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Doug Gibson

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Managing Partner at Invictus Partners
📍 Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

Doug Gibson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Invictus Partners, a firm dedicated to software license advisory. With over 29 years of experience in executive roles at SAP, Oracle, and IBM, he is an expert in software audits, licensing, and contract negotiations. Colleagues view him as an energetic and inspirational leader.

Originally from South Africa, Dougs experiences growing up near Johannesburg during apartheid, and his inspiration from Nelson Mandela, shaped his mission to bring fairness to enterprise software negotiations. His colleagues have also noted that he is a rugby player, a passion he pursues outside of his demanding professional life.

He founded Invictus Partners with a core mission to level the playing field between large software vendors and their customers.

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Current Role
Managing Partner
Location
Greater Melbourne Area, Australia
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Enterprise Software Equity
He founded Invictus Partners based on his experiences growing up in South Africa, aiming to correct the power imbalance between software vendors and their customers.
Software License Optimization
His entire career and current business focus on helping clients navigate complex software licensing, compliance, and audit defense with major vendors like SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft.
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Career

Work history

12-2014
Managing Partner
Invictus Partners
11-2014 - 1-2016
Non Executive Director
Certus Solutions Limited
6-2013 - 12-2014
Country General Manager
Certus Solutions Limited
1-2012 - 6-2013
Regional GM - Database & Technology
SAP
4-2011 - 1-2012
A/NZ Snr Director - SAP HANA
SAP
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Education
1989 - 1989
Certificate in Marketing Management
Institute of Marketing Management
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