The ITAM Forum Podcast

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  1. Interview with Erin McClean, 2025 Consultant of the Year

    FEB 27

    Interview with Erin McClean, 2025 Consultant of the Year

    In this episode, we shine a spotlight on the ITAM Excellence Awards 2025 Consultant of the Year. Celebrating expertise, client impact, and the ability to turn complex challenges into practical outcomes, this winner shares the approaches, insights, and experiences that have helped organisations strengthen their ITAM practices and deliver lasting value. “You can be the cleverest person in the room, you can have every single skill and be a master of all vendors, but if you're unable to communicate that to the right people you won't get your message across. So I think its so important your soft skills separates you from a good ITAM consultant to a great one. ” - Erin McClean, Synyega

    39 min
  2. Interview with Jerry Frazier, 2025 Professional of the Year

    FEB 27

    Interview with Jerry Frazier, 2025 Professional of the Year

    In this episode, we shine a spotlight on the ITAM Excellence Awards 2025 Professional of the Year winner. Recognising outstanding leadership, measurable impact, and a commitment to advancing the discipline, this winner reflects on the achievements, challenges, and strategic decisions that set them apart — and what excellence in ITAM truly looks like at the highest level. “It was just reaching out, forming a team and having good conversations about ITAM and about other teams. If procurement brings something up, let's talk about it - what the problem is and how to get over that bump.” - Jerry Frazier, Toyota North America

    41 min
  3. Change Makers Podcast: Meet an ISOIEC 19770-1 auditor

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: Meet an ISOIEC 19770-1 auditor

    In this episode, we speak with Yorick Heijink from Brand Compliance, the official auditor of the ISO/IEC 19770-1 Certification Scheme. If your organisation is considering certification, this is a must-listen-to episode - it provides you with great insight direct from the person who will be on-site with your team performing the audit. Yorick talks us through a typical audit process, explains what a 'management system' is, why you need management buy-in, and the importance of reading and understanding the -1 standard itself. He also shares what he likes most about being a certification auditor. Here's one of our favourite clips from the episode: “These customers are my clients, and my job is to certify them, when they are compliant. I'm not there to find non-conformities. I'm not there to break down the system. In the end, my objective is to help you. But, in my role, I have to stay objective, and I cannot give any advise, which is always the tricky part."

    29 min
  4. Change Makers Podcast: Elevating ITAM - ISO Certification

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: Elevating ITAM - ISO Certification

    In this episode, we speak with Ash Dharas (Softline Group Northern Europe) and Patrick Milas (HDI Group) about their experiences achieving ISO/IEC 19770-1 certification - these are the world's first two organisations to achieve ISO ITAM certification. Here' are two of our favourite clips from this episode: “The benefits of ITAM are much broader than people think. It is the nucleus for every other IT process. If you don’t know what you have, you can’t manage it. The audit process was the perfect way to get all the relevant stakeholders across the business in one room to make the case for ITAM and demonstrate its value.” - Patrick Milas, HDI Group “It is a humbling experience, but it ultimately improves the quality of your ITAM practices. It was a very enlightening journey and well worth the effort.” - Ash Dharas, Softline Group Northern Europe

    24 min
  5. Change Makers Podcast: IT priorities = ITAM opportunities

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: IT priorities = ITAM opportunities

    In this episode, we speak with Alastair Pooley (CIO, Snow Software) about key findings from Snow's 2023 IT Priorities Report and the opportunities for ITAM. The bottom line is there are many opportunities for ITAM - some you would expect, some that may come as a surprise. Together, they present ITAM with a real opportunity to become a strategic, trusted advisor. Here's one of our favourite clips from this episode: “We’re happier now buying SaaS applications than we were before COVID hit. I think this is a permanent shift in how we buy software. But, it’s harder to manage. This is where ITAM can really help. Managing this and helping to prevent any surprises when unexpected cloud bills arrive is something ITAM professionals can really help with.” The 2023 IT Priorities Report: www.snowsoftware.com/go/it-prioriti…BoChAoQAvD_BwE

    29 min
  6. Change Makers Podcast: ITAM can help save the planet

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: ITAM can help save the planet

    If you, as an ITAM professional, want to learn how you can make a difference by reducing e-waste (the fastest growing waste stream in the world), this podcast episode is for you. AJ Witt is the best person we know to address how ITAM can positively contribute to sustainability programs. Whether it's in regards to hardware or software, as AJ says, "You have the ability to make a difference."

    44 min
  7. Change Makers Podcast: ISO (with a little bit of FinOps and Sustainability mixed in)

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: ISO (with a little bit of FinOps and Sustainability mixed in)

    We speak with Ron Brill, chair of the ITAM Standards Committee, to learn more about ISO and the ISO ITAM family of standards (19770) and what's coming down the pipeline. We also touch on FinOps and Sustainability and how ITAM can contribute. Our favourite quote from this episode: "It's my guess that it will be ITAM that will have to adapt to be more like FinOps than the other way around." Besides his role with the ITAM Standards Committee, Ron is also Vice Chair of the ITAM Forum's Trustee Board and the Chairman at Anglepoint. He's also a FinOps Certified Practitioner (and holds many other certifications).

    38 min
  8. Change Makers Podcast: Flexera 2022 State of ITAM report

    FEB 9

    Change Makers Podcast: Flexera 2022 State of ITAM report

    We speak with Brian Adler from Flexera about key findings from the 2022 State of ITAM report. Brian is Senior Director, Cloud Market Strategy, at Flexera and a Governing Board Member of the FinOps Foundation. We discussed how ITAM professionals are creating more time (thanks to tools and automation) to focus on non-audit activities and the rising percentage of ITAMers who are now part of their organisation's CCoE (Cloud Center of Excellence) team...and much more. You can access the full 2022 State of ITAM report here: info.flexera.com/ITAM-REPORT-Stat…Asset-Management

    41 min
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