• Modify and upgrade SAM policies, maintain process, entitlement and deployment capture and inventory.• Engaged in contract lifecycle and vendor management alongside procurement team.• Demonstrated expertise in utilizing Excel to analyze and interpret complex data related to software asset management.• Provide daily support to management of license and software asset repository.• Preparing ELPs for major publishers like Microsoft, IBM, Adobe etc.• Worked on interactive and insightful Power BI dashboards to visualize key performance metrics and trends.• Working on yearly true-ups and renewals of several Tier-1 & Tier-2 Publishers.

• Oversee software audits and review processes across the company, expertise support for maintaining accurate technology asset inventory [ITAM], effectively conduct compliance audits to attain/sustain compliance by incorporating strategic and tactical practices.• Saved over $1.2M for the customer by license harvesting or suggesting alternate software.• Approving licensed software installation as per project requirements, uninstalling on project closure, and maintaining compliance reports.• Handled Audits by partnering with internal business collaborators to collect and organize software asset data and avoided significant financial impact.• Actively involved with the procurement team in terms of contract lifecycle management and supplier management • Utilized Excel and Power BI for data manipulation and visualization tasks.

• Collaborated with stakeholders and IT teams to plan, support, coordinate, and track software assets throughout their lifecycle.• Acted as compliance managers for external/internal audits.• Approving licensed software installation as per project requirements, uninstalling on project closure, and maintaining compliance reports.• Report quarterly License Optimization/spend savings related cost benefits for the account by Monthly usage, renewal and Procurement reviews.• Regular tracking and monitoring the software license usage to ensure the license compliance.• Extensively involved in preparing ELPs of various publishers like IBM, Oracle, Microsoft etc.• Provide post compliance recommendations by collaborating closely with Software Category Manager and internal customers on how to license, reconcile, re-harvest, transfer and document licensing entitlements.• Training, mentoring and guiding less experienced colleagues in their daily work.

• Design and implement Software Asset Management process across Metro Services.• ELP preparation for major publishers (IBM, Microsoft, Adobe).• Responsible to reduce non-compliance percentage by conducting frequent (Monthly/Half yearly) audits based on top noncompliance products/users who exhibit higher non- compliance and project wise usage. • Validating SOW & License agreements for software procurement and allocation. • Actively involved with the procurement team in terms of contract lifecycle management and supplier management • Performed monthly and yearly true ups.• Captured the proof of license / purchase required for Merger & Acquisitions.• Gathered requirement from the Teams across Metro to understand prerequisite & do Gap Analysis• Ensure license entitlements and software utilization data are maintained in existing software asset management tool.• Responsible for complete lifecycle of Software Products.• Working with the counterparts across Globe to have a track on Software Utilization across countries.• Working on license harvesting, reconciliation, and optimization.• Working on Microsoft O365 Licensing• Working on annual true-ups for the software licenses up for renewals.• Gather requirement from the Teams across Metro to understand the prerequisite and do Gap Analysis• Prepare all the process related documents.

• Worked on both Distributed & Mainframe Environment and handled PVU/RVU & MSU based licensing.• Worked on Sub-capacity and Full-capacity architecture to identify effective license position.• Initiate internal audits to ensure compliance, handle end users licensing issues and coordinate software retirement/sun-setting• Well versed with IBM agreements (ELA, EULA, ESSO, SSSO).• Responsible for preparing IBM mainframe & distributed ELP reports for various customers of IBM.• Worked on software classification in ILMT by following License Information Document.• Familiar with IBM Cloud Pak Bundles.• Experienced with IBM Contracts, Term, Amendments & Negotiations.• Utilized tools like SCCM, BRAVO, ATP, TRAILS, TAD4D, and BigFix Inventory to manage client software assets.• Generate and present license compliance reports (regularly or upon request) by leveraging existing software asset management tool and software discovery tool, evaluate business/ financial impact.