Program Manager
At Synamedia I was a Program and Operations Manager with responsibility for Open Source Licence Compliance Process across the engineering teams (approx. 2000 engineers in 6 countries), and was responsible for 5 external audits.• I owned the Open Source Licence Compliance process and created a program of work with the engineering teams to implement the process for their products.• I significantly increased the level of Open Source Licence compliance, ensuring the company’s obligations were met.• I liaised with stakeholders, defined and implemented improvements to the process and supporting tools to increase automation and streamline the process.• Collaborated with internal legal team on complex open source licences.• Engaged with the internal M&A team to identify Open Source licencing issues in the source code owned by potential acquisition targets.• Acted as primary contract to the vendor providing key tooling for the process (Synopsys Black Duck Hub).• Subject Matter Expert for the process, 3rd party tooling (Synopsys Black Duck) and Open Source Licences.In addition I had responsibility for 5 external audits (“System and Organisation Controls” Type 2) of 2 of Synamedia’s ‘aaS’ products. The audits covered all aspects Synamedia’s business, and all audits were completed successfully with no or minor findings. As part of this I:• Managed cross functional stakeholders to provide evidence and answer follow up requests for all aspects of the SOC2 audits.• Liaised with external auditors to timely provide requested information.• With stakeholders identified plan of action / remediation for any findings.
