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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.

Listed skills include Software Asset Management, Enterprise Software, Software Licensing, Saas, and 24 others.