Manoj Kumar

• Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects.
• Oversaw the tracking, management, and optimization of software licenses across various platforms (e.g., Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle).
• Ensured license compliance, minimizing over-usage or under-usage, and reducing risks associated with non-compliance.
• Implemented license reconciliation processes to align with software vendor agreements and avoid penalties.
• Managed the full software lifecycle from procurement, deployment, utilization, renewal, and retirement.
• Worked with internal teams to optimize software deployments, upgrades, and replacements.
• Conducted regular audits of software installations to ensure accurate inventory and compliance.
• Identified opportunities for cost reduction through consolidation of software licenses and renegotiation of vendor contracts.
• Implemented best practices for contract management, ensuring that software renewals were timely and cost-effective.
• Assisted in budget planning for software procurement and ongoing maintenance.
• Managed and mitigated the risks associated with non-compliance by developing processes to track software usage and license terms.
• Ensured adherence to software licensing laws and regulations, including local and international standards.
• Conducted internal and external audits to assess compliance with organizational and legal software requirements.
• Worked closely with IT, procurement, finance, and legal teams to ensure proper management and compliance of software assets.

• Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.

• Subject Matter Expert Microsoft Licensing
• Effective License Position (ELP) reports preparation for Microsoft and final closures between the vendor and client
• Software License Compliance Management, compliance reporting, managing software assets and inventory of clients
• Creating licenses & purchases in Flexera
• Custom Report in Flexera
• Purchasing new products, maintenance & contract renewals, software transfers and upgrades for various publishers

• Delivered high-quality presentations to stakeholders, clearly communicating project progress and outcomes achieved thus far.
• Maintaining Vendor Licenses (Eg:Atlassian)
• Processing Quotes and Orders
• Free & Open Source Software
• Maintenance/Contract/ Subscription Renewals
• Software Transfer/License Validations/Software Upgrades
• Tools like IBM Emptoris to create Supply Chain Management(SCM)

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process improvement and increased efficiency.
• Frst point of contact for any escalation in the SAM Licensing Team & acting as Team Lead in the team.
• Building Relationship with the Customers & troubleshooting their issues
• Allocating the software’s after purchasing from the vendors.
• Ensuring with Resolving the tickets within committed SLA.
• Managing all the Enterprise agreements and their Infosys authorized EA/Non EA software assets and portals.
• Worked along with various software vendors for license delivery, renewal and support
• Have adequate knowledge in Software Licensing which can help reduce cost of Operations through Software Usage Optimization
• Managing all software license metrics and ensuring usage control of products.