Experience

SoftwareOne United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Asset Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present



SoftwareOne

• Switzerland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Asset Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2022



ALSTOM TRANSPORT

• United Kingdom
• Automotive
• 700 & Above Employee

• Asset Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2020



Wipro

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of SAM & Licensing

  • May 2016 - May 2018

  Responsible for enterprise level agreement renewals [Microsoft, Adobe, IBM & Veritas etc.] Optimization strategist for software licensing [software procurement, mergers & acquisitions, software internal & external audits] SAM projects for various BFSI and retails customers Design & implementation of SAM tool and various process improvements From the implemented process, have shown huge cost savings Involved in creating and budgeting software spend and operating plan Fixed… Show more Responsible for enterprise level agreement renewals [Microsoft, Adobe, IBM & Veritas etc.] Optimization strategist for software licensing [software procurement, mergers & acquisitions, software internal & external audits] SAM projects for various BFSI and retails customers Design & implementation of SAM tool and various process improvements From the implemented process, have shown huge cost savings Involved in creating and budgeting software spend and operating plan Fixed asset reconciliation, internal SOX audits Show less Responsible for enterprise level agreement renewals [Microsoft, Adobe, IBM & Veritas etc.] Optimization strategist for software licensing [software procurement, mergers & acquisitions, software internal & external audits] SAM projects for various BFSI and retails customers Design & implementation of SAM tool and various process improvements From the implemented process, have shown huge cost savings Involved in creating and budgeting software spend and operating plan Fixed… Show more Responsible for enterprise level agreement renewals [Microsoft, Adobe, IBM & Veritas etc.] Optimization strategist for software licensing [software procurement, mergers & acquisitions, software internal & external audits] SAM projects for various BFSI and retails customers Design & implementation of SAM tool and various process improvements From the implemented process, have shown huge cost savings Involved in creating and budgeting software spend and operating plan Fixed asset reconciliation, internal SOX audits Show less



Cognizant

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• SAM BAU Operations Manager

  • Jan 2010 - May 2016

  • Working as SAM BAU Operations Manager in the software asset management service line. The service line is primarily responsible for maintaining software license compliance across the organisation (107 countries, 150k+ devices, 100k people) • Have a broad knowledge and understanding of the principles of software licensing and software asset management. Have an understanding of how to determine licence entitlement and how to capture deployment data; ability to reconcile entitlement with… Show more • Working as SAM BAU Operations Manager in the software asset management service line. The service line is primarily responsible for maintaining software license compliance across the organisation (107 countries, 150k+ devices, 100k people) • Have a broad knowledge and understanding of the principles of software licensing and software asset management. Have an understanding of how to determine licence entitlement and how to capture deployment data; ability to reconcile entitlement with deployment to produce a licence position; general understanding of IT infrastructure and application environments • Key responsibilities include managing relationship with key suppliers across ET&S, Stakeholder management at all levels and business units of the organisation, multi – million Contract Renewals, Execution of Internal/External software license audits (IBM, Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Attachmate, etc.), New Demand, Consumption Optimisation and monitoring BAU operations to drive improvement across the service line and IT operations • Managed multiple process across the SAM service line under a multi -million portfolio- a. Delivers Effective Licensing Positions for Tier 1 and 2 Vendors (such as Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Corel, Attachmate & Redhat) b. Data collection and upload of customer contract and licensing information received from customer, software partners and resellers c. Managed LMS portals of Microsoft, Adobe & Autodesk d. Reconcile, audit and validate software licenses against installed asset base e. Has effectively managed a team comprising of client and Cognizant resources effectively, ensured all resources are on-boarded appropriately by providing numerous KT sessions via F2F meetings, over WebEx and adequate documentation. f. Validate and approve software requests, Incident, New software offering, Packaging requests g. W7 and H/w Refresh program across 107 countries, 100k assets, 97k people Show less • Working as SAM BAU Operations Manager in the software asset management service line. The service line is primarily responsible for maintaining software license compliance across the organisation (107 countries, 150k+ devices, 100k people) • Have a broad knowledge and understanding of the principles of software licensing and software asset management. Have an understanding of how to determine licence entitlement and how to capture deployment data; ability to reconcile entitlement with… Show more • Working as SAM BAU Operations Manager in the software asset management service line. The service line is primarily responsible for maintaining software license compliance across the organisation (107 countries, 150k+ devices, 100k people) • Have a broad knowledge and understanding of the principles of software licensing and software asset management. Have an understanding of how to determine licence entitlement and how to capture deployment data; ability to reconcile entitlement with deployment to produce a licence position; general understanding of IT infrastructure and application environments • Key responsibilities include managing relationship with key suppliers across ET&S, Stakeholder management at all levels and business units of the organisation, multi – million Contract Renewals, Execution of Internal/External software license audits (IBM, Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Attachmate, etc.), New Demand, Consumption Optimisation and monitoring BAU operations to drive improvement across the service line and IT operations • Managed multiple process across the SAM service line under a multi -million portfolio- a. Delivers Effective Licensing Positions for Tier 1 and 2 Vendors (such as Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Corel, Attachmate & Redhat) b. Data collection and upload of customer contract and licensing information received from customer, software partners and resellers c. Managed LMS portals of Microsoft, Adobe & Autodesk d. Reconcile, audit and validate software licenses against installed asset base e. Has effectively managed a team comprising of client and Cognizant resources effectively, ensured all resources are on-boarded appropriately by providing numerous KT sessions via F2F meetings, over WebEx and adequate documentation. f. Validate and approve software requests, Incident, New software offering, Packaging requests g. W7 and H/w Refresh program across 107 countries, 100k assets, 97k people Show less



UBS

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst

  • Oct 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Performed invoice audits of suppliers and resulted million dollar cost saving to organization (such as Polaris, Infosys etc.) • Review & manage all contacts (MSA, GFA, TO, SO etc.) and upload they in to global repository • Review task orders against MSA/GFA and approve if T&C matches with MSA/GFA • Complete full blown vendor audits, Manage external audit firms effectively • Review & analysis of rebate monitoring clauses, Tax Audits & Mobile Spend Optimization • Performed invoice audits of suppliers and resulted million dollar cost saving to organization (such as Polaris, Infosys etc.) • Review & manage all contacts (MSA, GFA, TO, SO etc.) and upload they in to global repository • Review task orders against MSA/GFA and approve if T&C matches with MSA/GFA • Complete full blown vendor audits, Manage external audit firms effectively • Review & analysis of rebate monitoring clauses, Tax Audits & Mobile Spend Optimization



Affiliated Computer Services

• Bengaluru Area, India

• Sr. Associate

  • Mar 2004 - Oct 2007

  • Create purchase order, tooling spot buy, service order etc. • Auditing of orders processed by my Team Members and the correction of errors, if any • Participated in several process improvement meetings and have been responsible for driving these initiatives in my team. • Preparation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all errors that was either internal or externally reported • Preparation of reports for documents that have missed the required Turnaround Time, analysis of why the… Show more • Create purchase order, tooling spot buy, service order etc. • Auditing of orders processed by my Team Members and the correction of errors, if any • Participated in several process improvement meetings and have been responsible for driving these initiatives in my team. • Preparation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all errors that was either internal or externally reported • Preparation of reports for documents that have missed the required Turnaround Time, analysis of why the documents were processed late and corrective measures that should be taken in the future to avoid delays Show less • Create purchase order, tooling spot buy, service order etc. • Auditing of orders processed by my Team Members and the correction of errors, if any • Participated in several process improvement meetings and have been responsible for driving these initiatives in my team. • Preparation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all errors that was either internal or externally reported • Preparation of reports for documents that have missed the required Turnaround Time, analysis of why the… Show more • Create purchase order, tooling spot buy, service order etc. • Auditing of orders processed by my Team Members and the correction of errors, if any • Participated in several process improvement meetings and have been responsible for driving these initiatives in my team. • Preparation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all errors that was either internal or externally reported • Preparation of reports for documents that have missed the required Turnaround Time, analysis of why the documents were processed late and corrective measures that should be taken in the future to avoid delays Show less