Summary
Experience
Senior FinOps EngineerSalesforce
- Managed an annual cloud spend of over $150M across AWS and Azure, identifying and realizing $20M+ in annualized savings through reserved instances, savings plans, and rightsizing initiatives.
- Developed and implemented an automated chargeback/showback model for 50+ business units, improving cost accountability by 30% and enabling granular budgeting.
- Led the adoption of Kubecost for Kubernetes cost allocation, reducing cluster spend by 15% through optimized resource utilization and policy enforcement.
- Designed and maintained custom dashboards in Tableau for real-time cost visibility, utilized by executive leadership to track cloud expenditure and forecast future budgets.
Cloud Financial AnalystAdobe
- Analyzed AWS and GCP usage patterns for a $70M annual budget, identifying over $5M in potential savings through waste reduction and efficiency improvements within the first year.
- Implemented tagging governance policies across 2000+ cloud resources, increasing cost allocation accuracy from 60% to 95%.
- Automated daily cost anomaly detection using Python scripts and AWS Cost Explorer API, reducing time spent on manual checks by 75% and alerting stakeholders to critical budget overruns.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to optimize application architectures, resulting in a 10% reduction in compute and storage costs for key services.
Projects
Cloud Cost Optimizer for SMEs
- Developed a Python-based open-source tool to analyze AWS billing data for small to medium-sized enterprises, suggesting rightsizing and Reserved Instances.
- Implemented a user-friendly web interface with Streamlit, enabling quick analysis and potential savings identification for up to 20% of typical cloud spend.
Automated Cloud Tagging Enforcer
- Created a Lambda function and CloudWatch event rule to automatically identify and tag untagged AWS resources based on predefined policies, improving cost allocation accuracy.
- Reduced manual effort in tag compliance by 90% and ensured adherence to governance standards across multiple accounts.
Education
University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Graduated with a 3.8 GPA, Magna Cum Laude
- Awarded Dean's List for 6 consecutive semesters
- Completed Capstone Project: 'Cloud Resource Provisioning Optimizer' using Python and AWS APIs
Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC)Azure (VMs, Blob Storage, Azure SQL)GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery)Kubernetes
FinOps Tools
CloudHealthApptio CloudabilityKubecostAWS Cost ExplorerAzure Cost ManagementGCP Billing Reports
Data & Analytics
SQLTableauPower BIExcelGoogle Data StudioData Warehousing
Scripting & Automation
PythonPowerShellBashTerraformCloudFormationAnsible
Financial Governance
Cost AllocationChargeback/ShowbackBudgeting & ForecastingReserved InstancesSavings PlansRightsizingAnomaly Detection