KRITI BHATNAGAR

(Recently promoted.)

• Serving as a subject matter expert for the company's software asset management practices, with a primary focus on software lifecycle, compliance position, and software governance.
• Experience with publishers like IBM, Informatica, Splunk, etc.
• Creation and monitoring of the software license compliance and usage reports for products.
• Leading projects to enhance the accuracy of data and streamline processes.
• Trained internal staff members on the use of various software asset management applications or platforms.
• Often takes above and beyond measures to mitigate compliance risks and usage complexities.
• Manage the software harvesting and license optimization process by creating data-driven usage reports to validate the position, and ultimately aiming for contractual savings.
• Created user documentation and training materials related to software asset management processes.
• Developed and implemented software asset management processes and procedures
• Hands-on experience with tools: Smarttrack, Jira, ServiceNow, MS Excel, and Ariba.

• Management of Snow (licensing tool) administration and maintenance.
• Maintaining the health and sanity check of the tool on a regular basis, which includes monitoring asset coverage, troubleshooting inventories that are not reporting, monitoring the DUJ and SRS activities, and monitoring connectors, etc.
• Successfully implemented the Snow setup in the environment.
• I have worked on the environment upgrade of the SLM, Inventory server, and SIM in the production and non-production environments.
• Maintained and monitored the licenses for the tools, which include the basic license for the production environment, SSL certification, etc.
• Worked on the publishers, license onboarding on the tools, and maintaining compliance.
• Attained experience with tools such as Snow (licensing tool), ServiceNow (ticketing tool), and SQL query.

• Managed all the license compliance through the FlexNet tool and Aspera SmartTrack.
• I analyzed the software documents, ensured appropriate quantities and licensing model purchases, and determined contract requirements.
• Produced detailed and relevant reports for use in making business decisions, such as software renewals.

• Assisted clients in procuring and managing software licenses, ensuring compliance with licensing agreements, and optimizing licensing costs.
• Analyzed large datasets to uncover key insights and trends in a few software publishers to create renewal reports.
• Applied well-developed communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills to build effective working relationships with vendors and partners.
• Identified cost savings opportunities through effective sourcing methods.
• Ensured compliance with relevant laws, regulations, policies, procedures.