FinOps In Full Bloom

When you make the invisible visible, everything changes. In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia Elie sits down with cloud engineering veteran Sam Marx to unpack how visibility, trust, and culture shift when FinOps practices take root. Sam shares how CloudZero helped his team replace manual reporting, build cross-functional alignment, and empower teams with real-time insights. If you’re tired of siloed cloud cost data and guessing games with finance, this one’s for you.

Sam Marx is a veteran engineering leader with decades of experience in operations, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. He’s led technical teams through periods of major change, including M&A transitions, and is known for his empathetic approach to building empowered, cost-aware cultures. Sam is a long-time FinOps practitioner, even before the practice had a name.

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What is FinOps In Full Bloom?

Wrangling cloud costs can be tricky — even for the most seasoned pros. In FinOps In Full Bloom, Thalia Elie interviews the brightest minds in FinOps about how they help their companies save money, innovate efficiently, and grow profitably.