Senior Director, Program Management, DLT Solutions
As DLT Solutions’ senior director of program management, Steven Wells led development of a new program that helps federal agencies better manage their enterprise software.
The Software Program Management Center is similar to a department of motor vehicles for agencies’ software licenses. Just as a DMV keeps track of driver’s licenses and vehicle ownership, DLT’s center maintains data that helps agencies centralize the buying of software licenses, keep accurate software inventories and provide historic records for audits.
DLT officials said the center combines the company’s customer portal, program life cycle management and support teams to provide agencies with an experienced customer service resource. By using the center’s resources, federal agencies can better evaluate their enterprise contracts, make more informed buying decisions and save money.
Wells was inspired to develop the center after the company worked with the Navy, which had a CIO-backed initiative to consolidate, centralize and streamline its IT procurement process using enterprise-licensed software. Now the center is helping the Navy keep track of its Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec-Veritas Enterprise agreements. That’s no small feat because the combined value of those contracts is more than $500 million, according to DLT.
Wells worked with the Defense Department and other federal customers to identify, document and implement capabilities with an eye toward automating manual processes, improving asset visibility and accountability, and improving the overall efficiency of the process.
His hard work has paid off. Since the center’s introduction, the Navy has automated manual business processes under its $227 million Oracle Enterprise Software License Agreement and saved over $80 million in the first year, according to DLT.
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