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Sunday June 7

4:00 PM
- 7:30 PM
Early Registration & Badge Pickup
Location: Grand Foyer

Monday June 8

7:00 AM
- 7:00 PM
Registration & Badge Pickup
Location: Grand Foyer
8:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
Pre-Con Event (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Pre-Con
9:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
FinOps for SaaS & Software Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
TJ Johnson (MGM Resorts), Canyon Sembera (Sysco), Daniel Augusto Saule (Núclea) Licensing & SaaS
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
Level: 200
9:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
Adopting FinOps Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Ashwin Jain (American Express), Nik Kozlov (Bonterra)
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
11:15 AM
- 12:45 PM
AI for FinOps Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Mike Graff (Dolby), Eric Mulartrick (Boomi, LP), Flavia Trevisani (Public Service)
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
Level: 200
11:15 AM
- 12:45 PM
Shift Up: Executive Strategy Alignment Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Daniel Cronin (Mastercard), Dan Spira (News Corp), Prasshant Sharrma (Sysco)
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
11:15 AM
- 12:45 PM
Engaging Optimization: Getting it Done Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Noel Crowley (Fidelity), Paul Guarino (Fidelity), Evan Ochs (Electronic Arts), Rachel Palmarozzi (Electronic Arts) Workload Optimization
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
Level: 200
12:00 PM
- 7:00 PM
FinOps Exec (Invite only)
Networking
Location: Marina Kitchen
12:45 PM
- 2:15 PM
Pre-Con Networking Lunch (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Networking
Pre-Con
Location: Marina Terrace
2:15 PM
- 3:45 PM
Shift Left Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Martin Velez (Aurora), Ziva Tubul (Wix)
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
Level: 200
2:15 PM
- 3:45 PM
FinOps for Data Center Chalk Talk (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Alick Jacklin (Kraken), Jason Ward (CH Robinson), Alessandro Bellini (Max Mara)
Chalk Talk
Pre-Con
Level: 200
2:15 PM
- 3:45 PM
Practitioner Re-Certification (Pre-Con Ticket Required)
Jonathan Morley (FinOps Foundation)
Pre-Con
4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception (All Badged Attendees)
Networking
Location: Expo Hall

Tuesday June 9

7:00 AM
- 8:15 AM
Breakfast in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
8:20 AM
- 10:00 AM
Day 1 Keynote
J.R. Storment (FinOps Foundation)
Keynote
Location: Keynote Stage
10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM
Snack Break in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
Breakouts
Breakout
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
The "Frozen" Metric: Avoiding the KPI Trap in Enterprise FinOps
Raymond Dao (Capital One), Lauren Brown (Capital One) Benchmarking
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout C
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
From Centralized Data Lakes to Data Mesh: Driving Cost Accountability and Scalable Governance in Enterprise Data Platforms
Naveena Vadlamudi (JPMorgan Chase & Co), Andrew Feig (JPMorgan Chase) Data Ingestion
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout D
10:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
AI for FinOps Chalk Talk
Mike Graff (Dolby), Eric Mulartrick (Boomi, LP), Flavia Trevisani (Public Service)
Chalk Talk
10:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
Adopting FinOps Chalk Talk
Ashwin Jain (American Express), Nik Kozlov (Bonterra)
Chalk Talk
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
Running FinOps at Scale With a Small Team: Inside Our Operating Model, Automations, and Monthly Cadences
Isabella Paez (World Kinect Corporation) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
From Specialist Bottleneck to AI-Powered Scale: AI as a Force Multiplier for FinOps Democratization
JC Griffin (Grainger), Bryson Webster (Grainger) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout D
12:15 PM
- 1:45 PM
Lunch & Networking
Networking
Location: Marina Terrace
12:45 PM
Lightning Talks: Implementing Full Stack AI Cost Attribution, Modern FinOps Budgeting That Actually Holds, FOCUS Semantic Layer
Safi Siddiqui (Mavvrik), Aishwarya Korde (FastBridge Fiber), Beau Nelford (Anglepoint)
Level: 200
Location: Expo Hall
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Regaining Control Over Databricks Costs: A FinOps & Engineering Journey
Philippe Galeano (Thales) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Beyond the Tokens: Building the CTO’s AI Control Plane
Frederik Pohl (SAP), Maida Nazifi (SAP)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout D
1:45 PM
- 3:15 PM
Optimization Beyond the Obvious Chalk Talk
Tanjiha Mahmud (Canada Life), Brad Payne (PointClickCare) Rate Optimization, Workload Optimization, Architecting for Cloud
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
1:45 PM
- 3:15 PM
FinOps for SaaS & Software Chalk Talk
TJ Johnson (MGM Resorts), Canyon Sembera (Sysco), Daniel Augusto Saule (Núclea) Licensing & SaaS
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
FinOps for Observability: Taming Telemetry Tsunamis
Rich Young (Warner Hotels), Madoc Batters (Warner Hotels) Allocation, Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
Applying FinOps to GenAI in a Mature Tech Organization
Eran Lador (Intuit), Bala Maddina (Intuit)
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout C
2:45 PM
Lightning Talks: Correlating AI Expenses with Business Outcomes, Cost Attribution for Meta Monetization, The Human OS of FinOps, Why Tools Alone Aren't Enough
Cassio Melo (Meilynx), Manasi Khanuja (Meta), Dippu Kumar Singh (Fujitsu), Lee Wagner (OpenOps)
Level: 200
Location: Expo Hall
3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
Snack Break in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
Surviving Chargeback
Jordi Espasa Clofent (AVIV) Allocation, Invoicing & Chargeback
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
From Reactive to FinOps Autonomous Optimization: AWS Infra Resource Rightsizing with Agentic AI
Anuthama Chandrasekaran (S&P Global), Guruprasad Ramamoorthy (S&P Global)
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout D
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
FOCUS Implementation Chalk Talk
Karl Kraft (Walmart), Afreen Bano (BP Business Solution Private Ltd.), Cameron Lane (Indeed), Sylvain Barbot (Intact Financial Corporation)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
Shift Left Chalk Talk
Martin Velez (Aurora), Ziva Tubul (Wix)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
FinOps For Data Center Chalk Talk
Alick Jacklin (Kraken), Jason Ward (CH Robinson), Alessandro Bellini (Max Mara)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
From Visibility to Value: Eliminating Shadow Waste in Data Cloud Platforms
Velu Natarajan (GoodRx), Yuga Chaparala (GoodRx) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Engineering a Cost per Feature Capability with Open Telemetry
Irena Nikolova (Canva), Japan Patel (Canva) Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout C
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Making Cloud Costs Make Sense: FOCUS Adoption at Volvo Cars
Sudip Mitra (Volvo Cars)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout D
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
When Building FinOps Tooling Finally Makes Sense
Jennifer Samolyk (Fannie Mae) FinOps Tools & Services
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
5:45 PM
- 7:00 PM
Sponsor Reception in Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
7:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
Official Sponsor Events
Networking

Wednesday June 10

7:00 AM
- 8:15 AM
Breakfast in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
8:20 AM
- 10:00 AM
Day 2 Keynote
Keynote
Location: Keynote Stage
10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM
Snack Break in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
Breakouts
Breakout
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
Maximizing Financial Efficiency Through FinOps
Sarah Oshingbade (Checkout)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
10:30 AM
- 11:15 AM
FinOps for Data Cloud Platforms: Building a Cost Intelligence Layer that Drove Millions in Savings
Josh Anness (84.51) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout C
10:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
FinOps for Data Cloud Platforms Chalk Talk
Chinni Krishna Abburi (Communities Foundation of Texas)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
10:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
Shift Up: Executive Strategy Alignment Chalk Talk
Daniel Cronin (Mastercard), Dan Spira (News Corp), Prasshant Sharrma (Sysco)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
10:30 AM
Lightning Talks: Architecture for AI Cost Efficiency, What FinOps-Mature DevOps Leaders do Differently, FinOps-as-Code, Intro to the Cloud Efficiency Hub
Rajat Lodha (Astuto.ai), Esmira Bayramova (Cast.ai), Seshadri Reddy Kommepalli (Equifax), Jason DiDomenico
Level: 200
Location: Expo Hall
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
AI for FinOps: From Hype to Helpful
Dann Berg (Squarespace)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
11:30 AM
- 12:15 PM
How Gerdau Unified Multi-Cloud + SaaS with Automated Allocation and Unit Economics at Scale
Thais Minelvino (Gerdau) Allocation, Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout D
12:15 PM
- 1:45 PM
Lunch & Networking
Networking
Location: Marina Terrace
12:45 PM
Lightning Talks: Multi-Cloud FOCUS Data Ingestion, Making Unit Economics Actionable, Designing Human-AI Workflows That Actually Work
Arjun Kaushal (Trident Consulting), Anastassia Storozhev (Atlassian), Aaron Soto (SHI)
Level: 200
Location: Expo Hall
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
1:45 PM
- 2:30 PM
Cloud Was Just the Beginning: Extending FinOps to On-Prem at Scale
Ron Tatro (Target), Alex Kadavil (Target) Data Ingestion, Allocation, Reporting & Analytics, Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
1:45 PM
Turning AI Cost Data into Strategic Decision Insights
Becky Canterbury (Shutterstock), Courtney Totten (Shutterstock)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout D
1:45 PM
- 3:15 PM
FinOps Assessments Chalk Talk
Victoria Levy (Alteryx), Andrew Quigley (Northwestern Mutual), David Lambert (Adobe) FinOps Assessment
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
1:45 PM
- 3:15 PM
FinOps for AI Chalk Talk
Josh Collier (Superhuman), Paulo Araujo (PayPal), Phuong Nguyen (Atlassian)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
Did You Know We Pay for That?
Hannah Wells-Rhoades (Sweetwater Sound)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
2:45 PM
- 3:30 PM
The Developer’s Guide to Unit Economics
Hrushikesh Pokala (Equifax) Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout C
2:45 PM
Lightning Talks: Hybrid Cost Transparency, ITFM Lessons for AI’s Non-Linear Cost Curve, The Incremental Path to Shifting FinOps Left, Managing Data & AI Costs in the Public Sector
Yuya Miyahara (Sony Interactive Entertainment), Janine Pickard-Green (MagicOrange), Ali Khajeh-Hosseini (Infracost), Chinni Krishna Abburi (Communities Foundation of Texas)
Level: 200
Location: Expo Hall
3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
Snack Break in the Expo Hall
Networking
Location: Expo Hall
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
FinOps at National Scale: Enabling Dynamic Cloud Visibility and Collaboration Across Government with FOCUS
Benjamin Bennett (GDS)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout A
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
The Cost of Cognition: Why Your AI Budget Will Break in the Agentic Era
Kuntal Patel (Palo Alto Networks), Abhinav Lad (Palo Alto Networks) Forecasting, Budgeting
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout D
4:00 PM
- 4:45 PM
Spreadsheets to Autopilot: UiPath's Multi-Cloud Rate Optimization
Tammy Burnitt (UiPath), Erik Carlin (ProsperOps) Rate Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
Risk, Policy, & Governance Chalk Talk
Martin Thompson (ITAM Forum), Omkar Gokhale (Salesforce), Savina Stoykova (Snyk) Policy & Governance
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
Unit Economics Chalk Talk
Dever Carrison (Cigna), Nicole Savona (Evernorth Health Services), Matt Tomlinson (Indeed), Anastassia Storozhev (Atlassian) Unit Economics
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
FOCUS Implementation Chalk Talk
Sylvain Barbot (Intact Financial Corporation), Karl Kraft (Walmart), Afreen Bano (BP), Cameron Lane (Indeed)
Chalk Talk
Level: 200
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Breakouts
Breakout
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
FOCUS as the Backbone: Making Multi-Cloud FinOps Reporting Boring
Rohit Mishra (Avaloq)
Breakout
Level: 300
Location: Breakout A
5:00 PM
- 5:45 PM
Managing Capacity at the Feature Level
James Kneeland (Meta), Joshua Louie (Meta)
Breakout
Level: 200
Location: Breakout B
6:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
FinOps X Closing Party - Sponsored by IBM Cloudability
Networking

Thursday June 11

8:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
Closing Networking Breakfast (Badge Required)
Networking
Location: Pool South