SAM Manager

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8 July 2016
Stephen BULLIMORE GSM. LS&GC. DipMan. BSC hons. BCS (member) IAITAM (member)
42 Medley Road. Rayne. Braintree, Essex. CM77 6TQ.
Telephone: Mobile 07941 030779. Home 01376 345041.
Email: bullimores99@btinternet.com
Summary
A highly qualified professional Software and Hardware Asset Manager with many associated skills and
qualifications who thinks strategically to achieve business aims across the IT service lifecycle using ITIL
and PRINC2 best practice. Able to communicate at all levels of the business and with vendors & re-sellers.
Self-motivating and tenacious. Non Smoker.
Managed a multitude of vendors including Microsoft and Adobe using License Dashboard and Eracent
tooling alongside excel and other tools to report Effective License positions (ELP) against usage and give
advice on the way forward.
Had Developed Vetting (DV) with sensitive post clearance at the highest levels with the UK Government.
Summary of Relevant Qualifications
 IAITAM Certified Hardware Asset Management Professional
 IAITAM Certified Software Asset Manager
 British Computer Society; Software Asset Management (SAM) Essentials (was ISEB)
 Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply; Commercial Approach to Software Asset Management
 Vendor specific certs; i.e. Microsoft, Oracle, Virtualisation
 ITILv3; Service Design, Service Transition, Continual Service Improvement, Foundation
 APMG International; PRINCE2 practitioner
 ORACLE Archibus CMDB and AutoCAD engineering
Summary of Relevant Education
The Open University 1997 to 2005:
Post Graduate Diploma in Management
 B752 – Managing Resources for the Market
 B751 – Managing Development and Change
 B600 – The Capable Manager
Bachelor of Science with Honours (includes Diploma in Information Technology)
 M358 – Relational Databases
 T305 – Digital Communications
 T209 – Information and Communication Technologies
 T223 – Microprocessor Based Computers
 T293 – Communicating Technology
 T171 – You, Your Computer and the Net
 M150 – Data, Computing and Information
 B751 – Managing Development and Change
 B600 – The Capable Manager
Employment
Computacenter – Hatfield 25 Jan 2016 to 14 July2016. Resigned
License manager for two large accounts. Used License Dashboard and Eracent tooling as well as Excel to
report customers ELP and suggest solutions to any issues.

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Wrote and presented the paper; SAM, ITIL and the IT Lifecycle. Paper was elevated to more senior levels.
Central Government 2001 – Jan 2016
 Software Asset Manager – Jan 2013 – date;
o Designed and built the SAM system from scratch
o Created and delivered Service policy, process and procedures
o Saved several million £ so far by implementing those policy and processes along with doing
deals with suppliers
o Created and directed a project to collect data (still in progress)
o Aligned SAM with change management, Business As Usual and Projects
 Hardware Asset Manager – 2006 – Jan 2013;
o Wrote strategy document and plans to align engineering practices to business requirements.
The plan was being implemented by others when I left.
 Changes will save 4 engineering man years per anum
o Created and delivered Service policy, process and procedures
o Designed and built the Overseas system from scratch
o Created world-wide naming conventions
 Finance department Project Manager – 2004 – 2006;
o Changed business practices to incorporate new technology
o Successfully created planned and implemented projects for iProcurement and Internet
expenses
 Hardware Asset Analyst – 2001 – Jan 2004
SCL Communications Ltd 1998 – 2001 – Desktop Services provider
 Owned 50% of the company. Sold it on
 Grew the company from £35,000 to £500,000 annual turnover
 Created the hardware sales side of the company
LB Technologies Ltd 1999 – 2001
 Owned the company. Closed it down on joining the Government
 Designed and took to market a fibre optic dual port passive tester which is still in use today
Employed by 3 companies 1992 – 1998
 Jobs included;
o Site manager
o Project management
o Sales manager
o Service design manager
o Setting up fibre optic patch cord manufacturing division
o Computer, fibre optic and passive infrastructure manager and engineer
British Army – Royal Signals 1974 – 1992. Sergeant
 Jobs included;
o Project management
o BAU manager (IT Service Manager)
o Infrastructure designer
o Technical trainer
o Service desk manager
o Engineer
References: Available on request