Episode 17: J.R. Storment, President of FinOps Foundation, Ex-Co-Founder of Cloudability
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GUEST BIOGRAPHY
J.R. Storment is Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation (a program of the Linux Foundation), co-author of O'Reilly's book on cloud financial management called "Cloud FinOps, Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Financial Management", and was formerly the co-founder of Cloudability which was acquired by Apptio, where he served as the GM of Cloud & VP of Product.
J.R. has spent the last 25 years building web platforms and the last 10 working with hundreds of the largest cloud spenders in the world—from GE to Nike to BP to Atlassian to Uber to Spotify— to design strategies to optimize and analyze their cloud financial management discipline.
TIMESTAMP / TOPIC
0:00 - J.R.'s background in business and technology
3:54 - The story of Cloudability
10:28 - How has the cloud evolved since founding Cloudability in 2011?
12:16 - Cloudability customer stories
15:00 - What is the FinOps foundation?
19:29 - How do you balance innovation and cost optimization?
22:10 - Which companies have you seen most successfully implement best practices with FinOps?
27:12 - What are you excited about what's coming in FinOps?
29:20 - What have been your biggest challenges as a tech leader? Were there any leadership skills that didn't come naturally?
31:26 - Where have you failed as a technology leader?
33:38 - J.R. talks about the loss of his son, and what he's been reflecting on for the last year.
40:45 - Given the experience, what message do you have for parents?
46:23 - What advice do you have for young professionals just starting their career?
48:13 - Which leaders do you admire in business and technology?
50:03 - What's something people might not know about you outside of work?
If you'd like to learn more about:
Finops: Finops.org
Apptio Cloudability: https://www.cloudability.com/
JR's article, It's Later Than you Think: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-later-than-you-think-j-r-storment/
Or you can find his book at: Cloud FinOps: Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Financial Management: https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-FinOps-Collaborative-Real-Time-Management/dp/1492054623
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