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Management and governance professional with 20+ years local, regional and EMEA experience. Fulfilling various roles in companies as Kofax, Erste Bank and MOL Group. Working on both side of the counter: leading sales, distributing software solutions and finally serving multinational clients with complete IT governance and organisational solutions (incl. vendor management, regulations, license management, audits,Read more

Sumin Tchen has many years of experience in building successful early stage technology firms, such as Computer Controls (building control systems), Eliza (telephony-based voice recognition technology), ProcessTech (dynamic modeling software) and Adaptive Networks (networking over AC power lines). Sumin holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Cornell University and Master’sRead more

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I am a primarily self taught license manager who enjoys the challenge. I enjoy data mining and trawling through SQL queries. My training has been supplied on the job whilst managing the site at Derby. I have experience of contract negotiation and fostering supplier relationships. My objectives are to ensure my company is legally licensedRead more

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With the founding of the brainwaregroup 1989, Rey Schallberger has shaped the company’s development from different perspectives since the very beginning. Initially responsible for the development of the products, he is now dedicated to the international expansion of the group – and he is still involved as CTO in the design of significant functionalities ofRead more

Alina Dumont is Software Asset Manager for Electricity of France (EDF Group) in Paris. Since the beginning of her SAM journey in 2007, she helps companies to implement and mature their Software Asset Management, optimize software costs and reduce the risks.    Read more

William Melby is responsible for enterprise vulnerability management. As member of various information security associations both in EMEA and North America, he works to constantly improve the ability for organizations in all sectors to have access to vulnerability intelligence. In 2012 he started to work for Secunia Research, today part of Flexera, integrating the companiesRead more

Manuela Schellhorn is an IT Contract Managemer at Infineon Technologies AG for more than 7 years. Prior to this position, she worked several years as IT Contract Consultant. In 2006, Manuela Schellhorn graduated at the Law School of the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.  Read more

Gerhard Koch is a member of Software Asset Management (SAM) at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche) in Basel. He has more than 11 years’ experience in the SAM industry and 5 years in software sourcing. Gerhard has been managing the SAM managed services and the global software reseller.  Read more