Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Senior IT Strategic Sourcing Professional with over ten years of experience in creating innovative sourcing strategies, implementing demand management programs, establishing supplier relationship management initiatives, and leading international, cross-functional teams that have repeatedly delivered substantial run-rate reductions, P&L savings and cost avoidance in the Software and IT Professional Services space. Specialties: Strategic Sourcing, IT Procurement, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiation, Global IT Sourcing
Lead and expedite the negotiation of IT Master Services and Enterprise Software License Agreements for the Application Services Group and the Infrastructure Technology Organization.
Responsible for the negotiation of Software, SaaS, Hardware, and Professional Service Agreements with several Tier One Suppliers leading to over $26 Million in Savings and Cost Avoidance. Led negotiations for the renewal of Operating System and Break-Fix Maintenance and Support on 55,000 servers globally resulting in a ten percent cost avoidance and savings over the previous agreement.
Responsible for the negotiation of strategic Infrastructure Software License and Maintenance Agreements on behalf of Morgan Stanley
Lead negotiator of Software License, SaaS, Maintenance, and Professional Service Agreements on behalf of Credit Suisse. Created and implemented a new Strategic Supplier Portfolio Analysis Program that centralized critical supplier data assembled by Supply Management and key stakeholders that resulted in increased supplier and contract rationalization, negotiation of more cost effective license metrics, timely identification and elimination of shelf-ware, reduced run-rate maintenance fees, and vastly improved compliance with license grants. Pioneered and implemented a Supplier Expert Program within Supply Management establishing a Global Sourcing Account Manager for each strategic account.