Rahul Ranjan

Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 6 years of experience in IT Asset Management
Expertise in Microsoft and Adobe licensing compliance
Hands-on experience with Flexera and ServiceNow tools

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Asset Management specialist with a focus on compliance and licensing in the IT sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Asset ManagementFlexeraMicrosoft Licensing

Other Skills

CybersecurityEntitlementsHardware assetIT Asset ManagementITAMOrganization SkillsProduct ManagementServiceNowSoftware AssuranceSoftware Licensingenterprise asset managementsam

About

I am having relevant experience for 6+ years in an IT Asset Management domain including Software and Hardware asset management. Hands on experience over software and hardware asset management tools to ensure compliance and supporting internal requests for information related to software and hardware licensing and compliance. Expertise in Microsoft, Adobe & other tier publisher licensing. Having implementing experience working over ServiceNow SAM Professional tool and Flexera ITAM tool to manage the license compliance and license movement.

Experience

Yash technologies

Consultant

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

working on Flexera tool.
Worked on procurement for different publishers like oracle, cisco, office timeline, Adobe
Update Corporate unit, requestor, location, cost centers on the tool
Extract the purchase orders from NextGen tool for different publishers, format in the template and load into the Flexera One tool
Validate the SSN and CSI for the Oracle publisher
Validate the Effective date and expiry date in the tool
Handling 3-5 members under me and act as Team lead
Unprocessed purchases to processed purchases and create the licenses for different publisher
Ticket raise for the SKU in flexera and follow up taken on daily basis
Creating tickets for different incident in service now
Trained in Flexera IT Visibility
Worked on Adobe clean up, 30 or days retired devices or software
Create different reports from Flexera
Having worked on all installed application in Flexera.
Checking Evidence of any software installs on Flexera and Service Now.
Creating adhoc reports requested by users from Flexera One.

Software asset managemententerprise asset managementSoftware Asset ManagementFlexera

Etos services ltd

Consultant

Mar 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Remote

Worked on Flexera tool.
Utilize tool to track deployed assets internally
Having implementation experience on Flexera One and FNMS on premises
Install and configure beacons
Importing Active directory
Install the web interface on the web application server.
Install and verify the Flexnet agent running successfully.
Run Software Asset Management processes for all globally managed software
Verify all prerequisites, including the installing (administrator) account and operational services account
Handle the customer queries effectively.
Align with network teams and end customer.
Coordination of vendor setup in company systems
Control gap analysis to identify root causes of incorrect licensing and recommend remedial actions
Develop, implement, and refine software asset management policies, processes and procedures.
Having hands on experience on making HLD and LLD document
Good knowledge on software licenses and optimization
Provide reports of software audits, software license utilization, software and hardware renewal requirements, and other ITAM management reports as required by the customer
Certified on Flexera implementation

Microsoft LicensingSoftware LicensingITAMHardware assetSoftware Asset ManagementFlexera

Idc technologies, inc.

Software asset management analyst

Aug 2021 – Feb 2022 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Track the Software benefits through VLSC portal and MPSA portal
Taken care of asset assignment
Software licensing model to validate and initiate procurement for missing entitlements
Purchase and deploy the third-party software
Ensure license entitlements and software utilization data are maintained in existing software asset management tool.
Worked on top publishers i.e. Microsoft, Adobe, etc.
Managing SAM tool (Service now SAM Professional) for the Customer in respect to their License/Agreement import, Reports generation, License Assignment.

IT Asset ManagementMicrosoft LicensingFlexeraServiceNowHardware assetSoftware Asset Management

Joulestowatts business solutions pvt ltd

SAM Process Associate

Apr 2021 – Aug 2021 · 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Analyze software licenses, implements license updates by engaging with Vendors.
Managing Publisher’s/Vendors license, Contracts in our SAM Tool.
Providing the Software license entitlements to end user.
Closely worked with SAM Procurement Team to manage software vendors in case of new purchase is required against over-consumption.
Optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization and disposal of software applications within client organizations and recommending processes necessary for the effective management, control and protection of the software assets.

Confidential

SAM Associate

Nov 2020 – Mar 2021 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked as a freelancer for different 500 fortune clients
Coordinating License Renewals.
Maintaining Licenses data for all Tools and Applications
Software licensing, maintenance, and service offerings.
Identifying risks, savings opportunities for renewals, software licensing, and services.
Keeping track and update about new licensing models, trends and being a part of communities, etc.

Ims people

Process Associate

Feb 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Worked as POC for Microsoft Licensing and entitlements.
Experience for Microsoft financial analysis outlining the various licensing options available and the ramification of each option over the next upcoming years, ELP analysis etc.
Hands on experience of activating plugins on ServiceNow SAM Professional tool
Managing agreement and contract details against purchased software.
Maintaining all the purchased software data inventory in ServiceNow SAM Professional Tool for managing Software Compliance and Effective Licensing position.
Making sure all the purchased Software licenses are under one roof and trial software are not registered with end user email ids, which may lead to Audit from Software Publisher.
Ensuring only the approved/white-listed software is present in infrastructure.
Understand market changes in licensing terms of Software before initiating purchase.
Reconciliation between entitlements and installed software to make the accounts compliant.
Tracking monthly Microsoft and Non-Microsoft Publishers.
Provide end user education on software license compliance, software piracy and associated risks.