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Michael Delle

Region Head of SI & IT Sourcing
Ericsson

Michael currently serves as Head of SI&IT Sourcing Western and Central Europe for Ericsson AB. In addition to this Michael is responsible for all Sourcing activities in the newly formed Industry and Society Business Unit and oversees Sourcing activities in the area of Partnering and M&A in Western and Central Europe for Ericsson AB.

Prior to these appointments, Michael served as Head of Sourcing Germany and Switzerland at Ericsson AB after having joined the company in 2011. This is following to his career at Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, where he had a Global Category Management IT Solutions position. Michael started his career in 1999 at Nokia Oy, holding several management positions.

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Day 1 - Optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of IT procurement

Sunday, December 11th, 2016

11:50 Case Study Revolution- How to put steering documentation in place to ensure supplier driven IT projects deliver

Assessing the practical and legal aspects of a project - what should be the rules and routines around steering documents?
How should market impact be accounted for in a contract to manage risk?
Where are the pitfalls in vendor management contracting?
How can you deliver IT projects within cost and time frame with the use of the steering documents?
How can contracts be designed to enable for scale, in a logical, controlled and valuable way?
The need for constant education between the IT and procurement department after each project: evaluating and adapting steering documents?

Day 2 - Taking your IT procurement to the next level

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

11:10 Drill Down Roundtables

Roundtable 1 – How can you better manage IT supplier risk?
Karl Mceneaney, Head of UK Procurement, Capital One

Roundtable 2 - How can you protect your intellectual property and data when negotiating cloud contracts?
Florian Schroder, Head of IS Commodity & Contract Management, Bombardier Transportation

Roundtable 3 - Context-based Benchmarking - driving value beyond cost

Sarah Burnett, Vice President of Research - Europe, Everest Group

Roundtable 4 -How do you find the right talent in the contingent workforce to ensure IT category management success?

Erwan Le Lan, Senior Manager, Solucom

Roundtable 5 – How can you control and manage costs associated with new and fast changing technologies?
Michael Delle, Region Head of SI & IT Sourcing, Ericsson

Roundtable 6 - How can you avoid costly audits by software companies?
Patrick Dickinson, License Expert & Product Manager, compartner

Roundtable 7 – How to develop strategic thinking around IT procurement that links to your business KPIs
Claire Tapping, Head of Sourcing & Commercial - IT and Business Process Outsourcing, Rolls-Royce

Roundtable 8 – Aligning goals and building influence with IT: What does a successful relationship actually look like
Alastair Henderson-Begg, Global Head of IT Procurement, F.Hoffmann-La Roche