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Ciaran Hudson

Sr Director Analyst

Ciaran Hudson provides research and expertise to clients on SAP and Salesforce licensing.

Included within that is RISE with SAP, S/4HANA, Salesforce, License Audits and Digital Access.

Software Asset Management for SAP only.

Previous experience

Developed and implemented proprietary tools to conduct data analysis of client's SAP usage to reduce compliance gaps and optimize software licensing.

Optimized client's software use, through mining and analyzing usage data, to reduce operating costs.

Data modelling of client needs based on analysis of historical transactional data.

Delivered audit programs.

Contract reviews.

Advised clients negotiating with SAP

Professional background

JNC Consulting, Consulting Manager, 7 years

KPMG, Assistant Manager, 5 years

Royal Bank of Scotland, Vice President, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • IT Contracts Negotiations

Education

BSc in Computing, DBS

Professional Diploma in Creativity, Innovation and Leadership at UCD

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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RISE with SAP

02

Salesforce

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SAP license audit tactics, approach and remediation

04

Negotiation / pricing strategies

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SaaS