Richard Spithoven

Speaker

Richard Spithoven

EMEA Lead Publisher Advisory Services, SoftwareOne

Richard Spithoven is the EMEA Lead for Publisher Advisory Services at SoftwareOne. In his previous role, Richard was one of the managing partners at B-lay, strategically acquired by SoftwareOne in July 2020. Richard started to work in the license management industry in 2004 and worked for almost 10 years at Oracle Corporation as Regional Director for its License Management Services department within EMEA South, the authority on Oracle’s licensing policies and business practices. Richard uses his knowledge of enterprise software publishers to educate, equip and enable software end users in their challenges regarding proper software license management. In his role as ‘trusted advisor’ of many CIOs and CFOs he has been participating in the EuroCIO.org platform and is requested as a regular speaker at the annual events of the IT Asset Management (ITAM) Review and International Association for IT Asset Management (IAITAM) in North America, Australia and Europe. Richard holds a master’s degree in IT, from University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Sessions

Optimise to Innovate-How to Manage Your IT Portfolio as a Strategic Advantage?

Solution Study

Monday, October 06

09:10 am - 09:35 am

Live in Amsterdam

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In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, IT is no longer just a support function—it’s a strategic lever for growth. Yet many organizations find themselves constrained by technical debt, audit exposure, and overall technology solutions sprawl (Software, SaaS, Clouds … ), making innovation feel out of reach. The challenge is clear: how do we drive transformation while reducing costs? The answer lies in a modern, integrated approach to IT Portfolio Management. By combining disciplines like ITAM, SAM, FinOps, and strategic sourcing and IT Portfolio Management, we gain the visibility and control needed to turn inefficiencies into opportunities. This isn’t just theory—it’s a proven model that transforms IT estates from costly overheads into engines of innovation. I this session you will learn:

How to activate the virtuous cycle of “optimize to innovate” and apply it in everyday IT procurement decisions?
How to drive cost-optimized innovation as a flywheel that reinvests savings into strategic growth?
How to realize optimization in practice through IT asset 3rd party support, Microsoft discount programs, and new scopes of FinOps?
How to address the threats and opportunities of AI within the Software & Cloud world and ensure proper governance?

Presentation

How Can you Optimize your IT Portfolio to Unlock Real Innovation?

10 | Innovation Café

Tuesday, October 07

10:40 am - 02:40 pm

Live in Amsterdam

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How to turn cost optimization into a driver for strategic growth?
How to use ITAM, SAM, FinOps, and sourcing as levers for innovation?
How to transform technical debt and audit exposure into opportunities?
How to capture savings through IT asset support, Microsoft programs, and FinOps?
How to govern AI’s threats and opportunities in the software and cloud landscape?

Workshop

Company

SoftwareOne

https://www.softwareone.com/en

SoftwareOne AG is a leading global software and cloud solutions provider that is redefining how companies build, buy and manage everything in the cloud. By helping clients to migrate and modernize their workloads and applications – and in parallel, to navigate and optimize the resulting software and cloud changes – SoftwareOne unlocks the value of technology. The company’s 8,900 employees are driven to deliver a portfolio of 7,500 software brands with sales and delivery capabilities in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SWON.

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