Hannah Decker is a Director Analyst in the IT Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management practice. Ms. Decker provides expert guidance to clients in the areas of licensing, pricing and contract negotiation strategies for SaaS and iPaaS contracts with a particular focus on Salesforce and MuleSoft. She helps clients achieve best-in-class, sustainable and flexible deals by offering best practice advice on critical terms and conditions to negotiate. She advises organizations on how to combat significant vendor price increases. She helps clients understand how to engage with and leverage hyperscaler Marketplaces from AWS, Google and Microsoft.
Recently, her research and advisory focus has been on how to negotiate consumption-, token- and credit-based pricing models for generative AI (genAI) and other capabilities and navigating the complexities of genAI pricing and contract terms.
Previously, Ms. Decker served as an IT Procurement Manager for the State of Florida where she was responsible for procuring hardware, software and staff augmentation services.
Dulwich College Seoul, Procurement Manager, 4 years
State of Florida, Procurement Analyst, 2 years
IT Contracts Negotiations
IT Vendor Portfolio Management
IT Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management Operating Model
MBA, Florida State University. USA.
M.A., Diplomatic Studies, University of Leicester, U.K.
B.A.(Hons), Applied Social Science, University of York, U.K.
Negotiation strategies, terms and conditions and pricing for Salesforce SaaS contracts
Negotiation strategies, terms and conditions and pricing for Mulesoft contracts
Negotiation strategies, terms and conditions for SaaS contracts
Strategies around price increase mitigation (due to inflation, renewal increases) in SaaS contracts
Negotiating consumption-, credit- or token-based pricing models with SaaS vendors (for genAI or other capabilities)