Resume

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Snapshot

Engineering and FinOps leader with 20 years across platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, cloud infrastructure, and open standards. I build operating systems for engineering teams: cost clarity, delivery discipline, resilience, and implementation-ready guidance for emerging technology.

Current Roles

Head of FinOps, Anglepoint — building a FinOps practice in a SAM/ITAM consulting environment.
Founder, nelfordconsulting — delivering fractional DevOps and platform leadership.
Technical Board Advisor (AI/ML & Quantum Computing), Quantum SparQ — advising an early-stage Quantum AI startup (3rd employee context).
FOCUS open standard contributor — active participation with accepted pull requests.

20 years Across engineering leadership, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, and FinOps.

FOCUS contributor Active open-standard participation with accepted pull requests.

FinOps instructor Teaching practitioner-oriented FinOps content in academic settings.

Fractional operator Advisory and delivery work through nelfordconsulting.

Core Skills

FinOps and FOCUS DevOps and Platform Engineering Reliability and Resilience Cloud Cost Governance Technical Community Leadership AI/ML and Quantum Strategy

Selected Highlights

Selected speaker at FinOps X 2026 in San Diego on building a semantic layer for FOCUS.
Taught FinOps Practitioner coursework at BYU and NYIT.
FinOps Certified Instructor, one of 32 globally as of April 2026.
Contributor to the FOCUS open specification and standard.

Certifications

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FinOps Certified Instructor Instructor credential for teaching FinOps curriculum.

FinOps Certified Professional Professional-level credential covering practical FinOps operations.

FinOps Certified Practitioner Practitioner credential aligned to the core FinOps framework.

FOCUS Analyst Credential focused on the FOCUS specification and its practical use.

AWS Cloud Practitioner Cloud fundamentals credential from AWS.

Inclusive Speaking Credential aligned to accessible and inclusive speaking practice.

FinOps Certified Instructor FinOps Certified Professional FinOps Certified Practitioner FOCUS Analyst AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Inclusive Speaking Certification

Education

MBA, University of Utah
BA, Linguistics, Brigham Young University

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