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Sonia Morrison

Bolton,Ontario

Summary

Certified IT Asset Manager with cost avoidance in 7 figures.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Asset Manager

Husky IMS
Bolton, Ontario
01.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for management of technology assets, focusing on optimizing value and cost of technology assets throughout their life cycle.
  • Develop and maintain processes that span from asset procurement, operation, refresh, migration, optimization, and retirement/disposal of asset
  • Create and maintain inventory of all purchased software licenses globally
  • Conduct internal audits of all installed software using tools such as SCCM and FlexNet Manager to maintain compliance of all purchased software
  • Identify compliance gaps, analyze options, propose and coordinate resolution
  • Coordinate resources for successful completion of external compliance audits
  • Optimize software portfolio globally by comparing license model offerings and features actually being used
  • Propose changes and coordinate implementation if approved
  • Define and implement software reclamation for user-based licenses and subscriptions
  • Interface with HR to include organizational changes in optimizing software usage
  • Develop cost allocation model to identify & explain technology asset costs incurred across the organization
  • Review and approve software requests for non standard software
  • Manage fixed asset base (desktops, laptops, servers, network equipment, Multifunction devices)
  • Work with finance to ensure fixed assets are recorded in Fixed Asset Tracking system
  • Coordinate annual fixed asset inventory activities within IT globally
  • Coordinate disposal of end of life assets
  • Ensure that ITAM-related tools and services are properly evaluated, selected, implemented, configured and maintained, with appropriate integration with other sources of organizational data

IT Analyst

Husky IMS
Bolton, Ontario
07.2011 - 01.2018
  • Design and develop organizational reports, to analyze expenditure of global IT operating and capital budgets
  • Communicate with various global regions to understand dips and spikes within the budget
  • Create monthly presentations to show progress of spend and to explain anomalies within both capital and operating budgets
  • Communicate with global IT operations to prepare for upcoming maintenance renewals, license purchases, and projects requiring additional funds
  • Start and track capital requisition process, (ROI forms, signature approvals)
  • Work with procurement and finance teams to ensure that purchase orders and corresponding invoices are coded and captured in correct GLs and capital balance sheets
  • Maintain Share Point space to organize and share documents, (POs, invoices, project status) within finance and IT teams.

Database Administrator

Husky IMS
Bolton, Ontario
12.2000 - 02.2008
  • Worked with various business units to create user friendly, custom fit MS Access database solutions
  • Wrote custom VBA code and used SQL for various functions such as invoicing, fx rates, sales team follow up reminders, parts defect catalogue and trouble shooting guide and user defined parameters
  • Define user security parameters/permissions

Education

Certified Software Asset Manager -

Pink Elephant
On-line Training

Bachelor of Science - Biology

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Skills

  • strong collaborative skills to work across functional global boundaries
  • firm negotiations strategies based on data analysis licensing models

Timeline

IT Asset Manager

Husky IMS
01.2018 - Current

IT Analyst

Husky IMS
07.2011 - 01.2018

Database Administrator

Husky IMS
12.2000 - 02.2008

Certified Software Asset Manager -

Pink Elephant

Bachelor of Science - Biology

University of Toronto

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