FinOps Summit: Uber on procurement in mature FinOps, Equifax on Cost Allocation, Sustainability and more

The October Summit will start with practitioner presentations from Uber and Equifax, new assets from Working Groups, State of FinOps, and finally… FinOps X and FinOps XE 2024 announcements. Join the community on October 26 at 8 am PT for an hour long, content packed summit:

• Foundation updates on FinOps X, FinOps XE and State of FinOps.
• AWS joining the Foundation – meet the team from AWS.
• Sarah Keller (Uber) on raising the profile of procurement in a mature FinOps practice working across 4 clouds on aligning discounting, contracting, invoicing, and application of spend across business units.
• Brian Chukwu-Smith (Equifax) on capturing the value of cost allocation through labeling strategy and attributing “unlabel-able” costs.
• Cost Allocation Working Group presenting their new collection of user stories based on the community’s experiences and methodologies.
• KPIs Working Group showcasing their library of KPIs tied to FinOps capabilities.
• Technology Business Management (TBM) Working Group redefining the subcapability – integration between FinOps & ITFM/TBM.
• Sustainability Special Interest Group (SIG) announcing the new Sustainability persona.
• Willy Sennott (Vega Cloud) sharing critical maneuvers to drive FinOps action in a complex enterprise.