Session Speakers
IAITAM is proud to support these industry professionals and leaders as they push ITAM forward! Each speaker will lead a 60 minute presentation, sharing their expertise through real world experience, case studies, and other means to provide you with the best techniques in the IT Asset Management industry.
Scroll to see a list of confirmed speakers for ACE. Click on a speaker to see their session information! We’re still accepting submissions, so this page will continue to be updated. Use the button below if you’re interested in speaking at our conference!
Aamer Trambu : SoftwareOne
Session Title: The 7 reasons why SAM Tool implementations fail
Session Description: SAM Tools are designed to help organizations optimize their software usage and compliance. The tool vendors claim they can save you millions. However, sometimes SAM tools fail to deliver the expected benefits. How can you save your multi-million dollar SAM Tool investment from going bust? What can you learn from other failed implementations? In this presentation, learn the seven most common reasons SAM tools fail and how to avoid these pitfalls.
Aamer Trambu
Aamer Trambu & Joseph Kaufman : SoftwareOne
Session Title: Careers in ITAM: Growth, Change and Future Opportunities
Session Description: How can you advance your career as an IT Asset Manager? What career options can an experienced IT Asset Manager consider as they plan to grow their career? You run an ITAM program at a Fortune 500 company. What options do you have? Should you consider working as an ITAM Consultant? What are the benefits and shortcomings of working as a consultant? What if you have worked as an ITAM consultant for the past ten years? What career options should you consider next?
Aamer Trambu & Joseph Kaufman
Aaron Cramer: Sage Sustainable Electronics
Session Title: Trash to Treasure: Change the Stigma about Your ITAD Program
Session Description: Every ITAD program is different, but one thing always rings true – a company’s ITAD program is a direct reflection of their corporate priorities. For example, the balance of a company’s Reuse vs. Recycling ratio will make or break your financial returns and/ or your environmental and social impact. Join us in this compelling talk in which, Aaron Carmer, Sage’s ITAD Practice Advisor and a former Fortune 20 ITAD leader, will walk you through numerous case studies and examples of various ITAD programs at their best. The talk will leave you with everything you need to know to build your own successful (and profitable) ITAD program.
Aaron Cramer
Aaron Zeper: DMD Systems Recovery, LLC
Session Title: Losers comply. Winners govern.
Session Description: Learn the differences between compliance and governance, and why governance is superior. We will use ITAD to illustrate the principles of programs along the compliance to governance maturity model, so you leave with tangible examples and immediate steps to evaluate your program, determine where you want it to go, and speed up your journey.
Aaron Zeper
Alan Bain: ISAM
Session Title: The One Thing: Your Next Best Step for SAM
Session Description: Having worked with hundreds of clients over the years and reviewing countless implementations of SAM programs, Mr. Bain will share The One Thing that will improve your SAM program. But like Curly in ‘City Slickers’ says, “the secret of life (and SAM) is just one thing, but you have to figure that out.” What is the One Thing for your program? Mr. Bain will help you figure that out in this pragmatic session of best practices.
Alan Bain
Alex Esterly: iT1
Session Title: Outsourcing Lifecycle Management – 4 Services to make your life easier
Session Description: IT fleet asset management is timely and expensive. Join iT1 on best practices from acquisition to decommissioning.
1. Asset Management
a. Inventory and Warehouse Management
b. Tracking inventory and delivery updates
2. Configuration and Deployment Services
a. Asset tagging, imaging, kitting
b. New hire and offboarding – QR Codes delivery tracking
3. Depot Services
a. Warranty & device repair
b. Next day delivery, asset tracking
Alex Esterly
Alex Geuken: Xensam
Session Title: Mastering SAM: Optimizing Time, Maximizing Tools, and Implementing Data-Driven Processes
Session Description: In this insightful session, we’ll delve into the intricacies of Software Asset Management (SAM) tools, exploring how to extract maximum value and navigate the landscape for enhanced organizational efficiency. Understanding SAM Tools: What Can You Expect? Uncover the functionalities and capabilities inherent in SAM tools. Identify key features that align with your organizational needs and objectives. Defining Your Role: Establishing Your Position in SAM Practices. Clarify the role each individual plays in the SAM ecosystem. Recognize the unique contributions and responsibilities tied to different roles. Organizational Requirements for Optimal SAM Value: What is Needed from Your Organization? and much more
Alex Geuken
Alheri Adams: Chevron Phillips
Session Title: Contract Negotiation: Best Practices for the Best Deals
Session Description: When it comes to negotiating contracts and securing the best deals there are several key strategies that can help you achieve favorable outcomes in contract negotiations:
• Explore Win-Win Solutions: Look for creative alternatives that address the interest and concerns of both sides.
• Leverage Information and Options: Gather relevant information to negotiate from a position of strength.
• Know Your Value: Understand the value you bring to the table and emphasize it during negotiations.
• Be Flexible, but Firm: Don’t lose sight of your objective.
• Build and Maintain Relationships: Practice effective communication, active listening, and empathy to create an atmosphere for collaboration.
• Tricks and Tips to solidify a good deal!
Alheri Adams
Allan Friedman: US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Session Title: What’s in the box? The importance of Software Bill of Materials
Session Description: Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has emerged as a hot topic in software assurance and supply chain security, but it will also play a huge role in the future of ITAM. If you don’t know what software is on your assets, you don’t really know if your list of machines is a list of assets or liabilities. In this talk, the US gov’s leading expert on SBOM will give an overview of this new technology, how it is already ending up in regulation, contracts, and best practices, and how it will impact ITAM.
Allan Friedman
Alyssa Capparelli: SHI International
Session Title: Mastering Microsoft 101: Understanding Subscriptions, Licensing, and On-Premise Metrics
Session Description: This session aims to equip attendees with a solid understanding of Microsoft subscriptions, licensing, and on-premise metrics. By the end of the session, you should be able to manage the Microsoft basics within your organization.
Alyssa Capparelli
Andrew Filla: Insequence Inc.
Session Title: A Secure Software Supply Chain is Critical to Successful Federal SAM Programs
Session Description: President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity explicitly calls out that action must be taken by the Federal Government to improve security and integrity of the Software Supply Chain. This session will cover the uniquely Federal lessons we have learned across over 40 Federal engagements and how SAM is the ideal program to improve an Agency’s Software Supply Chain. We target country of origin, bill of materials, chain-of-custody, and lifecycle for a risk-based approach.
Andrew Filla
Angelo Carlo Pacheco: OPEN IT, INC.
Session Title: Contracts, Chargeback, Cost Optimization: 3 Critical Cs of License Management
Session Description: In this session, we delve into the practices of successful enterprises that demonstrate adeptness in managing software licenses, focusing on the critical three Cs: contracts, chargeback, and cost optimization. The presentation highlights how transparency in license utilization, coupled with actionable insights, empowers organizations to proficiently handle these essential elements, thereby transforming software expenditures into strategic investments.
Angelo Carlo Pacheco
Anne Watson: SHI International
Session Title: Broadcom-Sided by VMware Changes?
Session Description: Broadcom has made sweeping changes to VMware since their completed acquisition that has customers, resellers and partners reeling. If you’re thinking, ‘Dude, where’s my perpetual license’, this session is for you. We’ll discuss the pitfalls and paths available to pivot and survive the unknown.
Anne Watson
Balram Pandey: EY
Session Title: How to build eye opening and convincing business case for SAM?
Session Description: This session provides an approach to create SAM business case through a practitioner’s lens. It is not a marketing or sales pitch! It is a pragmatic and tested approach that provides necessary details and gets approval.
Participant will walk out with good understanding of all the ingredients needed to create a successful business case and succeed to convince your organization on how investment in SAM provides returns and it is not a losing proposition.
Balram Pandey
Beth Kaminski: Dart Container Corporation
Session Title: Program Health Check: What’s Your PR Score
Session Description: PR score?? First thought Public Relations? Not so fast. In this session, explore your Policy and Reporting pulse. Times have changed. ITAM is still about keeping track of contracts and license counts/metrics, but it continues to mature into much more. Business partners want instant application satisfaction. With that desire comes increasing pressure on agility and speed to serve the business. Whether you are new or have been around awhile, join me to explore your ITAM PR pulse.
Beth Kaminski
Bo Guilbeault: Starbucks
Session Title: You want to win at ITAM? Create your playbook!
Session Description: What do successful sports teams all have in common? A playbook. A list of (offense and defense) plays that each individual member of the team can learn, understand and execute to win. This session will show you how to take advantage of the 12 Key ITAM Processes and provide the framework of creating your unique ITAM playbook.
Bo Guilbeault
Branislav Potocek: OpenLM
Session Title: SAM vs SAM4Engineering – Cost Optimization vs Compliance
Session Description: During the last two years of ACE, I delved into the basics of building a SAM Platform and did a deep dive into the Engineering & Specialty Licensing Management.
I’d like to follow up this year and do a side-by-side comparison of SAM & SAM4Engineering (Or as some call it SLM), specifically comparing Cost Optimization vs Compliance, and explore how the vendors in Engineering and Specialty licensing world evolved their Licensing models in the new Cloud dominated world.
Branislav Potocek
Carlos Garcia-Moran: UKG, inc
Session Title: I.C.E. – Inventory Control and Education Foundational Pillars of SAM
Session Description: Having a good foundation is key to getting a solid SAM program off the ground. Learn some basics principles that have been integral through my career in ensuring that the right steps are being taken to build with the strongest pillars in place to grow your program in the right direction.
Carlos Garcia-Moran
Charles Pellicane: Human-I-T
Session Title: Best Practices in Managing Staff and IT Assets in a return-to-work World
Session Description: Return to Office? Remote? Hybrid? It seems like there are endless challenges for each method. In this presentation, we will discuss real world success stories of each model, focusing on engaging staff and managing IT assets regardless of system. We will discuss how new tools, like virtual office spaces, make collaboration easier than ever through a case study on a medium size firm. As well, we will look at how orgs can successfully manage assets as they move between models.
Charles Pellicane
Chris Hayes: Anglepoint
Session Title: ITAM and GRC – Align your Management System to help satisfy regulatory requirements
Session Description: How can ITAM support Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) success? This session will cover how your ITAM Management System can be best aligned to support the GRC function in your organization. We will discuss the basics of GRC, your additional stakeholders who may be involved, as well as why alignment with GRC can help to supercharge your ITAM Program. We’ll also discuss practical examples of how Risk Control Frameworks can be aligned to provide reporting to satisfy regulatory requirements.
Chris Hayes
Christopher Winter: EY
Session Title: Where to start? Examining in-house, outsourced, and hybrid SAM
Session Description: Explore strategies to position Software Asset Management (SAM) across diverse operating models in this insightful session. Whether it is hybrid, outsourced, or in-house, we uncover techniques to employ an effective and resilient SAM function that works for your business. Dive into practical suggestions for typical organizations that will foster robust SAM governance practices and learn about key considerations in the journey toward a transformative IT asset management capability.
Christopher Winter
Dag Adamson: Destroy Drive
Session Title: Onsite Data Destruction: Why it is more cost effective, faster/efficient, accurate, secure and easier.
Session Description: The presentation will review and expose all the supply chain costs of performing data destruction at the customer location vs. performing the destruction at a remote facility. Through a review of multiple case studies, learn how IT asset management and disposition can be made more cost effective, efficient, accurate and secure, while making it easier for you and your ITAD vendor.
Dag Adamson
Danielle Banning: USU
Session Title: ITAM Tool Evolution: Beyond the Basics into Strategic Management
Session Description: Danielle Banning from USU presents “ITAM Tool Evolution: Beyond the Basics into Strategic Management,” exploring the journey of ITAM tools from basic inventory management to strategic business assets. This session examines the latest advancements in integration, analytics, and automation that elevate ITAM tools into critical enablers of insightful decision-making. Discover how these developments can transform your approach to asset management with USU’s forward-thinking strategies.
Danielle Banning
Danielle Kraft: SHI International
Session Title: Gotchas of Managing a Software Audit
Session Description: Throughout the presentation, the ‘gotchas’ or common pitfalls that companies often fall into during software audits will be highlighted. These could include lack of preparation, misunderstanding of licensing terms, poor record keeping, and failure to respond appropriately to audit findings. The aim of the presentation will be to equip the audience with the knowledge to avoid these common mistakes and successfully navigate through a software audit.
Danielle Kraft
Davida Grant: Graphic Packaging International
Session Title: Operational Technology Asset Management, you can’t protect what you do not know you have.
Session Description: The importance of building the necessary relationships in a manufacturing environment is key to building a successful OT asset inventory. Building collaborative relationships to get the buy in manufacturing locations to share knowledge of assets in environment to be tracked and showing how it can help from the aspects of safety and cybersecurity.
Davida Grant
Dean Bedwell: Directions on Microsoft
Session Title: Microsoft Licensing and your CXO
Session Description: Impact of MSFT licensing and your organization. How to engage your CXO to support and enhance your MSFT License negotiations.
– Microsoft licensing challenges can increase business risk, impacting budgets, cash flow, and daily business activities.
– A high-level understanding of Microsoft licensing helps executives recognize situations that require their attention or outside expertise.
– Knowing the rules and options can help organizations optimize their spend and reduce exposure.
Dean Bedwell
Deanna Hennigar: New York Life Insurance Company
Session Title: Service, Asset, and Configuration Management (SACM): ITAM/CMDB Full Asset Lifecycle
Session Description: With ITILv4 dropping the SACM ball, IAITAM needs to pick up the ball, and run. The SACM Process Owner has governance over the assets, not just the services provided. Too many companies separate the asset management from the configuration management processes instead of one flow: the cradle-to-grave concept. Cradle is the input of purchase records for physical (HW) and license (SW) assets. When “In Use,” tracked via the CMDB (electronic chain-of-custody), and back as assets for disposal and final ITAD reconciliation to purchase records (grave). Governance pertaining to enterprise-size companies, and the importance of why the ITAM/CMDB records should be tracked in one system. Examples will be in ServiceNow.
Deanna Hennigar
Ed Pletner: Avritek
Session Title: Effective ITAM during M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Session Description: Effective ITAM practices can be challenging to implement and maintain during normal day-to-day business but what about during times of M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions)? Whether your organization is acquiring or being acquired even the best ITAM principles can be laid to waste due to timing, financial pressures, disorganization, data security standards, geography, and a host of other issues. We will review how Avritek has helped it’s clients during times of M&A and key take aways for stakeholders.
Ed Pletner
Felicia Parilo: Oracle America, Inc.
Session Title: Oracle Software Asset Management (SAM) Expertise & SAM Partners
Session Description: GLAS provides proactive advisory services to strategic Partners and Customers to arm them with actionable & useful insights into their Oracle investments. Oracle launched the new OPN SAM Expertise for SAM Partners. This SAM Program represents an opt-in offering for our customers to help them build confidence in their purchasing and deployment decisions and evaluate their alignment with their Oracle investments. For your SAM needs, Customers can now choose from among announced verified Partners.
Felicia Parilo
Francisco San Martin Garrido: SoftwareOne
Session Title: IT Financial Optimization: ITAM in the financials of the business
Session Description: In recent years, given the new business trends of shifting IT products towards IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, the impact on OPEX has become increasingly significant, making it a top priority to financially demonstrate the impact IT is having on the business. In this scenario, ITAM and its interaction with other practices such as FinOps are extremely important to empower IT stakeholders to optimize and create financial visibility regarding the profitability of each IT investment in relation to the business. We will explain the relationship of ITAM with FinOps and how they work powefully together to achieve a successful IT Financial Optimization.
Francisco San Martin Garrido
Frank Venezia: Ernst & Young
Session Title: ITAM and FinOps
Session Description: Explore the seamless integration of IT Asset Management (ITAM) and Financial Operations (FinOps) in this insightful session. Discover the crucial connection between optimizing IT assets and aligning financial strategies for enhanced cost efficiency and budgeting. Dive into practical insights on integrating ITAM principles into FinOps practices to improve overall financial performance.
Frank Venezia
Gary Paquette: Carrier Corporation
Session Title: How ITAM is required to meet the new regulations and mandates worldwide
Session Description: Global awareness regarding sustainability is on the rise, prompting the emergence of key regulatory frameworks, such as the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), California Title 24 in the USA, Singapore’s Data Centre Energy Efficiency Scheme (DCS), Australia’s National Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), and United States SEC Climate Risk Disclosures. With so many emerging reporting regulations to keep track of, it can be challenging to know where to start.
Gary Paquette
George Kocharov: HDR Inc
Session Title: Hardware Leasing: What you need to know to have an effective program
Session Description: If your company is considering leasing hardware assets, there are financial and operational ramifications that must be considered. How to establish a successful and efficient leasing program? Is your IT department ready? How important is technology refresh to you?
George Kocharov
George Weisgerber: Galide
Session Title: The Future of Hardware Lifecycle Management
Session Description: In this session we’ll explore the evolution and future of hardware lifecycle management, including emerging technologies, managing IoT devices, AI-enabled ITAM functions, BYOD, zero-touch, new regulatory challenges, and more.
George Weisgerber
Giulio D'Ali: Calero SaaS Management
Session Title: ACE your SaaS Management: Strategic Plays for Managing Application Spend
Session Description: With the explosion of SaaS in organizations worldwide, the burden of software management has fallen squarely upon IT professionals’ shoulders. Join us to explore the intricacies of application discovery (and unmask what’s hiding in the shadows), robust data visibility, and employee engagement in a fragmented team sport. You’ll also learn proven strategies to foster end-user accountability and delve into current industry trends to help you navigate the dynamic SaaS landscape with precision and leap to the forefront of SaaS management excellence.
Giulio D’Ali
Jan Hachenberger: TIMETOACT
Session Title: Sustainability in ITAM – Better Practices and Upcoming International Standards
Session Description: In understanding and developing an alignment of interest in tackling IT asset related sustainability challenges, organizations can contribute toward positive environmental and social outcomes, improve their ITAM, address externalities from IT assets, mitigate related risk, realize opportunity, and drive value.
Jan Hachenberger
Jennifer Munson: SoftwareOne
Session Title: Risk Beyond Compliance Gaps
Session Description: Think you’ve mastered how to calculate license compliance gaps and are ready to move your program into identifying other areas of risk? Let’s dig into how you can team up with your Security counterparts and other teams to attack unlicensed font usage, pirated software, malware, and security vulnerabilities. Learn what to look for and how to quantify and communicate the value of this work to executives.
Jennifer Munson
Jeremy Olson: Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations
Session Title: Decoding the Balance Sheet: Cost-Reduction Strategies for ITAD Programs
Session Description: When economic volatility is the new normal, effective management of IT asset disposition (ITAD) programs has become crucial for organizations. This will provide attendees with insights into optimizing their ITAD programs amidst turbulent economic conditions by:
• Understanding ITAD Cost Centers and Profit Margins
• Maximizing Value with ITAD Vendors
• Measuring and Monitoring Asset Value
• Reducing ITAD Costs
• Evaluating the Corporate Footprint
Session Title: Sustainable ITAD: ESG, the SEC, & Scope 3
Session Description: When environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are not just ethical, but also financial imperatives, understanding Scope 3 emissions is crucial for business success. This session delves into the intricacies of Scope 3 GHG emissions, and the impending U.S. SEC regulations that will transform how companies report and manage their environmental impact. We’ll explore differences between carbon calculators and learn how to demonstrate the value an ESG-focused ITAD solution can provide.
Jeremy Olson
Jonathan DeMent: DMD Systems Recovery, Inc.
Session Title: RFQs – Why the price doesn’t tell you the cost.
Session Description: How to drive integrity in the RFQ process. Many enterprises utilize procurement generated pricing models suited to services with significant differences from ITAD creating cost confusion and the potential for misleading values. How should pricing be requested to ensure full disclosure and transparency in both the services pricing and the recovery values generated by an ITAD solution?
Jonathan DeMent
Kristy Stroud: Snow Software/Flexera
Session Title: Entitlement Data Dos and Don’ts: Best Practices for collecting data for a New SAM Tool
Session Description: You have a are planning to invest in a shiny new tool to help you manage your IT assets and thwart the risks of technical debt, countless security threats, vendor price hikes, increased application and infrastructure relationship complexity . . . you get the picture.
Your tool will take on MANY challenges, and now is the time to optimize your agreements and entitlements for that tool and figure out what’s important for your organization’s success — and what your program can do without.
Kristy Stroud
Linda Cole: OPEN IT, INC.
Session Title: Visualized Cost Analysis: A Game-Changer in Software Licensing Strategies
Session Description: Let’s explore how visualized data analysis equips organizations with the clarity needed to navigate the cost-benefit landscape of software assets effectively. These visualizations facilitate a quick comprehension of the areas where efficiencies can be enhanced, paving the way for informed decisions regarding software license procurement, renewal, and reallocation. By fostering informed decision-making, they can optimize current investments and strategically plan future software acquisitions.
Linda Cole
Maggie Layfield: NetSupport
Session Title: Let them Play!: Developing a Diversified IT Team
Session Description: Is your IT currently made up of mostly “specialists”? Found yourself filling gaps when you realize people have limited/no experience with areas outside their specialty? It’s time to rethink your approach to building and developing your team! Attracting and keeping talent continues to be a struggle; retaining current staff while also addressing gaps is critical. By implementing upskilling opportunities and “play times” for your team, you open the door to developing stronger and more diverse employees and create an attractive work environment that draws in talent (and keeps them). Come create a game plan for implementing a “let them play” approach!
Maggie Layfield
Mandi Sue Bleau: Anglepoint
Session Title: Define Goals to Drive Outcomes: Locking in an Easier SAM Technology Implementation
Session Description: Learn from Anglepoint SAM expert Mandi Sue Bleau how defining end goals and involving the right stakeholders will help you ease the process of implementing and adopting your SAM technology. With a blend of strategic and tactical insight from real-world experiences, she will show you can achieve a successful outcome and ensure a return on investment in your SAM technology.
Mandi Sue Bleau
Max Ablimit: Tarim Consulting, LLC.
Session Title: How to Audit Oracle Java to Save Millions
Session Description: With Oracle’s change to the Employee metric for the Java SE subscription in January 2023, Oracle customers have seen their potential Java exposure skyrocket. Customers are experiencing pressure from Java sales reaching out to identify opportunities for Java subscriptions. With the higher costs associated with the new subscription metric, it is imperative for customers to understand the nature of their Oracle Java deployments. This session will enable and empower customers to know what to look for in order to be prepared when Oracle reaches out, potentially saving millions in annual subscriptions.
Max Ablimit
Melissa Cortale: Olitech Solutions
Session Title: Common Oracle Licensing Pitfalls and how to avoid them!
Session Description: In working with hundreds of Oracle clients there are many recurring licensing pitfalls we have seen time and time again. In this session we are going to discuss the most common Oracle licensing pitfalls that leave Oracle clients with large financial exposures and causes them to miss savings opportunities. In this session, we will share tips and tricks on how to avoid these pitfalls and give you concrete next steps to bring back to your organization to better manage your Oracle estate.
Melissa Cortale
Michele McCormick: IT Roosters
Session Title: Educating High-Level Executives on Asset Management Strategies
Session Description: The seminar session will teach effective approaches to discuss software asset management with high-level executives, demonstrate various compliance reporting techniques, and provide tactics for building relationships with product owners to establish compliance.
Michele McCormick
Mike Temple: ServiceNow Patrick Graff: Microsoft
Session Title: Failing an audit is not a problem! … it’s a SYMPTOM!
Session Description: Join us in this best-practice session, distilling years of experience with hundreds of customers, on what things to think about day-to-day to prepare you for an audit response, whether a software vendor, regulatory body audit, hardware internal security audit, or others. At the end of this session, you will understand not only how to pass audits, but how to be constantly audit-ready.
Mike Temple & Patrick Graff
Milton Campomanes: Oracle Corporation
Session Title: Oracle Database Licensing and Best Practices for Optimal Usage
Session Description: This session provides a comprehensive understanding of Oracle Database licensing and best practices for optimal usage. It covers different licensing models, choosing the right licensing option, and navigating licensing policies. Included are topics on licensing fundamentals, calculating license requirements, licensing for virtual environments, and how to license in third party approved clouds. This session will equip you with knowledge and skills needed to make informed licensing decisions.
Milton Campomanes
Neil Frodsham: SHI International
Session Title: Workshop – The Changing Role of the SAM Manager – how to further develop your career journey
Session Description: In this interactive workshop, we will discuss how the industry is changing and the role SAM Managers need to play to make a strategic impact. The SAM Manager role is transforming from a reactive compliance activity to a role focused on driving increased value companies obtain from their investments in software. This can be a difficult journey for most people and companies; join this interactive workshop to learn more about the future of the role and how transformation can help you grow.
Neil Frodsham
Neil Peters-Michaud: Cascade Asset Management
Session Title: Should You Remove Device Locks When Retiring IT Assets?
Session Description: Security measures like activation locks, BIOS passwords, Computrace, and MDM software are critical for safeguarding IT assets and their data. However, for organizations that want to unlock the value of an asset and give it a second life, these protective measures complicate the process. This seminar provides insights on how securing and effectively removing these controls can be a win for the IT Department, add profit to the company’s bottom line, and contribute to sustainability goals.
Neil Peters-Michaud
Patrick Graff: Microsoft
Session Title: Microsoft AI Copilot helps fly it’s internal SAM program to new heights.
Session Description: Explore how Microsoft is harnessing the power of AI within its internal Software Asset Management program, gaining insights into the processes, tools, and increased efficiency propelling us into the new era of Asset Management at Microsoft. Microsoft adopts a robust approach to the management and mitigation of risks associated with its software licensing needs, consumption, and security. This advanced technology guides us towards more streamlined automation and communication process at MS.
Patrick Graff
Paul Baum: PlanITROI
Session Title: AI Unleashed: Transforming ITAD into a Strategic Powerhouse
Session Description: Step into the future of IT Asset Disposition where AI isn’t just a buzzword – it’s a game-changer. This session will showcase how AI redefines ITAD with:
1. Advanced Data Erasure: Implement AI-driven protocols for comprehensive data security – ensuring no data is left vulnerable.
2. Predictive Asset Management: Leverage AI for predictive analytics – enhancing maintenance and extending asset life.
3. Increased Cost Efficiency: Use AI to streamline processes, reduce costs, and optimize resource allocation.
4. Ensured Compliance: Automate compliance monitoring with AI – outpacing regulatory changes with minimal effort.
5. Optimized Asset Valuation: Accurately assess and maximize asset recovery value with AI
Session Title: The ITAD Iceberg: 5 Takeaways to Navigate Risks
Session Description: Avoid danger and elevate your IT Asset Disposition strategy. This focused session will identify key risks and hidden opportunities, answering five pressing questions:
1. Are you still receiving low asset recoveries and overspending on your ITAD program?
2. Is your vendor’s unprofitability increasing your data security risk?
3. Are your retired PC’s Windows licenses being sold at your risk?
4. Are your valued assets being recycled vs. being resold to your benefit?
5. Are your reports and ESG measurements inconsistent and inaccurate?
Know the truth and apply actionable insights to your ITAD program to secure its success against emerging challenges.
Session Title: Profit with Purpose: 5P’s of ITAD – Get Paid. Do Good!
Session Description: Embrace the 5 “P”s of ITAD—Passion, Purpose, Planet, People, Profit—and harness the power of IT Asset Disposition as a force for bridging the digital divide. In this session, learn how Visa uses their ITAD profits to fuel donation programs for under privileged and low-income people in the US. Learn how to merge profit with purpose from your retired and end-of-life devices, without extra investment. See how ITAD can make a significant impact on your organizational ESG goals and be like Visa: GET PAID TO DO GOOD.
Paul Baum
Peter Jeanmougin: InSequence Inc.
Session Title: Dependent Data Quality: 5 Metrics for ITAM Maturity Roadmap Mapping
Session Description: Unlocking the potential of IT Asset Management (ITAM) hinges on the quality of data. Dive into the pivotal role of data quality in ITAM maturity roadmap mapping, exploring five critical metrics: Accuracy for error correction, Completeness to address missing values, Consistency ensuring uniformity, Relevance assessing suitability, and Timeliness considering recency. Gain insights to optimize ITAM practices and drive organizational success through meticulous data quality assessments.
Peter Jeanmougin
Preston Davis: SHI International
Session Title: SaaS Optimization & Application Rationalization (Realize the Savings!!!)
Session Description: In today’s challenging financial world, discover how SaaS optimization combined with Application Rationalization can make a positive impact on your IT budget and maximize realized savings.
Preston Davis
Rich Reyes: DRM Company, Inc.
Session Title: Transform ITAM from a Cost Center to a Value Center
Session Description: IT Asset Management (ITAM) is no longer a “nice to have” but a “must have” discipline at organizations, given the complexity of IT and supplier landscapes, both on-premise and in the cloud. Cost savings, risk mitigation and process innovation are repeatable outcomes of a successful function. In this session, Rich will cover techniques to drive actionable insights for IT and business leaders, and share best practices for IT spend optimization — helping to evolve your ITAM department.
Rich Reyes
Robbie Plourde: USU
Session Title: Cybersecurity Frontiers: Enhancing Asset Security in the Digital Age
Session Description: Join Robbie Plourde, from USU, for “Cybersecurity Frontiers: Enhancing Asset Security in the Digital Age.” This session delves into the pivotal role of IT Asset Management (ITAM) in enhancing cybersecurity. Plourde will cover cutting-edge strategies for the secure management of digital assets, effective risk mitigation, and compliance assurance. Learn how to navigate the complexities of cybersecurity in an era of relentless digital threats… before it’s too late!
Robbie Plourde
Rocco D'Amico: Brass Valley LLC
Session Title: Managing ITAD Risks: Strategies for High Reliability in Decommissioning Processes
Session Description: In this session we will discuss 3 aspects of risk management to bring your ITAD process to the next level. The topics will included embedded or hidden media, Using indemnification to incentivize proper behavior from your ITAD provider, and adopting High Reliability Organization practices within your ITAD process.
Rocco D’Amico
Rohan Tyagi: ServiceNow
Session Title: Building Beyond the Horizon: A Strategic Approach to FinOps Expansion and Collaboration with ITAM
Session Description: In a world driven by innovation, short-term gains can often overshadow long-term vision. For organizations investing in FinOps, a cultural phenomenon transforming cloud financial management, a strategic approach is paramount. While immediate cost savings are undeniable, those with foresight recognize the true potential of FinOps: a platform for sustainable growth and expansive collaboration.
Rohan Tyagi
Sam Ulhaq: Xensam
Session Title: Improving Security Via Your SAM Program
Session Description: This session will focus on your SAM program and how it can provide greater value to your business by improving security and allowing cross-collaboration with IT security teams. As a single source of truth, accurate SAM data is a prized possession for enterprises and a strong SAM program will strengthen the importance of your SAM team within the wider business. Security is becoming increasingly important for all organizations – All major security governance requires a strong SAM program.
Sam Ulhaq
Scott Bickley: Info-Tech Research Group
Session Title: TAILOR Your Negotiation Strategy to Maximize Your Chances for Success
Session Description: Negotiation is essential to all of us! It shapes our daily interactions spanning our work and personal lives. Negotiation done well hones communication, resolves conflicts, and fosters understanding, shaping mutually beneficial outcomes and relationships. Explore Info-Tech’s groundbreaking TAILOR negotiation model to gain the upper hand in vendor and contract negotiations and internal stakeholder negotiations. In this session, you will understand the components that are the keys to negotiation success. Learn how to structure and build your negotiation approach around these key principles and gain ground in vendor negotiations.
Scott Bickley
Scott Jensen: SoftwareONE
Session Title: Shark Tank: Lessons on How to Sell Your ITAM/FinOps Program
Session Description: Dive into the world of ‘Shark Tank’ for insights on successfully pitching your IT Asset Management (ITAM) or Financial Operations (FinOps) program. Learn to address key concerns and craft a compelling message that resonates with company “sharks” (executives and stakeholders). This presentation equips you with strategies to secure support and drive adoption, ensuring lasting success for your ITAM or FinOps initiative within your organization.
Scott Jensen
Shawn Stockman: Onepak
Session Title: The IT Impact Considerations of a Remote Workforce Offboarding
Session Description: As businesses embrace a distributed model, managing IT assets responsibly is crucial. This session covers the range of potential impacts ITAMs should consider when offboarding remote employees. Understand the repercussions of letting employees keep outdated equipment, from security risks to environmental and social impact considerations. Discover case studies showcasing successful equipment recovery programs and see how refurbishment and donation practices can elevate your organization. Join us in fostering a planet- and people-friendly approach to the reverse supply chain, ensuring your organization acts in the best interests of itself, your community and the environment.
Shawn Stockman
Skot Waldron: GiANT
Session Title: Overcoming The Challenge of Change
Session Description: There is one thing in life and work that is guaranteed, and that is things will change. We have people around us moving full-steam ahead and then others that are constantly pumping the brakes. They both play a valuable role in helping us succeed as teams and organizations. So, how do we lead change effectively inside our organizations? This presentation will provide you with some simple tools to help get everyone on board.
Learning Objectives:
* Learn which personality types like change and which are more change-averse.
* Understand how each person can play a role in the plan for change.
* Discover 3 tools to bring about change effectively inside your organization.
Skot Waldron
Sumin Tchen: Belarc
Session Title: Workflow Automation and SAM
Session Description: Workflow Automation is being embraced by organizations of all sizes because it offers clear benefits of reducing errors, increasing efficiency, improving consistency and collaboration, reducing costs, and enhancing data security. We will discuss how SAM can benefit from workflow automation with example workflows such as employee on-boarding and off-boarding; optimizing SaaS and Subscription software costs based on Usage; and supporting Cyber Security with SAM based security controls.
Session Title: Optimize your SaaS spend with accurate usage data
Session Description: Gartner says that at least 25% of purchased SaaS software is un-used. Subscription licensing gives us more control, but we need to know the actual usage of the products to optimize the spend. Sumin will outline the different methods in use today to discover software usage and discuss their pros and cons.
Sumin Tchen
Sunil Chandna: Stellar Data Recovery Inc. DBA BitRaser
Session Title: Mitigating Data Breach Risks Through Remote Data Erasure
Session Description: This session aims to reveal the crucial role of remote data erasure in enhancing data security for the remote workforce. According to the Forbes study, it is estimated that by 2025, 32.6 million Americans will be engaged in remote work. In the context of the growing prevalence of remote work & the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, the speaker will address the best strategies for IT Asset Managers to uphold data security. The best practices include secure data erasure from remote IT assets after their use, emphasizing its importance in preventing data theft & adhering to regulatory compliances. Remote data erasure must be a part of an organization’s data destruction policies to proactively manage data leakage risks and ensure compliance.
Sunil Chandna
Susan Krautbauer: Digitunity
Session Title: Driving Digital Equity: ITAD’s Impact on the $65B Investment.
Session Description: This session highlights opportunities for ITADs, OEMs, and corporations to participate in the $65B federal IIJA and $2.7B Digital Equity Act funding. Urging strategic public, private, and social sector collaboration over the next five years, we’ll explore the potential for social, business, and ESG impact through involvement in national digital equity solutions. Attendees will discover ways to contribute, leveraging strategic partnerships to maximize participation in this historic funding period.
Susan Krautbauer
Terry Divelbliss: Eracent
Session Title: Elevating the Importance of ITAM to Your Organization: Audit, Risk and Cyber Use Cases
Session Description: ITAM provides the ability to discover all hardware and software assets, manage contracts and financials, track lifecycle transactions, and expose critical configuration and vulnerability details. When ITAM data is integrated with a means to perform whitelisting, associate assets to systems and landscapes, and more, your ITAM program can be an indispensable driver for Cyber, Risk, Audit and Compliance inititatives. This session highlights this potential with real-world use cases.
Terry Divelbliss
Todd Hogan: Geonovi Development
Session Title: Procurement Versus Discovery Data – Why Both are Critical to Success.
Session Description: Knowing what you have purchased and creating accurate and timely asset records is critical for ITAM success. If you don’t know what you have purchased, it is extremely difficult to account for all assets and can lead to organizational overspend, mismanagement, and increased security/compliance risk. Our session will focus on the challenges of using enterprise procurement systems and tools to create meaningful asset records, while considering the alternatives when such integration is not possible.
Todd Hogan
Tom Watson: Asset Management International, LLC
Session Title: From Data to Decisions: Transforming Hardware Asset Management with AI Insights
Session Description: Delve into the dynamic integration of data and Artificial Intelligence. Witness the transformative impact of AI-generated insights on conventional asset management, translating raw data into informed strategic decisions. Acquire actionable knowledge on deploying AI solutions to streamline hardware asset lifecycles, ensuring an enhanced, forward-thinking organizational resource management approach.
Tom Watson
Torsten Larson: Absolute Software
Session Title: The CMDB – In Twenty Years Have We Learned Anything?
Session Description: It has been 20 years since the concept of the Configuration Management Data Base became a standard in the ITIL world. While we have made progress in defining and building the elusive CMDB, many organizations still struggle with building and maintaining such a complex system, even if it was meant to simplify our lives. Let’s take a short look at the past two decades, what challenges remain, and steps that can be taken to strengthen what you have, or ways to get started if you have nothing.
Torsten Larson
Wil Herrera: iT1
Session Title: Using AI to get your time back – tools to increase the speed of daily tasks, projects and response.
Session Description: The use of AI tools can reduce your work by 4-5 hours a week. We’ll dive into how AI can help. From simple daily tasks to complex projects or deadlines, AI is here to help.
Meetings – Ask AI to give you the key bullet points if you join late or take notes
Draft replies to emails for your review
Create tables and charts to review numbers
Build presentations, word documents and more
Wil Herrera
William Stephans: SoftwareOne
Session Title: Unpaking IBM Cloud Pak Licensing
Session Description: As one of the most common software publishers that enterprise SAM teams are tasked with managing, tackling IBM huge portfolio and its infamously complicated licensing is no small feat. As IBM reps are pushing their new “Cloud Pak” offerings, it has never been more important to understand what these offerings are and how to manage the licensing.