Mark Spradling, Citam, Csam, Champ, Css(P) Email & Phone Number

Memphis, TN, US

Orlando, FL, US

Atlanta, GA, US

• Coordinated Global Procurement Reporting for IT Hardware and Software purchases for reconciliation with in house and Cloud deployments.
• Reduced Red Hat out-of-compliance position by $4M through proper license interpretation.
• ITAM Lead for global emergency security patching for major Publishers including Oracle.
• SME for Oracle, SAS, Red Hat, TIBCO and Quest Software. Includes auditing, reconciliation, discovery and license utilization efforts.

• Led international team in research of Proof of Entitlements, complex licensing models related to virtual environments and licensing strategy to establish compliance position.
• Performed contract reviews in addition to data forensics for Shoreside and Shipboard operations involving Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Seabourn Cruises.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Negotiated and leveraged contracts and software licenses.
• Negotiated over $1M in software spend reduction in a single quarter. Portfolio includes Oracle, SAS, RedHat and Tibco licensing and Vendor Management.
• Managed license procurement and compliance for the Mainframe Production/Disaster Recovery changeover for a $1B revenue environment.
• Facilitated agreement to have UK Oracle RightNow agreement rewritten saving $843k.
• Leveraged Hitachi relationship to get a 3 year renewal and additional purchases for Pentaho resulting in a 3 year savings of $630k.
• Worked with Business Units using SAS DSP licensing to help clarify use case and compliance positions in relation to SAS worldwide.

• Developed process for SAP purchase history extraction with financial accounting data linking original purchases and maintenance renewals. Resulted in accurate financial reporting and forecasting.
• Performed purchase history reconciliation with original requests via HP Service Manager and ServiceNow for accurate license reconciliation which included software inventory reports from multiple sources.
• Initiated proactive approach to software and maintence renewals resulting in compliance and timely payment of accounts to vendors.

Houston, TX, US

• IT Asset Management Consultant
• Authored Corporate IT Software and Hardware Asset Management Policy.
• Review and assignment of over 2000 current and legacy software licensing agreements including SAP and Microsoft.
• SCM Process flow enhancements and implementation for IT Procurement.
• Compiled master listing of licensed software from split agreements and archived purchase histories in addition to analysis of software licensing tools.
• Designed software harvesting process for desktop applications.

• Designed, developed and maintained central tracking repository for over $30 million dollars in software, hardware, and maintenance purchases.
• Compiled Software Compliance Audit Report discovering over $50k savings in software and identified purchases needed to avoid non-compliance issues ensuring SOX compliance.
• Analyzed computer equipment selecting refresh targets for 25% of the inventory.
• Wrote REFs and reviewed bids for Server Maintenance expenses of over $2 million a year.
• Coordinated the disposal of over 2,000 pieces of Desktop and Data Center equipment annually adhering to EPA and security guidelines.IT Disaster Recovery Coordinator
• Streamlined and coordinated Disaster Recovery testing and deployments of over 200 personnel and 76 applications.