FinOps In Full Bloom
Episodes
The Bridge to Clarity: Season 1 Reflections
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo-hosted recap episode, Thalia Elie reflects on the key insights, transformations, and moments of inspiration from the first season of FinO...
From Naming to Normalizing: Driving FinOps Maturity at Scale
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to drive FinOps maturity across a multi-cloud, acquisition-heavy enterprise? In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia El...
FinOps + AI: From Overwhelm to Operational Excellence
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, DebraAnn Braun, Chief Solutions and Advisory Officer at UbiMinds, shares how AI is transforming FinOps - when...
The Next FinOps Frontier: AI, SaaS, and Sustainability
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bindu Sharma, Senior Director of Cloud FinOps at Teradata and FinOps Foundation sustainability leader, joins FinOps in Full Bloom to share her transfo...
From Chaos to Clarity: Building Trust Through Cloud Visibility
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When you make the invisible visible, everything changes. In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia Elie sits down with cloud engineering ve...
Tagging, Tenacity, and the Power of Persistence
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Director of IT Service Desk Operations and FinOps at Best Egg, Melissa Canfield, joins FinOps in Full Bloom to share how she helped lead a FinOps tran...
Engineering for Impact: Real-World FinOps at Scale
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to unlock massive cost savings - without compromising performance or compliance? In this episode, host Thalia Elie sits down with Ty...
Cost-Aware Culture, Year-Over-Year Results
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Balaji Narayanan shares how Clari’s FinOps practice became a cross-functional team effort where visibility, finance–engineering alignment, and a c...
Follow the Value: What Most FinOps Programs Miss
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've implemented all the "right" FinOps practices and costs are still climbing, this episode is for you. Host Thalia Elie welcomes Eric Norman —...
Crawl, Walk, Run: A FinOps Leader’s Formula for Value
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go from zero to FinOps maturity without losing focus—or momentum? In this episode, host Thalia Elie is joined by Anderson Oliveira, FinOp...
From Zero to Value: Inside the Mind of Fred FinOps
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to build a scalable, impactful FinOps practice from the inside out? In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia Elie...
Metrics On Metrics: From Engineering Curiosity To Cloud Cost Control
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you reduce cloud spend by 50% without compromising availability or velocity? In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia Elie speaks w...
Foundational Fixes: How FinOps Starts With Listening And Labels
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does real FinOps transformation look like at the ground level? In this episode, host Thalia Elie sits down with Kellie Righini, Associate Directo...