Austin Limmer

About Austin Limmer

Enterprise software executive and leader with extensive experience working with technology C-level leaders to develop and execute corporate strategies around revenue expansion, cost optimization and value creation across SaaS, on premise and hybrid B2B business models in private equity backed operating environments.Areas of Expertise-Strategic Planning, Operationalization & Execution-Enterprise Level AI Deployment-Value Creation & Capture-Go-to-Market Strategy-Enterprise Transformation and Operational Excellence-Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures (Sourcing, Diligence, Execution & Integration)-C-Level AdvisorySelect Career Achievements:BMC Software, Helix Separation: Currently leading the strategic separation of a $700M+ business unit, directing all aspects of carve-out execution to enable a clean break, establish transition service agreements (TSAs), operationalize legal entities and realize value creation opportunities for two streamlined, market focused companies.BMC Software, Sales/Go-to-Market: Led and architected the consolidation of BMC’s mainframe, distributed and SaaS sales organizations into a single $2.0B+ revenue generating entity while optimizing operating expenses. Subsequent years outperformed plan in both revenue and ARR.BMC Software, Corporate Development: Spearheaded merger integration effort of BMC’s largest ever acquisition in Compuware. Structured integration management office function and drove cross functional integration efforts across both companies while delivering on cost synergy targets of >$30M and revenue synergy targets of >$10M.BMC Software, Operations & IT: Executive leader behind transforming BMC’s quote-to-cash process. Led cross functional internal and external teams to modernize BMC’s people, processes, policy and technology operating model while capturing a proposed $25M+ in annual cost and revenue benefits.BMC Software, Customer Success: Partnering with KKR Capstone, locked in material investment to build out and deliver a restructured customer success function via newly introduced resources aligned to a modern, subscription based customer journey.Contact: a•••••••@gmail.com or +18•••••••89

Experience

1. Vice President, Strategy & Operations

   BMC Software

   Dec 2022 — Present

   BMC senior executive responsible for shaping all facets of the company’s strategy development and deployment, collaborating with the CEO, CFO, COO and KKR. Accountable for executing BMCs annual planning process, zero based budgeting, company level strategic initiative design & execution, cross functional project management, organizational operating rhythm, and designing/delivering critical improvements to BMC\'s corporate functions and CEO specific priorities. Senior Leader for BMC’s Corporate Initiatives team (Strategic Planning & Internal Consulting), Global PMO, M&A Integration Management Office, Enterprise Resiliency and Operations Chief of Staff functions.Examples of transformative work that delivered outsized top and bottom line financial benefits include: Architecting the consolidation of BMC\'s mainframe, distributed and SaaS sales force into a single organization. Leading the efforts of an external advisor to redesign BMC\'s quote to cash process across people, policy, process and technology. Establishing BMC\'s approach to deploying enterprise AI at scale with subsequent value capture. And delivering BMC\'s restructured customer success function via an updated customer journey aligned to dedicated resources and funded through a combination of internal and external means.

Education

• Richmond American University London

  Study Abroad - Finance, Finance Internship w/ HSBC Bank

• Texas Tech University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Personal Financial Planning and Wealth Management

Skills

• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Management Consulting
• Financial Modeling
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Wealth Management
• Strategy
• Finance
• Change Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures
• Building & Managing Client Relationships
• Divestitures
• Private Equity
• Operational Strategy
• Sales & Service Strategy
• Growth Strategies
• Return on Investment Analysis
• Operations Management
• Operations Improvement
• Strategic Sourcing
• Performance Improvement
• Team Management
• Due Diligence