Profile
Dan Ward
Associate
Software Asset Management (SAM) and Commercial specialist with a proven track record of negotiating and implementing high value bespoke multi-year solutions for FTSE100 clients that focus on reducing risks and managing costs.
Possessing deep commercial and technical subject matter expertise of Tier 1 software vendor’s licensing models enabling cost reduction strategies which has been leveraged in the following key scenarios of; Vendor audit, Strategy road-mapping, Unlimited Licence Agreements/Enterprise Licence Agreements negotiation exit management and Delivery of strategic savings programmes through licence and estate optimisation.
Specialist areas include: Software Asset Management solution design and implementation, licence re-baselining and contract negotiation, licence optimisation, dispute resolution, vendor audits, shaping complex managed service offerings and integrating managed service solutions.