Date: 2024-01-22 Name: Redacted Title: Director of FinOps Type: Interviews

Processed Notes

Companies of all sizes choose to outsource their FinOps Practice to third-party companies
- Often it’s just a for a second set of eyes—these companies already have an internal FinOps practice of some sort, but want to validate those recommendations with a “pro”
A daily cadence of checking cost-related alerts and monitors helps shorten the money feedback loop
There is a ton of opportunity for big savings in the Private Equity space. Can use FinOps to cut cloud bill across entire portfolio.

Raw Notes

Larger customers coming to him for validation. They have their own team who is making recommendations, and wants third party recommendations and compare against their internal recommendations
Thinking about RIs and SPs in a more mature way than most companies
Set up alerts and monitors, checking their costs for them daily and alert them on it
Large companies code with cost in mind, rather than building and trying to remediate afterwards
Hiring a third-party FinOps service is often way more affordable for smaller companies
Private Equity, buy a company and cut costs across all their portfolio