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Episode 47 Benjamin van der Maas: Using AI to Scale FinOps Benjamin van der Maas discusses how his team is using AI to scale their FinOps efforts. Topics covered include the necessary groundwork for effective AI implementation, the importance of domain expertise, and how AI can streamline reporting and analysis. The conversation also touches on AI's role in sustainability and the potential challen...

Episode 46 Brad Payne: Integrating FinOps and Business Strategy Brad Payne, who leads the FinOps team at PointClickCare, shares how his team tackled cloud cost challenges not by jumping straight into optimization — but by focusing first on allocation and unit economics. That shift helped them uncover how cloud costs connected to specific products, customers, and revenue — sparking deeper collabora...

Episode 45 Kim Wier & Ron Tatro - Revisiting FinOps as Product, 3 Years Later Kim Wier & Ron Tatro return to share how their FinOps products have evolved over the last 3 years at Target. They share success and challenges they have had with forecasting both public and private clouds, the impact the introduction of AI has had, and how they provide cost, stability and tech debt information to ove...

Episode 44 Larry Advey - Leveraging FOCUS for Stakeholder Management Larry Advey discusses the significance of standardizing FinOps nomenclature through the FOCUS (FinOps Cost and Usage Specification) project to streamline communication across multi-provider environments. Larry shares his insights on the impact of FOCUS in reducing confusion among stakeholders by creating a unified language for bi...

Episode 43 FinOpsPod Year End 2024 In this episode, hosts, Joe & Stacy, with special guest Sam Benson, highlight significant events like the successful FinOps X and FinOps X Europe conferences, community growth, and the evolution of FinOps practices. The episode wraps up with reflections on the past year's achievements and aspirations for 2025, encouraging practitioners to stay engaged and kee...

Episode 42 James Barney - The AI Episode James Barney discusses the complexities and nuances of applying FinOps principles to AI usage in the cloud, explores various models of AI consumption, such as SaaS and self-hosted solutions, and delves into the challenges of accurately tracking and managing AI costs. Insights are shared from James Barney's recently contributed paper on AI cost management, e...

Episode 41 Anderson Oliveira - Facing Career Challenges Anderson Oliveira shares his experience of losing his job as a FinOps Manager, how he stayed positive, and took his time to find his next opportunity. Lessons in this episode on community engagement and keeping the FinOps Principles in the forefront. FinOps Jobs - All the cloud financial management jobs in one place Anderson Oliveira | Linked...

Episode 40 Anthony Johnson & Brent Eubanks - Measuring for Success with Key Momentum Indicators TJ & Brent Eubanks join Rob Martin to discuss their experience and lessons learned with how to use Key Performance Indicators. While KPIs are good for a moment in time, they learned the importance of making sure to measure progress - or momentum - towards organization success. Brent Eubanks ☁️ | Lin...

Episode 39 FinOpsPod Live - Day 2 of FinOps X 2024 - Community Lovefest! If you aren't interested in feeling FinOps Community love, then this isn't the episode for you. Recorded at the end of Day 2, Stacy Joe and audience members go over their impressions from the conference. Highlights include discussion of the USS Midway party and keynotes, a wedding proposal, community appreciation, and a secre...

Episode 38 FinOpsPod Live - Day 1 of FinOps X 2024 Catch the vibes of FinOps X! Joe & Stacy review the experiences from Day 1 of the conference. Voices include: Tim O'Brien, Rob Martin, John from a Small Consultancy, Dann Berg, Karin Milkins, Anjali Oleksy and many more from the FinOps community! FinOps X 2024

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 | LinkedIn FinOps X 2024

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.

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 | LinkedIn FinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California

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 2024 FinOps Certification and Training

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 Training Svetlana Pogrebny, CPA, CGA |...

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 2024 Upcoming FinOps Roadshows Learn more and join the FinOps Foundation at www. FinOps.org .

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 .

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 Courses Lori Doon | LinkedIn Matthew Randle | LinkedIn

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 | LinkedIn Victoria Levy | LinkedIn Fin...

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...

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...

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 | LinkedIn FinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, California

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 | LinkedIn FinOps X - June 27-30, 2023 San Diego, Calif...

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 | LinkedIn Kim Wier | LinkedIn FinOps X 2023: FinOps as a Product - Kim Wier & Ron Tat...

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) Wooldrid...