Daniel Begg

Daniel Begg is an IT professional with 20 years of experience working with Blue chip, fortune 500 & SME companies. He has managed teams of up to 200 for large transformation programs and smaller teams for professional services, consultancy & internal departments.

With a strong technical background, Daniel specializes in IT Asset Management (ITAM) focusing on software asset management (SAM). He has managed budgets exceeding £2M and handled software spend of £80M+, owning the commercial relationship with software vendors while minimizing risks and meeting budget constraints.

Daniel excels in leading negotiations for software contracts, renewals, and purchases, as well as managing software-related RFPs. He is proficient in communicating the importance of ITAM & SAM to the business and delivering value to C-Level executives to achieve the CIO's vision.

Daniel has delivered numerous consultancy engagements, tackling roles like PM, SDM, and technical/licensing consultant for projects impacting over 50,000 seats. He has successfully navigated software audits from major vendors like Adobe, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle, either directly or through intermediaries such as PWC, KPMG, or Deloitte.

He is well-versed in SAM & HAM tools vendors such as SNOW, Flexera, Aspera, and ServiceNow, along with discovery tools like ADDM, Altiris, and SCCM, and ITAM supporting tools such as SEAL and Blazent.

Daniel's key skills include SAM, HAM, ITAM, in-depth knowledge of Tier 1 vendors like IBM, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, general understanding of Tier 2 & 3 vendors, and expertise in leveraging channel knowledge and managed service providers for SAM & HAM support. He is adept at director/board level relationship management, process design, policy implementation, and life-cycle governance.

He studied Mechanical Engineering and attained an HND from The Robert Gordon University. Daniel has held roles such as Service Protection Manager (ITAM) at abrdn, SAM Technical Specialist at Sainsbury's Argos, SAM Service Delivery Manager at IT Asset Management Solutions Ltd, and various managerial and technical positions at Project Network and Computacenter.