Analyst Profile
Melanie Alexander
Sr Director Analyst
6 years at Gartner
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27 years industry experience
NV USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Melanie Alexander joined Gartner in 2016 and is a Sr. Director Analyst on the Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management team. Ms. Alexander advises organizations on software licensing, pricing and contract negotiation strategies to achieve sustainable, best-in-class deals with major business application software vendors such as Oracle and RPA vendors. She advises on software asset management and audit and compliance for major software vendors such as Oracle. She also provides best-practice advice on negotiating SaaS agreements, hidden costs and SLAs.
Melanie Alexander's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Data & Analytics Summit
22 August 2022 - 24 August 2022 -
ReimagineHR Conference
24 October 2022 - 26 October 2022
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Before joining Gartner, Ms. Alexander worked in IT sourcing and procurement in the hospitality and tradeshow industries, performing in a variety of roles from strategic sourcing to IT financial and asset management. Her experience also includes procurement process improvement initiatives and management of software implementation projects. She managed negotiations of multimillion dollar agreements including software, service-level agreements, and SaaS and PaaS agreements. She also led a team of Sourcing Managers in negotiations of similar agreements, performed procurement process improvement initiatives, developed statistical reporting for procurement activities, managed software implementation projects and administration of document management system.
Professional Background
MGM Resorts International, Director of Strategic Sourcing - Technology, 2 years
Viad Corp/Global Experience Specialists, IT Procurement and Budget Manager, 14 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
Certified Technology Procurement Executive (CTPE)
Education
Bachelor's Degree, Summa Cum Laude, Business Administration
Languages
English
