Geraldine Gerber

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About Geraldine Gerber

Certified SAM Practitioner with nearly 20 years’ experience delivering multi-million-pound cost savings, ensuring software license compliance, and managing complex vendor audits for Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe, and more. Expert in on-premise, cloud, and virtualised licensing models, with a proven ability to build SAM functions from the ground up, implement discovery tools, and negotiate favourable vendor terms. Recognised for turning SAM into a strategic advantage — reducing risk, optimising spend, and maximising software value across global organisations. Highlights: • Successfully completed external audits: Adobe, IBM, Quest, Oracle, Microsoft • Ensuring that companies maintain compliance by following the SAM processes • Involved in the implementation of discovery and SAM tools • Actively promoting the need for and benefits of Software Asset Management • SAM and Discovery tools utilisation experience • Successful completion of Microsoft True ups (Datacentre and EUC) • Establishing a full SAM function for various clients • Assessing suitable SAM and software discovery tools for technical suitability • Promoting SAM through Good Practice articles and newsletters • Experience promoting both automated and manual SAM for various size organisations Specialties: Microsoft True up Microsoft Licensing IBM Licensing including Sub- Capacity Licensing Oracle DB licensing Azure Licensing SAM Tools: SNOW, Flexera, etc.