Helping organisations manage, right-size and commercially optimise their cloud and on-premise software requirements across 5,000+ vendors.A customer-service and value-driven individual with an entrepreneurial spirit and over 15 years IT industry experience, focussed within the Software Licensing, Portfolio Management, Licensing cost optimisation and Software Solutions arena. I have a wealth of experience in designing, optimising and managing software licensing solutions for Microsoft, VMWare, Symantec, Citrix, Adobe, Oracle, Sophos and numerous other tier 2 and 3 software vendors, in addition to comprehensive account management and software compliance advisory competencies across on-prem and cloud.I also have in-depth experience in negotiation of software licensing contracts and the orchestration of cost-saving strategies for organisations, varying from localised SME's to global blue chip companies across multiple verticals.Co-founded and set-up the UK division of the Global LAR/LSP, SoftwareONE in November 2008. At the time, SoftwareONE turned over $400m and had offices in in 7 countries. We now have a presence in 115 countries and turned over $6.5billion in 2016. Specialties: * Software Licensing Agreement Cost Optimisation across multi-vendors* Cloud migration planning, right-sizing and management * Cost-Saving Strategising* Software Licensing Consultancy / Agreement Management* Cost Modelling and Calculation Analysis* Business Planning / IT Strategy Consultancy* Compliance / Software Asset Management * Cloud Transition Planning / Delivery* In-depth knowledge of major vendor commercial/legal licensing parameters with the ability to advise, consult and supply tailored licensing solutions to customers that fit their varied parameters of engagements.