Episodes
Episode 37 Tammy Burnitt - Adopting FinOps At A Global Enterprise Tammy Burnitt shares her experience in establishing a FinOps practice in a large global enterprise. Tips on spreading the message on FinOps and gaining collaborators, not competitors. Tammy Burnitt FOCP | LinkedInFinOps X 2024
Published 04/23/24
Episode 36 John Grubb - Building an Open Source FinOps Stack John Grubb shares how he is building his own open source FinOps stack. A great listen for anyone who has ever wondered how to even approach building their own tool.
Published 03/18/24
Published 03/18/24
Episode 35 Adrian Tatsch - The Business Persona Connecting to FinOps Adrian Tatsch, most recently from McKesson, shares lessons from her career journey on the business side, and how they benefited her when she discovered FinOps. This is a must listen for anyone navigating a their career. Adrian Tatsch | LinkedInFinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 02/20/24
Episode 34 FinOpsPod Year End 2023 Joe and Stacy review the stats on FinOpsPod in 2023 and Ambassadors share about their year and what their plans are for 2024. Happy New Year! FinOps X 2024FinOps Certification and Training
Published 12/14/23
Episode 33 Sarah Kula & Svetlana Pogrebny - Fixing A Tagging Strategy Sarah Kula & Svetlana Pogrebny, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, share their story about a tagging strategy that didn't work and how they went about fixing it. Plus, Stacy Case shares information about the new Certified FinOps Engineer course. FinOps Certification and TrainingSvetlana Pogrebny, CPA, CGA | LinkedInSarah Kula | LinkedIn
Published 11/26/23
Episode 32 FinOpsPod at the DC FinOps Roadshow Joe asks attendees at the DC Roadshow "What FinOps thing have you learned this year?" You're never too experienced to learn something new, or learn something over again. FinOps X 2024Upcoming FinOps Roadshows Learn more and join the FinOps Foundation at www.FinOps.org.
Published 10/30/23
Episode 31 Jason Fuller - Lessons From 10 Years of FinOps Jason Fuller, Head of Cloud at HERE Technologies, talks with Mike Fuller, CTO of the FinOps Foundation and looks back at lessons learned from doing FinOps since long before it was called FinOps. Jason Fuller | LinkedIn Learn more and join the FinOps Foundation at www.FinOps.org.
Published 09/27/23
Episode 30 Matt Randle & Lori Doon - Collaboration Between IT & Finance Matt Randle & Lori Doon discuss how to drive collaboration between IT and Finance in a way that doesn't just improve FinOps capabilities, but also in a way that helps speed up and add value to the business. FinOps Persona CoursesLori Doon | LinkedInMatthew Randle | LinkedIn
Published 08/30/23
Episode 29 Victoria Levy & Keith Knowles - Managing Anomalies Victoria Levy from Alteryx and Keith Knowles from Envisor join the podcast to talk about Sprint 2 of the Managing Anomalies working group. Sprint 1 defined a process for approaching cloud spend anomalies and can be viewed here: https://www.finops.org/wg/managing-cloud-cost-anomalies/ Keith Knowles | LinkedInVictoria Levy | LinkedInFinOps Working GroupsManaging Cloud Cost Anomalies
Published 07/31/23
Episode 28 FinOps X 2023 Recap Stacy & Joe process the experience of FinOps X 2023 and how amazing the FinOps community is. They review memorable moments, important announcments like the .5 Release of FOCUS, new FinOps Foundation Technical Advisory Council members and where FinOps X will be hosted in 2024. Then X attendees share their experiences of attending the conference. It's all about the community! FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification (FOCUS)Shawn Rogan | LinkedInOmkar...
Published 07/14/23
Episode 27 FinOps X Session Preview & KBYG - Anastasija Jakovleva - Inspiring 140 Years Old Company to Implement FinOps Stacy & Joe share a 'Know Before You Go' for FinOps X in this final session preview before the conference. Then Anastasija Jakovleva shares a preview of what to expect from her breakout session "Inspiring 140 Years Old Company to Implement FinOps", a talk on how to get FinOps buy-in when Cloud isn't yet a major focus of the company. Check out the other breakout...
Published 06/19/23
Episode 26 FinOps X Session Preview - Thiago Gil - Financial Challenges of ML Ops Thiago Gil previews his session discussing the financial challenges and ethical implications inherent in ML Ops/AI. Register for FinOps X now: x.finops.org Check out the other breakout sessions at X: https://x.finops.org/agenda/ Thiago Bittencourt Gil | LinkedInFinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 06/02/23
Episode 25 FinOps X Session Preview - Kate Ferguson - Putting Reporting in the Path of Different Personas Kate Ferguson previews the knowledge and experience she will share during her session at FinOps X presentation. Register for FinOps X now: x.finops.org Check out the other breakout sessions at X: https://x.finops.org/agenda/ Kate Ferguson | LinkedInFinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 05/25/23
Episode 24 FinOps X Session Preview - Kim Wier & Ron Tatro - FinOps as Product Kim Wier and Ron Tatro from Target preview their FinOps X presentation. Register for FinOps X now: x.finops.org Check out the other breakout sessions at X: https://x.finops.org/agenda/ Ron Tatro | LinkedInKim Wier | LinkedInFinOps X 2023: FinOps as a Product - Kim Wier & Ron Tat...
Published 05/12/23
23 Sherri Wooldridge - FinOps Experience Interrupted/How To Scale FinOps By Yourself Sherri was scheduled to record this episode about how to scale a FinOps practice when you are a team of 1, when news hit and a wrench was thrown in the plan. Sherri still shares her wisdom on the topic, but also addresses when unexpected change happens that cause you to change your plans. Sherri (Baldwin) Wooldridge | LinkedIn
Published 05/04/23
Episode 22 FinOps X Session Preview - Amy Ashby - Strategies for Troubleshooting Cost Anomalies & Trends Amy Ashby, FinOps Lead at Under Armor, previews her FinOps X presentation. Register for FinOps X now: x.finops.org Check out the other breakout sessions at X: https://x.finops.org/agenda/ FinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, CaliforniaAmy Ashby | LinkedIn
Published 04/25/23
Episode 21 J.R. Storment & Mike Fuller: Cloud FinOps Book, Second Edition J.R. Storment & Mike Fuller, authors of Cloud FinOps - Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Value Decision Making, visit to discuss what updates were included in the expansive Second Edition. Cloud FinOps: Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Value Decision MakingMike Fuller | LinkedInJ.R. Storment | LinkedInFinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 03/24/23
Episode 20 Keith Austin - AIA's FinOps Adoption Keith Austin from AIA, the first FinOps Foundation Enterprise Member in Asia, shares their story about their drive to be leaders in their region and their adoption of FinOps. Topics covered include training and development, challenges and success in FinOps adoption and collaborating with departments they had normally not interacted with. Upcoming FinOps EventsKeith Austin | LinkedInAIA Grants First Awards Under Its University Scholarships...
Published 03/06/23
Episode 19 Ermanno Attardo - FinOps Pro Talk: FinOps Tooling and FinOps Teams Part 1 of the conversation between the FinOps Foundation's Rob Martin and FinOps Pro and Ambassador, Ermanno Attardo. Topics covered include things to consider when choosing a FinOps tool, how to form FinOps teams and the best ways to build Trust. FinOps Certification and TrainingErmanno Attardo | LinkedInFinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 02/12/23
Episode 18 Bonus Episode - Building FinOps Teams & Starting FinOps Careers In a special episode - Joe & Stacy discuss traditional and nontraditional paths to a FinOps career and how to identify good candidates for a FinOps team. Share this quick episode with someone looking to get into FinOps or someone you think SHOULD get into FinOps! FinOps Jobs - All the cloud financial management jobs in one place
Published 01/30/23
Episode 17 Lindbergh Matillano - Intro to Automated Governance Lindbergh Matillano, Director of the Cost Optimization team at Avalara, shares his experience and perspective towards FinOps and FinOps governance. How he leverages his heritage and his background in finance. Lindbergh also shares how to approach automating cloud governance. Lindbergh Matillano | LinkedIn
Published 01/17/23
Episode 16 Year End Review 2022 Ashley Hromatko joins Stacy and Joe as they review some of their favorite FinOps moments of 2022. Plus - insights into what sort of content we are looking for at FinOps X 2023! Thank YOU (yes - you the person reading this right now) for helping make this community great and for making it a special year. Happy New Year! State of FinOps 2023 SurveyCall for Proposals FInOps X 2023FinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California
Published 12/20/22
Episode 15 Zach Stitham - Driving FinOps Culture Through KPIs Zach Stitham, VP - Cloud Business Management Office at Fidelity, talks with Ashley Hromatko on FinOps KPIs. How do you chose them? How do you mature them? How do you drive the right behaviors and culture by leveraging them? Stay on target for your goals by listening to this episode! FinOps X '22 Breakout: Fidelity's FinOps KPI Journey - Zachary Stitham & Noel Crowley (Fidelity) - YouTubeZachary Stitham | LinkedIn
Published 11/22/22
Episode 14 Jérémy Nancel & John Renne - Optimizations Ideal vs Reality Rightsizing an under-utilized resource is an easy way to save on cloud costs, right? Or is it? In a conversation taken from the FinOps Foundation Slack channels, Jérémy Nancel & John Renne debate the pros and cons of reducing cloud spend by rightsizing resources vs incurring tech debt via code drift. Jérémy NANCEL | LinkedInJohn Renne | LinkedInJoin the FinOps Foundation Community Today
Published 10/25/22