Agenda for Cloud Center of Excellence
This curated agenda is customized for you. Discover best practices for avoiding wasteful cloud spend and understand more about how your fellow cloud leaders are implementing their FinOps journey. And this is just the beginning! More sessions will be added soon.
A curated collection of the best content for your role:
Nikhil Roychowdhury
Partner, Banking & Capital Markets & FinOps Leader
Deloitte Consulting
Partner, Banking & Capital Markets & FinOps Leader
Deloitte Consulting
Matthew Ku
Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte Consulting
As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid, multi-cloud architectures, leaders should take a holistic approach towards managing end-to-end hybrid cloud environments. Organizations should assess technology investments and decisions in a holistic manner by investing in comprehensive single-pane-of-glass views that provide insights from multiple dimensions (technology costs, labor spend, business value, etc) and…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Partner
- Executive/Leadership
Volker Metten
VP, Product Management - Platform Services, Data, and AI
Apptio, an IBM Company
VP, Product Management - Platform Services, Data, and AI
Apptio, an IBM Company
In this session, learn about how IBM Apptio and IBM Cloudability are leveraging AI to provide expert guidance, automate insights and action, and deliver industry benchmarks for TBM and FinOps practitioners.
- Breakout Session
- Innovation
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Executive/Leadership
Sean Halligan
Director of FinOps
Maryville Consulting Group
Director of FinOps
Maryville Consulting Group
Mark Andersen
SVP Cloud Platform Services
GM Financial
SVP Cloud Platform Services
GM Financial
Vik Saluja
Director, TBM Cloud Economics
Mastercard
Director, TBM Cloud Economics
Mastercard
Mike Jaco
VP Technology Product Optimization
Mastercard
VP Technology Product Optimization
Mastercard
Jarrett Robinson
GM Financial
GM Financial
Dive into the complexities of managing both cloud and on-premises environments and discover how to build a robust cost model for driving optimization and parity. This session explores the intricacies of balancing cost, performance, and scalability across hybrid infrastructure setups. Attendees will learn practical strategies for leveraging Apptio and other…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Customer, Partner
- IT Finance or TBM Office
Scott Russo
Senior VP, Technology and Data Solutions FP&A
FactSet
Senior VP, Technology and Data Solutions FP&A
FactSet
Sanjeev Acharya
VP, Portfolio and Program Management Technology
FactSet
VP, Portfolio and Program Management Technology
FactSet
Hitesh Chitalia
VP, Cloud Optimization
FactSet
VP, Cloud Optimization
FactSet
FactSet owns all three of Apptio’s go-to-market products: IBM Apptio, Cloudability and Targetprocess. They will discuss their approach to implementation, adoption, and value for each of the key personas across Cloud FinOps, Agile and Portfolio Management, and IT Finance Management. FactSet’s FinOps team is using Cloudability to drive insights and…
- Breakout Session
- Data Management
- Intro
- Customer
- IT Finance or TBM Office
Sneha Varghese
Senior Technical Staff Member, Hyperscaler Center of Excellence
IBM
Senior Technical Staff Member, Hyperscaler Center of Excellence
IBM
Christine Shortell
VP, CIO Identity Services & IT Vendor Management
IBM
VP, CIO Identity Services & IT Vendor Management
IBM
Did your company move to cloud to minimize costs and effectively manage the demand fluctuations – only to still experience rising costs for your projects? Join this session to learn how IBM Cloudability provides increased visibility, collaboration, and accountability to avoid expensive cloud inefficiencies. The session will explore how IBM…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Raji Bhimireddy
Director, Cloud FinOps
Prudential Financial
Director, Cloud FinOps
Prudential Financial
Cloud adoption transcends traditional cost metrics, unveiling profound strategic benefits that are vital for modern enterprises. By embracing the cloud, organizations gain enhanced security measures, mitigate risk, and unlock higher productivity. Additionally, the cloud offers unparalleled agility and speed to market, empowering businesses to respond swiftly to changing market dynamics…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Advanced
- Customer
- PMO or Product Leader
Greg Holmes
AVP Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
AVP Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
When faced with new challenges, how do you understand if your solution lies with existing or new technology? This session will use FinOps methodology to look at how organizations should track the cost, effectiveness, and sustainability of AI and other emerging technologies to solve modern business challenges.
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Ann Marie Chow
VP, Global Practice
Apptio, an IBM Company
VP, Global Practice
Apptio, an IBM Company
In today’s world, the focus on environmental responsibility and sustainability has never been greater – but the same goes for cost efficiency. Companies are engaged in a nuanced balancing act, striving to reduce their carbon footprint while optimizing cloud to maximize its value to the business. From tracking baseline CO2…
- Breakout Session
- Innovation
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
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Bala Kaliamurthy
Principal Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Principal Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
To overcome the challnges posed with applying FinOps to workloads after they are deployed, organizations should be seeking to get costing information to engineers as early in the cycle as possible. This requires providing the capabilities and insights teams need to prevent cost ineffiencies, anticipate cost impact, and integrate FinOps…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Kai Wombacher
Product Manager
Kubecost, an IBM company
Product Manager
Kubecost, an IBM company
Kubernetes’ complexity and dynamic nature make It challenging to implement FinOps. Learn approaches and best practices when applying FinOps to K8s.
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps, Innovation
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Jennifer Fitzgerald
IBM
IBM
Business today runs on an ever-growing landscape of applications across multiple cloud environments. The average enterprise uses over 6+ clouds, 130 SaaS applications, and thousands of physical assets from computers and devices to machinery, transport, and even workspaces. All this complexity creates tremendous inefficiency and exposure to vulnerabilities. Companies spend…
- Breakout Session
- Operations and Automation
- Intermediate
- Cloud Center of Excellence
James Smith
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
In this session, we will introduce the fundamental concepts of commitment-based discounts in cloud cost management. Participants will learn about the different commitment types across the three major vendors including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Prepurchase Plans, and CUDs. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of how to leverage commitment-based discounts…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Ryan Niksch
Solutions Architect
AWS
Solutions Architect
AWS
In this session we will dive into observations made by assisting in enterprise customer migrations, how customers are approaching the cost pillar of the AWS well architected frame work. We shall dive into stories of different customers taking different FinOps approaches diving into proactive and reactive customer stories.
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Kevin Lamb
IBM
IBM
With the FinOps landscape constantly changing, new tools are entering the market every day, often purpose-built to solve niche problems. IBM Cloudability now brings together best-in-breed technology from IBM Cloudability and Turbonomic into an integrated market-leading solution that enables deeper insights, greater efficiency and enhanced value for every dollar spent….
- Breakout Session
- Innovation
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Pete Goubert
Senior Director, Product Management
Apptio, an IBM Company
Senior Director, Product Management
Apptio, an IBM Company
Any planning process with measurable outcomes requires detailed collaboration, accountability and measurable results. When applied to the fast paced, complex nature of cloud, forecasting and planning with traditional tooling and ad-hoc processes simply fall short . Learn how to overcome these challenges as we explore best practices and considerations for…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Shannon Maglaque
TBM Strategy & Planning Manager
The Standard
TBM Strategy & Planning Manager
The Standard
Learn how Technology Business Management (TBM) and Financial Operations (FinOps) disciplines are connected at Standard Insurance. The collaboration between TBM and FinOps teams enhances the overall output by sharing data and driving common strategic outcomes. Shannon Maglaque’s journey from a TBMA to a FinOps lead is highlighted, showcasing the natural…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Customer
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Justin Kean
Principal Instructor
Apptio, an IBM Company
Principal Instructor
Apptio, an IBM Company
Jenny Goodwin
Sr. Manager, Education Delivery
Apptio
Sr. Manager, Education Delivery
Apptio
Join us for hands-on training designed for Cloudability users who want to maximize value by ensuring their personas are aligned to the dashboards they use every day, so they see the data they care about even faster. Learners will participate in hands-on activities so they can go back to their…
- Hands-On Lab
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Justin Kean
Principal Instructor
Apptio, an IBM Company
Principal Instructor
Apptio, an IBM Company
Florence Matthews
Senior Director, Customer Experience
Apptio, an IBM Company
Senior Director, Customer Experience
Apptio, an IBM Company
Join us for hands-on training designed for Cloudability users who want to take a deeper dive into cloud tagging. We’ll talk about the importance and challenges of tagging, how to set a tagging strategy, and how to check compliance with that strategy. Learners will participate in hands-on activities and walk…
- Hands-On Lab
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Deniz Kaplan
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Are you an MSP working through the challenges of the variable cost nature of cloud services while providing re-rated reporting, and billing customers at scale for cloud service costs? This session will focus on how IBM Cloudability can help managed service providers overcome those challenges while optimizing costs to grow…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Deniz Kaplan
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Managing cloud costs for enterprise cloud organizations can pose challenges even for the largest and most robust IT organizations. In this session, we will learn how IBM Cloudability federates cloud costs can help large organiztions re-rate for chargeback, optimize costs, and distribute FinOps Capabilities across regions and other large business…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Nadeem Husain
Cloud Economist
CircleCI
Cloud Economist
CircleCI
CircleCI’s workloads exhibit a distinct seasonal pattern throughout the year and across developer working hours. In the daily cycle, workloads gradually ramp up in the morning, peak during the afternoon, and wind down at night. Similarly, workloads escalate from Monday to Friday, with Wednesday being the peak day, followed by…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Customer
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Logan Fraser
Principal Solutions Consultant
Apptio, an IBM Company
Principal Solutions Consultant
Apptio, an IBM Company
Maddy Yeazel
Strategic Director, FinOps Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
Strategic Director, FinOps Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
Alex Long
Principal Solutions Consultant, Cloud
Apptio, an IBM Company
Principal Solutions Consultant, Cloud
Apptio, an IBM Company
With an increasing number of SaaS apps and services, incorporating a fully burdened cloud program cost into FinOps poses challenges. This session will show how Cloudability enhances FinOps capabilities by including Snowflake, DataDog, Databricks, MongoDB and FOCUS formatted cost data into the practice. We will walk through how to intelligently…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Peter Zuo
Sr Manager, Software Engineering
Apptio, an IBM Company
Sr Manager, Software Engineering
Apptio, an IBM Company
As a FinOps practitioner or DevOps engineer, it’s important to understand cost efficiencies, optimization opportunities, and how to identify cost-inefficient workloads in your Kubernetes clusters. Join this presentation for an introduction to three new KPIs: the cost efficiency score, utilization efficiency score and metrics efficiency in resources. Peter Zuo –…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Advanced
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Ankur Sharma
IT Finance Director
Freddie Mac
IT Finance Director
Freddie Mac
Kyle Dammann
TBM Technical Advisor
Apptio, an IBM Company
TBM Technical Advisor
Apptio, an IBM Company
Presented by TBM Council’s TBM-Cloud Strategy Community Join the TBM-Cloud Strategy Community as they unveil their new eBook, showcasing best practices for Intelligent Cloud Adoption. This eBook offers business leaders, technology experts, and finance professionals valuable insights and guidance for making informed cloud decisions. Each chapter provides a practical approach,…
- Strategy Community
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- TBM Council
- Cloud Center of Excellence, Executive/Leadership, IT Finance or TBM Office
Chip Zoller
Staff Product Manager
Kubecost, an IBM company
Staff Product Manager
Kubecost, an IBM company
Cloud spending on AI soars while teams struggle to become cost-efficient. Learn tools & techniques to continuously monitor GPU costs and efficiency.
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Pimmi Malhotra
CIO Hyperscaler COE & AI Enablement Leader
IBM
CIO Hyperscaler COE & AI Enablement Leader
IBM
Nicholas Bozentko
Software Architect
IBM
Software Architect
IBM
Join this session to hear about IBM’s own use of IBM Cloudability. We’ll share our beginner’s journey, focused on continuous improvement to optimize cloud spend in just 10+ months. Learn from our strategic approach and tailor it to your needs to begin or improve your cloud governess journey to achieve…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Apptio, Customer
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Soline Plichta
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Determining the right resource and cloud for a workload can be a challenge. This is increasingly true as rapid advances, seemingly endless choices, and AI workloads requiring GPUs across multiple clouds. This is compounded by complex cost structures that often include custom pricing and differ across cloud platforms. Cloud teams…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Sneha Varghese
Senior Technical Staff Member, Hyperscaler Center of Excellence
IBM
Senior Technical Staff Member, Hyperscaler Center of Excellence
IBM
Christine Shortell
VP, CIO Identity Services & IT Vendor Management
IBM
VP, CIO Identity Services & IT Vendor Management
IBM
Pimmi Malhotra
CIO Hyperscaler COE & AI Enablement Leader
IBM
CIO Hyperscaler COE & AI Enablement Leader
IBM
Join this session focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with managing cloud spend across an enterprise and leave ready to rein in cloud costs using IBM Cloudability and Apptio BI. How can you see your cloud costs at a granular level, tailored to your needs? IBM Cloudability shows how…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
James Smith
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Product Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
This advanced session dives deeper into strategies for managing cloud commitments to achieve optimal cost efficiency. We’ll explore practical approaches to monitoring, adjusting, and renewing commitments, ensuring you get the most out of your investments. Additionally, we’ll discuss upcoming IBM Cloudability functionalities designed to help manage commitments at scale, providing…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intermediate
- Apptio
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Vik Saluja
Director, TBM Cloud Economics
Mastercard
Director, TBM Cloud Economics
Mastercard
Justin Mann
Head of Research & Standards
TBM Council
Head of Research & Standards
TBM Council
This session will provide attendees with an in-depth blueprint for integrating FinOps with their TBM practices using the latest TBM standards including Taxonomy 5.0. Topics covered will include tactical recommendations for integrating data strategies as well as a meta-level merging of teams, principles, and governance strategies that can persist over…
- Strategy Community
- Cloud FinOps, IT Financial Management
- Intermediate
- TBM Council
- Cloud Center of Excellence, IT Finance or TBM Office
Tracy Woo
Principal Analyst
Forrester
Principal Analyst
Forrester
Forrester Principal Analyst Tracy Woo explores how FinOps plays a major role in cloud operations. She’ll explain how FinOps has expanded beyond public cloud cost management to become cloud strategy for organizations, delving into emerging trends like FinOps for private cloud, Cloud sustainability, and Cloud Unit Cost Economics. She’ll close…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Analyst
- Cloud Center of Excellence
Maddy Yeazel
Strategic Director, FinOps Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
Strategic Director, FinOps Solutions
Apptio, an IBM Company
As cloud adoption accelerates and spend increases, cost structures become more complex posing challenges when trying to determine the value cloud investments bring. This session will walk you through principles and strategies of unit economics, and how metrics can unlock the exact cloud costs consumed per business deliverable and other…
- Breakout Session
- Cloud FinOps
- Intro
- Cloud Center of Excellence