supplier.

Listed skills include Software Asset Management and It Service Management.