Our Experts

Meet the people behind Rizen.

Rizen brings together senior practitioners across enterprise software licensing, commercial negotiation, Software Asset Management, cloud transformation and Big 4-led IT audit. Each specialist contributes deep domain experience to help clients make complex software, technology, compliance and governance decisions with an independent, evidence-led perspective.

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20+ Years

Senior practitioner experience across the expert bench

OEM · Big 4 · Enterprise

Career backgrounds across publishers, audit and technology

$200M+

Costs and risk saved across Rizen-led engagements

8

Specialized Rizen advisory service lines

Collective Expertise

Specialist knowledge across the decisions that carry the most software and technology risk.

The expert bench combines commercial, licensing, technical and assurance perspectives, giving clients access to the specialist knowledge required at different stages of a software, cloud, compliance or governance decision.

Oracle Licensing & ULA

ULA strategy, cloud contracts, Java exposure, audit defense and licensing risk.

Microsoft Licensing

EA, SCE and CSP assessment, commercial optimization and renewal support.

SAP Advisory

RISE/GROW, licensing commercials, migration decisions and cost optimization.

Software Asset Management

ELP, governance, optimization, tooling and publisher-audit readiness.

Contract Negotiation

Pricing, commercial terms, risk allocation and vendor negotiation strategy.

IT Audit & Governance

Controls, compliance, assurance, cyber risk and board-level technology governance.

Cloud & Kubernetes Transformation

Cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, GitOps, platform engineering and modernization.

Our Approach

Senior-led advice, grounded in evidence.

Independent Perspective

Advice formed from the client's position, not an OEM sales agenda.

Practitioner-Led

Senior specialists stay close to the analysis, decisions and client discussions.

Evidence-Led Assessment

Contracts, usage, controls, architecture and data drive the recommendation.

Practical Outcomes

Recommendations are translated into commercial, risk, compliance or technology actions.

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