Vinay Ramakrishnappa
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Software Asset Management Lead with 13+ years of expertise in licensing compliance, SAM tools, and customer-focused strategies, delivering audit risk reduction and cost optimization driven globally.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Consultant - Flexera Support | Software Asset Management | Local License Management
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2017 - Current
- Manage the end-to-end Software Asset Management (SAM) lifecycle, including procurement, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and retirement of software assets across the enterprise.
- Assessed business processes, identifying inefficiencies and proposing targeted improvements
- Assisted in the evaluation and implementation of ServiceNow SAM Pro for optimizing software asset management processes.
- Analyzed license utilization trends to identify underutilized licenses and recommend cost savings.
- Proactively reclaimed and reallocated idle or unused licenses, improving overall efficiency.
- Generated daily usage and denial reports to track compliance and optimize license allocation.
- Conducted cost optimization by right-sizing license pools, eliminating surplus or unused licenses.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to avoid over-purchasing of licenses by leveraging OpenLM insights.
- Utilize FNMS, IT Shop, and SCCM to track software installations, license compliance, entitlements, and optimize usage.
- Identify areas for optimization and cost-saving potential by conducting routine audits and assessments of software usage and licensing compliance.
- Collaborate with the Purchasing department, external vendors, and resellers to manage software acquisitions and renewals.
- Establish and maintain accurate inventories of software assets, including licenses, entitlements, and usage statistics, in cooperation with the procurement, IT, and finance teams.
- Conducted internal software compliance checks and managed DML and DSL as per ISO 19770 standards.
- Collaborate with R&D to increase Flexera's scope into the organization's infrastructure.
- Expertise in evaluating and interpreting license entitlements, compliance reports, and software usage data.
- Assisted in the evaluation of ServiceNow SAM Pro for optimizing software asset management processes.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify key business and technical requirements for ServiceNow Software Asset Management (SAM) Pro.
- Gathered software entitlement data, license agreements, and discovery sources to ensure accurate POC execution.
- Administer and manage software licenses using Flexera solutions.
- Preparing and publishing the KPI dashboard in FNMS to our management.
- Provided mentorship to junior consultants, offering guidance and support for their professional development.
- Conducted workshops and training sessions to enhance employee understanding of best practices.
- Established a centralized license inventory system for MBRDI.
- Led cross-functional teams to optimize software licensing, and reduce costs.
- Managed major plants and cross-charged for engineering applications.
- Implemented the Open LM tool to track Engineering license utilization (POC).
- Led software licensing audits and supported SAM processes.
- Implemented new features in the SAM tool.
- Proactively ensured software compliance and optimized licenses through reuse and re-harvesting.
Information Systems Analyst
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Ltd.
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Optimize software licenses by reuse & re-harvesting.
- Contribute to Team savings.
- Maximize software usage.
- Develop, execute, and analyze software compliance-based reports.
- Create awareness to users on software compliance.
- Create, develop, and report critical software compliance metrics.
- Manage software licensing and inventory.
- Validate freeware/opensource software terms & conditions.
- Configure & monitor MATLAB Floating license and Evaluation licenses.
- Validate software terms & conditions.
- Follow up with teams for software delivery.
- Self-driven internal SW compliance check.
- Analyze & mitigate SW Non-Compliance.
- Collaborate with China SAM team.
- Raise Kaizen on SAM/Tool processes.
- Update SAM process documents.
- Track repeated violators users list.
- Create subscriptions for end users.
- Coordinate with vendors for licensing issues.
- Manage DML & DSL as per ISO 19770 standards.
- Manage licenses at publisher portals.
Software Asset Management Engineer
Mindtree Ltd.
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Minimize security risks.
- Limit compliance risk.
- Determine compliance with licensing agreements.
- Perform regular audit on software inventory.
- Handle software installation requests.
- Provide end to end solution for software installation issues.
- Maintain & update major software products license usage.
- Involve in internal audits like IBM vendor.
- Scrutinize audit reports.
- Coordinate with vendors for license activation.
- Document issues faced during external audit.
Desktop Engineer - Desktop Management
Wipro Infotech
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Supporting IT related queries for HDFC Life branches.
- Schedule branch visits and Support users in technical issues.
- Provide remote support by install and troubleshoot software applications.
- Install and troubleshoot IBM Lotus Client.
- Handle asset management and escalation calls.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot network printers.
- Troubleshoot DELL, IBM & HP Notebooks.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot Ms-Office and open office.
- Manage Active Directory Service.
- Handle desktops, laptops, LAN & shared printer issues.
Customer Support Representative
Giga Phones Contact Center Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Handle customer queries.
- Log calls.
- Allocate calls to engineers.
- Follow up until call completion.
- Take customer feedback.
- Generate reports.
Education
Diploma - Computer Engineering: Computer Science
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Polytechnic
Bangalore09.2025
Skills
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem Solving
- Team Management
- Process optimization
- License compliance
Certification
- CSAM
- FNMS Operations
- SAM Pro
- SAFe 6.0 Agilist
- SAP Nacos & OneERP
Accomplishments
- Successful implementation of the SAM tool (TRAXX) in China and the Czech Republic
- Achieved cost savings by completing the CAT1 survey with accuracy and efficiency
- Proactively driving internal compliance checks across the organization, thus avoiding compliance risk
- Sam dashboards to manage renewals effectively
- Participation in the ISO 19770-1 standard and successful completion certified with a matured process
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Hindi
Affiliations
- Volunteered in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives
- Mentoring junior colleagues in SAM practices
- Trekking and outdoor activities to build resilience and teamwork
Timeline
Principal Consultant - Flexera Support | Software Asset Management | Local License Management
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2017 - Current
Information Systems Analyst
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Ltd.
01.2013 - 01.2017
Software Asset Management Engineer
Mindtree Ltd.
01.2011 - 01.2013
Desktop Engineer - Desktop Management
Wipro Infotech
01.2008 - 01.2011
Customer Support Representative
Giga Phones Contact Center Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2008
Diploma - Computer Engineering: Computer Science
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Polytechnic