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Thursday June 20

7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM

Breakfast (Badge Required)

Networking
Grand Terrace
7:00 AM
- 5:30 PM

Registration & Badge Pickup

San Diego C
8:00 AM
- 9:30 AM

Day 1 Keynotes

Keynote
Grand Ballroom

The Future of FinOps

J.R. Storment (FinOps Foundation) FinOps Practice Operations, FinOps Education & Enablement, Benchmarking
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Burn Down the Past - Forecasting at Disney

Elly Rauch (Disney) Forecasting
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

FinOps Beyond Public Cloud at Uber (with Invoice Bots!)

Sarah Keller (Uber), Chavis Richardson (Uber) Invoicing & Chargeback, Rate Optimization, Budgeting
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Unifying Specification for Cloud Billing Data: FOCUS 1.0 (with Gitlab)

Clément Leroux (GitLab), J.R. Storment (FinOps Foundation)
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Cloud Panel - VPs from AWS, Google and Microsoft

Pravir Gupta (Google ), Srivatsan Kidambi (Microsoft), James Greenfield (AWS) Architecting for Cloud
Keynote
Grand Ballroom
9:30 AM
- 9:45 AM

Coffee, Tea and Biscuits Break

Networking
Expo Hall
9:45 AM
- 10:30 AM

Simplifying FinOps in a Complex Business

Jarred Clore (Cisco), Lucas Paratore (Tanzu CloudHealth) Invoicing & Chargeback
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C

Aligning Duolingo's Cloud Architecture with Strategic Business Goals

Erik Peterson (Cloudzero), Vitor Pellegrino (Duolingo) Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout E

Cost Allocation Models and Chargeback

Swapna Samuel (BMO), Natasha Xu (BMO) Invoicing & Chargeback
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

Journey to the Center of FinOps with Duolingo, Instructure, and Ticketmaster

Jeff Hyatt (Ticketmaster), Tiffany Taggart (Instructure), Max Blaze (Duolingo), Shon Harris (Spot) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

Cloud Data Analysis & Statistics for the FinOps Practitioner

Victoria Levy (Alteryx) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout B

Google Cloud FinOps Leaders Circle

Bruna Cristofaro De Souza (Uber), Kim Wier (Target), Alfonso Hernandez (Google Cloud), Pathik Sharma (Google), Courtney Bormann (General Mills)
Breakout
Level: 100
Grand Ballroom
9:45 AM
- 11:30 AM

Chalk Talk: Managing FinOps Practice Operations (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Rachel Palmarozzi (Electronic Arts), Vitaly Belyasov (Align Technology), Colin Maynard (TELUS Health)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited

Chalk Talk: Cloud Optimization Beyond the Obvious (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Kate Ferguson (Liberty Mutual Insurance), Brad Payne (PointClickCare), Jason Sanghi (Iterable)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk G Limited
10:45 AM
- 11:30 AM

How to Leverage Engineering to Optimize Workloads and Fleet Management

Jennifer Hays (Fidelity Investments), Pete Davies (Fidelity Investments), Zachary Stitham (Fidelity Investment), Sean Donahue (Fidelity Investments)
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

Breaking the Iron Triangle: Finding New Opportunities for FinOps Value

Brian Chukwu-Smith (Equifax), Elliott Devenport (Equifax) FinOps Practice Operations, Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C

How to Use FinOps Framework 2024

Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation), Rob Martin (FinOps Foundation) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout E

Lessons Learned from "CCC": PepsiCo's Internal FinOps Service

Kimberly Floss (PepsiCo) FinOps Tools & Services
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

Unveiling Chevron's Transformation: A journey of innovation and cloud adoption fueled by FinOps.

Scott Linn (Chevron), Evelyn Padrino (Microsoft), Michael Flanakin (Microsoft)
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout D

Building an Effective Process for Tracking and Reporting Usage Optimization

Parker Nancollas (SoftwareOne), James Taylor (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Breakout B
11:30 AM
- 1:00 PM

Lunch

Networking
Marina Terrace
1:00 PM
- 1:45 PM

Scaling Economies: Walmart's Approach for Breathing Optimization

Andy Dumich (Walmart), Sasikala Saseedhar (Walmart) Workload Optimization, Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C

Adopting FinOps: Advanced Tips & Tactics

Deana Solis (Smarsh), Eric Mulartrick (Boomi), Tammy Burnitt (Shell), Kyle Campos (CloudBolt) FinOps Education & Enablement
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

Do More with Less: Skyrocket Your Savings with Automated Rate Optimization

Erik Carlin (ProsperOps), Hitesh Chitalia (FactSet) Rate Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout B

FinOps & ITAM: How to Collaborate and Succeed

Keith Hiszem (Cardinal Health), Brian Adler (Flexera) Licensing & SaaS
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

Mostly Cloudy: Why Forecasting Became Disney FinOps’ Priority #1

Elly Rauch (Disney) Forecasting
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

FinOps' Role in System Design Lifecycle in the Public Sector

Al Himler (U.S. Office of Personnel Management), Dan Jacobs (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) Architecting for Cloud
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout E
1:00 PM
- 2:45 PM

Chalk Talk: Quantifying the Value of the FinOps Practice (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Anthony “TJ” Johnson (MGM Resorts International), Nick Deinzer (Hashicorp)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited

Chalk Talk: AI for FinOps (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Brent Eubanks (Wayfair), James Barney (MetLife)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk G Limited
2:00 PM
- 2:45 PM

Standardizing Cross-FinOps Persona Communication

Teresa Meade (Reddit), Walter King (Reddit) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

Build vs Buy? Why Not Both? The Linux Foundation Story

Marie Burke (Ternary), Rudy Grigar (Linux Foundation), Shah Ahmadzai (Linux Foundation) FinOps Tools & Services
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

How to Combine Management & Governance with Cost Optimization

Yuriy Prykhodko (Amazon Web Services), Steph Gooch (AWS), Larry Advey (Twilio) Cloud Policy & Governance
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout B

FOCUS & GitLab: What It Is, and How to Adopt It

Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation), Amber Gregorio (FinOps Foundation), Clément Leroux (GitLab) Data Ingestion, Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Grand Ballroom

Building a Unified View of Cloud Costs at Citi

Amit Kinha (Citi) Allocation
Breakout
Breakout C

FinOps Across Public Cloud and On-Prem

Dr. Maneesha Asundi (Mr. Cooper), Jon Thompson (Virtasant)
Breakout
Breakout E
2:45 PM
- 3:15 PM

Break

Networking
3:15 PM
- 4:00 PM

Making Cloud Sustainability Actionable with FinOps

Vik Saluja (Mastercard), Mike Jaco (Mastercard) Cloud Sustainability
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout B

Hybrid Cloud Hacks: Use FinOps to Unlock Innovation

Sunil Bhargava (Kyndryl), Ximena Carrillo (NextEra Energy), Umair Dinarwala (Kyndryl) Cloud Policy & Governance
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

FinOps Strategies in Action

Gokul Naidu (SAP), Conrad Meneide (Kenvue), Shannon Gray (Deloitte) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

Fannie Mae's Journey to Advanced Showback and Chargeback

Jennifer Samolyk (Fannie Mae), Chuck Mountz (Fannie Mae) Invoicing & Chargeback
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout C

Maximizing FinOps Education Impact: Insights from Walmart and the FinOps Foundation

Stacy Case (FinOps Foundation), Patrick Moore (Walmart) FinOps Education & Enablement
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout E

Driving Profitability with Invoice Bots, Custom Rates, and Improved Cost Attribution at Uber

Sarah Keller (Uber), Chavis Richardson (Uber) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom
3:15 PM
- 5:00 PM

Chalk Talk: Planning, Estimating, Forecasting (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Becky Canterbury (Shutterstock), Lydia Lewin (John Deere), Charlie Wolfe ()
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited

Chalk Talk: Automation (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Riley Jenkins (Domo), Diane Kozobolis (Lockheed Martin)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk G Limited
4:15 PM
- 5:00 PM

Navigating FinOps: Building a Lasting Culture for Financial Success

Janel Jensen (Paramount) FinOps Practice Operations, Invoicing & Chargeback
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout E

FinOpsPod LIVE: Day 1

Joe Daly (FinOps Foundation), Stacy Case (FinOps Foundation)
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout B

Unit Economics: Cloud Cost Metrics that Matter to the Business

Kimberly Schminke (Deltek), Gourav Kapoor (Deltek) Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C

How Anomaly Detection and Unit Economics Fuel Growth at Palo Alto Networks

Zhen Cao (Palo Alto Networks), Kuntal Patel (Palo Alto Networks) Anomaly Management, Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout D
5:00 PM
- 6:00 PM

Networking Reception in Expo Hall

Networking
Expo Hall
6:00 PM
- 10:00 PM

Official FinOps X Aircraft Carrier Party

Networking
USS Midway (Offsite)

Friday June 21

7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM

Breakfast (Badge Required)

Networking
Grand Terrace
8:00 AM
- 9:30 AM

Main Keynote

Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Infrastructure Meets Finance

Keena Blunschi (American Express), Noreen Dever (American Express) Forecasting, Unit Economics, Invoicing & Chargeback
Keynote
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

Tooling & Services Ecosystem

Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation) FinOps Tools & Services
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Cloud Feature Announcements

Jimin Li (Microsoft), John Phillips (AWS), Sarah McMullin (Google)
Keynote
Grand Ballroom

Platform and Services Ecosystem Announcements

J.R. Storment (FinOps Foundation), Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation)
Keynote
Grand Ballroom
9:30 AM
- 9:45 AM

Break

Networking
9:45 AM
- 10:30 AM

Chargeback Walk to Run: Improving Granularity and Driving Cloud Adoption

Nicole Gauer (Evernorth), Sergio Armenta (Evernorth) Allocation
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout B

Optimizing GPU Efficiency in Cloud-Native AI Environments

AJ Nish (IBM Turbonomic), Chandra Narayanaswami (IBM) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout C

Optimizing for Billions: Coinbase's Approach to AWS Cost Efficiency

Sara Reddy (Coinbase), Tiberiu Oprisiu (Coinbase) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout E

Anomaly Detection with Looker on Google Cloud

Leslie Nolan (CME Group), Kevin Kranz (CME Group) Anomaly Management
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

Applying FinOps to Gen AI

Joshua Collier (Grammarly), Jason Rhoades (Intuit) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

What’s New with AWS Cloud Financial Management

Rick Ochs (Amazon Web Services), David Van Hoven (HERE Technologies)
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom
9:45 AM
- 11:30 AM

Chalk Talk: Public Sector Workshop (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Sarah Kula (Canadian Institute for Health Information), Rhett Rothberg (U.S. Coast Guard), Dr. Elizabeth Di Bene (Loudoun County Government), Emma Gersten (Texas A&M University)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited
10:45 AM
- 11:30 AM

Taking FinOps to the Next Level: Beyond Optimization

Ziva Tubul (Wix), Dvir Mizrahi (Wix) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C

Resilience & Results Why Hearst Treats FinOps Like a Triathlon

Willy Sennott (Vega Cloud), Carolyn Zakrzewski (Hearst) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

Navigating New Intersections and Trends: FinOps, AI, and Sustainability - Microsoft

Cyril Belikoff (Microsoft), Ritesh Kini (Microsoft), Vikram Desai (Microsoft), Jimin Li (Microsoft) Intersecting Disciplines
Breakout
Level: 100
Grand Ballroom

Chasing Actionability and Engineering Engagement in FinOps

Federica Teodori (Riot Games) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout E

Google Cloud User Group - Meet the people behind Google Cloud FinOps

Rupa Patel (Google Cloud), Shruthi Nambi (Google Cloud), Gautam Srikanth (Google Cloud), Alfonso Hernandez (Google Cloud), Yubing Luo (Google Cloud), Karanjit Cheema (Google Cloud), Jingjie Zheng (Google Cloud)
Breakout
Breakout B

Cloud Sustainability Panel

Natalie Daley (HSBC), Mike Rosenberg (Nubank), Bindu Sharma (Teradata), Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation)
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A
11:30 AM
- 1:00 PM

Lunch

Networking
Marina Terrace
1:00 PM
- 2:45 PM

Chalk Talk: Framework 2024 TAC Panel (90 mins Whiteboarding)

Noel Crowley (Fidelity Investments), Courtney Bormann (General Mills), David Lambert (Adobe), Kim Wier (Target)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited
1:00 PM
- 1:45 PM

Microsoft User Group: Bring Your Data into the AI Era: Democratize FinOps with Microsoft Fabric

Gabriel Esparza-Romero (Microsoft), Shiv Nandan Singh (Microsoft)
Breakout
Breakout B

Normalization of Multi-Cloud Data Sets for Cloud Cost Management

Paolo Sellari (Tangoe), Dawn Preston (Tangoe), Bob Clasen (MITRE), John Gallivan (MITRE) Reporting & Analytics
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout A

Unleashing Comprehensive and Agile Data Models for FinOps

George Parker (Salesforce), Dhanush Devaraj (Salesforce) Data Ingestion
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout E

Achieving Exceptional Cloud Efficiency with Strategic Resource Optimization

Andrew Midgley (Apptio), Dustin Bowling (SailPoint)
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout C

Engineering and Finance - How to Navigate FinOps Between the Organizations

Jenny Tang (Apple), Sukhvinder Kumar (Apple) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

A Toolbox for Engineering Engagement of FinOps

Thomas Hammer (Nubank) FinOps Practice Operations, FinOps Education & Enablement
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D
2:00 PM
- 2:45 PM

FOCUS & Zoom: What It Is, and How to Adopt It

Pavan Tallapragada (Zoom), Nick Konstantinou (Zoom), Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation), Udam Dewaraja (FinOps Foundation)
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

Navigating Cloud Cost Optimization Challenges at American Airlines

Kim Darzi (American Airlines), Parag Bhardwaj (American Airlines), Aswanidutt Dasara (American Airlines) Workload Optimization
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout B

Maverick: Productizing Showback & Spend Intelligence at Adobe

Karthik Pallapothu (Adobe), Ryan Thorpe (Adobe) Reporting & Analytics, Data Ingestion
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout D

AWS User Group: Meet the product leaders and learn more about the latest launch announcements

Jimmy Yang (AWS), Zach Erdman (AWS)
Breakout
Breakout E

How Cloud FinOps Brings Value to AI Investments - Google Cloud

Eric Lam (Google), Bruce Warner (Google), Leslie Nolan (CME Group), Brent Eubanks (Wayfair), Wallace Suleiman (SAP), Pathik Sharma (Google)
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout A

Distilling Cloud Anomalies into Golden Alerts

Usha Ganesh (Global Payments) Unit Economics
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout C
2:45 PM
- 3:15 PM

Break

Networking
3:15 PM
- 4:00 PM

Why We Built Our Own Cost Governance Tool

Dinesh Sonawane (Workday), Don Rudish (Workday) Forecasting, Cloud Policy & Governance
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout D

Achieving Cost Excellence: Shifting Left, Compute Optimization and Tackling Anomaly Detection

Andrew Feig (JPMorgan Chase), Craig Shine (JPMorgan Chase)
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout C

Going Multi Cloud with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Usha Ganesh (Global Payments), Arun Ramakrishnan (Oracle) Onboarding Workloads
Breakout
Breakout B

Applying the FinOps Framework to SaaS at Scale

Amy Ashby (Under Armour), Lindbergh Matillano (Avalara) Licensing & SaaS
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout E

FinOps & AI Panel

Natalie Daley (HSBC), James Barney (MetLife), Joshua Collier (Grammarly), Brent Eubanks (Wayfair)
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout A

How FinOps Streamlines Creating Managed Services for Your Maturing Enterprise

Michael Bragalone (Capital One), Ben Sleichter (Capital One), Nicole Yegorina (Capital One) FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom
3:15 PM
- 4:10 PM

Chalk Talk: FOCUS Workshop (45 mins Whiteboarding)

Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation), Rob Martin (FinOps Foundation), Vasilio Markanastasakis (FinOps Foundation) Data Ingestion, Reporting & Analytics
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited
4:10 PM
- 5:00 PM

Chalk Talk: FOCUS Workshop (REPEAT - 45 mins Whiteboarding)

Mike Fuller (FinOps Foundation), Rob Martin (FinOps Foundation), Vasilio Markanastasakis (FinOps Foundation)
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk F Limited
4:15 PM
- 5:00 PM

FinOps Capacity Planning in Meta's Private Cloud

Amit Mookerjee (Meta), Deepak Tiwari (Meta)
Breakout
Level: 200
Grand Ballroom

A Programmer's Guide to Cloud Cost Conversations

Ian Foster (Marsh McLennan) FinOps Education & Enablement
Breakout
Level: 200
Breakout E

The Engine and the Fire: Cloud FinOps at Toyota

Jayson Hill (Toyota North America) Unit Economics, FinOps Practice Operations
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout C

Podwatcher and Podcost: How Aurora Built a Kubernetes Chargeback System

Martin Velez (Aurora) Allocation
Breakout
Level: 300
Breakout D

FinOpsPod LIVE: Day 2

Stacy Case (FinOps Foundation), Joe Daly (FinOps Foundation)
Breakout
Level: 100
Breakout B
5:00 PM
- 6:30 PM

Happy Hour Networking in Expo Hall

Networking
Expo Hall
7:00 PM

Sponsor event: 2nd Annual FinOps X 8-Bit After Party (ProsperOps, CloudZero, Xosphere - Badge Required)

Networking
Pool South

Sponsor event: Flexera Evening Aloha at FinOps X (Badge Required)

Networking
Roy's
7:00 PM
- 10:00 PM

Sponsor event: Finout FinOps After Dark 2024 (Badge Required)

Networking
Bayside Lounge (TopGolf)

Saturday June 22

7:00 AM
- 8:00 AM

Poolside Coffee & Chat (Badge Required)

Networking
Pool South
8:00 AM
- 11:00 AM

Closing Networking Breakfast by the Pool (Badge Required)

Networking
Pool South

Please note agenda times may alter before the event

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.

Can I apply to speak at either FinOps X?

The Call for Proposals will have set submission dates for each event. FinOps X in San Diego will be 4 December 2023 – 1 February 2024, and FinOps X Europe submission dates will be 18 April—29 July. We only accept speakers from end-user practitioners, not non-sponsoring members or non-members, you can find more details in the Speaker Guide.

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

There is a discounted venue hotel room rate for each event. 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.