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San Diego

Marriott Marquis, San Diego • June 19-22, 2024
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Schedule

We kick off FinOps X 2024 by hearing from our keynote speakers, FinOps experts from a range of industries. Then a range of breakout sessions, popular chalk-talks and time to network with your peers throughout the event. Our community learns best through the real-world stories told by peers from our warm, generous community.

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FinOps X Party

Hosted on an aircraft carrier close to the venue, an unforgettable night aboard the flight deck of the U.S.S. Midway. Enjoy unobstructed sunset views with live music alongside your community. This is a prime opportunity to network with your peers, speakers and thought leaders in the FinOps space in a unique outdoor setting.

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Speakers

Tim O’Brien

Senior Director of Engineering, Cloud Cost Management at Walmart

Sarah Keller

Head of Global Technical Sourcing and Supply Chain at Uber

Chavis Richardson

Director, Head of Infrastructure, Cloud, and Mobile Finance at Uber

Keena Blunschi

Head of Global Infrastructure Product Services at American Express

Noreen Dever

SVP, CFO Enterprise Services at American Express

Amit Zavery

VP/GM and Head of Platform at Google Cloud

James Greenfield

Vice President, Commerce Platform at AWS

Srivatsan Kidambi

Vice President of Engineering at Microsoft

Kimberly Floss

IT Senior Director at PepsiCo

Kim Wier

Director Of Engineering at Target

Michael Flanakin

Principal Product Management Lead, FinOps Technical Advisory Council member at Microsoft

Sarah McMullin

Product Lead, Cloud FinOps at Google

Rick Ochs

AWS Cloud Optimization Product Management lead at Amazon Web Services

John Phillips

GM / Director, AWS Insights and Optimizations at Amazon Web Services

J.R. Storment

Executive Director at FinOps Foundation

Mike Fuller

CTO at FinOps Foundation

Stacy Case

VP of Professional Development at FinOps Foundation

Jenny Tang

Cloud FinOps Engineer at Apple

Sukhvinder Kumar

Site Reliability Engineer at Apple

Yuriy Prykhodko

Principal Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services

Steph Gooch

Sr. Optimization Solution Architect Advocate at AWS

Larry Advey

Manager of FinOps at Twilio

Swapna Samuel

Head, Central Cloud FinOps at BMO

Natasha Xu

Senior Manager, Technology Performance Management at BMO

Andy Dumich

Director, Product Management - Cloud FinOps at Walmart

Janel Jensen

VP Transformation Management and Delivery at Paramount

Teresa Meade

Senior Manager Technology Finance at Reddit

Walter King

Staff Software Engineer at Reddit

Nicole Gauer

Public Cloud FinOps Senior Manager at Evernorth

Sergio Armenta

Cloud Engineering Advisor at Evernorth

Kimberly Schminke

Cost Optimization Leader at Deltek

Gourav Kapoor

Director, Cloud Architecture & FinOps at Deltek

Amy Ashby

FinOps Lead at Under Armour

Victoria Levy

Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer at Alteryx

Federica Teodori

Senior Manager, CCoE and Governance at Riot Games

Martin Velez

Staff Software Engineer at Aurora

Joshua Collier

FinOps Engineer at Grammarly

Al Himler

Leading Cloud Center of Excellence at U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Dan Jacobs

Acting Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Ian Foster

Cloud Financial Analyst at Marsh McLennan

Karthik Pallapothu

Principal Product Manager at Adobe

Ryan Thorpe

Senior Manager, Cloud Development at Adobe

Jennifer Hays

Head of Engineering Efficiency & Assurance at Fidelity Investments

Amit Kinha

Head of Cloud Financials & FinOps at Citi

George Parker

Director, Capacity Planning at Salesforce

Dhanush Devaraj

Software Engineer, LMTS at Salesforce

Lindbergh Matillano

Director, Cost Optimization at Avalara

Jason Rhoades

Development Manager at Intuit

Tiberiu Oprisiu

Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase

Dinesh Sonawane

Vice President, FinOps at Workday

Don Rudish

Director, Software Engineering at Workday

Matthew Weingarten

Lead Data Engineer at Disney

Michael Bragalone

Lead Software Engineer, FinOps at Capital One

Nicole Yegorina

Senior Associate Product Manager at Capital One

Ben Sleichter

Senior Finance Manager, Cloud Analytics at Capital One

Sara Reddy

Software Engineer at Coinbase

Andrew Feig

FinOps Strategy and Practice Lead at JPMorgan Chase

Craig Shine

Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase

Brian Chukwu-Smith

Site Reliability Engineer at Equifax

Elliott Devenport

Senior Manager, FP&A at Equifax

Rachel Palmarozzi

Senior Manager, Cost Optimization at Electronic Arts

Brad Payne

Sr Manager FinOps at PointClickCare

Dany Daya

Director, FinOps & Cloud Strategy at Etsy

David Lambert

Cloud Efficiency Engineering Manager at Adobe

Courtney Bormann

Senior Manager, FinOps & Cloud Governance at General Mills

Jayson Hill

Sr. Principal Engineer at Toyota North America

Noel Crowley

Director of Cloud FinOps at Fidelity Investments

Zachary Stitham

Cloud Business Management Office at Fidelity Investment

Bob Rosum

VP of Cloud Platform Engineering at Fidelity Investments

Pete Davies

Head of Archiecture and Core Engineering (ACE) at Fidelity Investments

Deana Solis

Senior FinOps Engineer at Smarsh

Eric Mulartrick

FinOps Lead at Boomi

Usha Ganesh

Director, Cloud Business Office at Global Payments

Leslie Nolan

Executive Director at CME Group

Kevin Kranz

Director, FinOps at CME Group

Mike Jaco

Vice President, FinOps at Mastercard

Vik Saluja

FinOps and Compliance Manager at Mastercard

Becky Canterbury

Senior Manager, Business Operations & Cloud FinOps at Shutterstock

Keith Hiszem

Senior Engineer, Server Software License and Compliance Management at Cardinal Health

Sam Keller

Senior Cloud Engineer at Hyland

Vitor Pellegrino

Site Reliability Engineer at Duolingo

Jarred Clore

Cloud FinOps Delivery Leader at Cisco

Bob Clasen

Principal Group Lead, Computer Engineer at MITRE

John Gallivan

Lead Secure Systems Engineer at MITRE

Ziva Tubul

Finance Engineer Expert, FinOps at Wix

Dvir Mizrahi

Head of Financial Engineering (FinOps) at Wix

Jennifer Samolyk

Cloud FinOps Manager at Fannie Mae

Chuck Mountz

Cloud Infrastructure, Director, Technology Engineering at Fannie Mae

Jeff Hyatt

Senior Architect, Cloud Optimization at Ticketmaster

Tiffany Taggart

Engineering Finance Operation Manager at Instructure

John Platt

CTO at Stormforge

Mike Melo

Chief Information Security Officer at LifeLabs

Ximena Carrillo

IT Technology Leader at NextEra Energy

Hitesh Chitalia

VP, Director Cloud Optimization at FactSet

Gokul Naidu

Program Leader, Cloud Economics at SAP

Rudy Grigar

Director of Cloud Services at Linux Foundation

Shah Ahmadzai

at Linux Foundation

Natalie Daley

Head of Cloud Economics and FinOps - HSBC CTO COO at HSBC

Bindu Sharma

Senior Manager, FinOps at Guidewire

Mike Rosenberg

Senior Director Of Engineering at Nubank

Zhen Cao

Senior Manager, Product Operations (Cloud Finance) at Palo Alto Networks

Kuntal Patel

Manager, Cloud FinOps at Palo Alto Networks

Taylor Houck

FinOps Specialist at NBC Universal

Parag Bhardwaj

Principal Cloud Architect at American Airlines

Aswanidutt Dasara

Senior Engineer at American Airlines

Pavan Tallapragada

Senior Engineering Manager at Zoom

Nick Konstantinou

Senior Cloud Cost Analyst at Zoom

Colin Maynard

Director, Cloud Platform Engineering & Operations at TELUS Health

Vitaly Belyasov

Head of FinOps at Align Technology

Brent Eubanks

FinOps Architect at Wayfair

James Barney

Director, Cloud Foresight Engineering at Ally

Lydia Lewin

FinOps Product Manager at John Deere

Charlie Wolfe

Product Manager, Cost Transparency at Expedia Group

Diane Kozobolis

Cloud Architect at Lockheed Martin

Riley Jenkins

Sr. SRE/FinOps Architect at Domo

Kate Ferguson

Data Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance

Dr. Elizabeth Di Bene

Chief Information Security Officer at Loudoun County Government

Anthony “TJ” Johnson

Senior Cloud FinOps Lead at MGM Resorts International

Tammy Burnitt

Senior IT Manager, FinOps and Network Services Capacity Management at Shell

Sarah Kula

Manager, Cloud Business Office at Canadian Institute for Health Information

Rhett Rothberg

Cloud Broker at U.S. Coast Guard

Jason Sanghi

Site Reliability Engineer at Iterable

Nick Deinzer

Finance Manager at Hashicorp

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Venue

Marriot Marquis, San Diego

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What is FinOps X?

FinOps X is the home of FinOps, enabling the FinOps community to come together in person. Hosted by the FinOps Foundation, providing the ultimate networking and learning opportunity for anyone working in FinOps.

Community

There is no explaining what you do or what FinOps is at this conference. Get straight into deeper level conversations and grow your network.

Best Practices

Hear the latest on FinOps best practices and what is in the future for FinOps. Meet industry thought leaders and contribute to the conversation.

Learning

Learn and develop your skillsets for different approaches to FinOps challenges from a range of industry and organisational perspectives.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find the answers to the common questions about FinOps X. You can also email x@finops.org to connect with the team.

Where should I stay at FinOps X and FinOps X Europe?

There is a heavily discounted venue hotel room rate for each event. For FinOps X San Diego all attendees and sponsors are recommend to arrive on June 19th and depart on the 22nd to able to take part in all the planned activities.

For FinOps X Europe, all attendees and sponsors are recommend to arrive on November 11th and depart on the 14th to able to take part in all the planned activities.

Discounted rates will be available once attendees are approved for the event.

Will scholarship be available for FinOps X?

Application to scholarship funding will have set dates for submission on each event, the exact dates will be published on the scholarship information page when more details are available.

How much are rooms in the discounted room block?

Staying in the room block enables attendees to take advantage of a discount to stay in the event’s location and maximize participation. Rooms start from $309.00 + Taxes and fees per night, including all taxes and fees, which equates to around $383.

Can press or media attend FinOps X?

There will be no press or media at FinOps X or FinOps X Europe, this helps ensure we have the best potential speakers present as they have restrictions if press or media are in attendance.

A live stream of the keynotes will also be available closer to the event. If you are interested in post-event press or media coverage, please contact us.