FinOps Certified Instructor
20 years
Engineering leadership, cloud infra, DevOps/SRE, and FinOps
1 of 32
FinOps Certified Instructors globally
FOCUS contributor
Active open-standard participation with accepted PRs
MBA
University of Utah
Experience
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| 2026 – present | Technical Board Advisor (AI/ML & Quantum) — Quantum SparQ Architecture and product direction for an early-stage Quantum AI startup. |
| 2024 – present | Head of FinOps — Anglepoint Building a FinOps practice inside a SAM/ITAM consulting firm. |
| 2023 – present | Fractional DevOps, Cloud & SRE Consultant — Nelford Consulting Helping software shops deliver sooner, safer, and more efficiently. |
| 2021 – 2023 | Director, DevOps — BILL Led a global platform engineering team across Software Engineers, Infrastructure, SRE, and DevOps. Cloud cost discipline, GitLab consolidation, Datadog optimization, and developer self-service. |
| 2021 | Vice President Of Engineering — Motivosity Guided a team of software developers building a Java-based monolith on AWS. |
| 2014 – 2021 | Senior Manager → Senior Director Of Engineering — NICE inContact Five progressive roles over 5+ years: systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps leadership, and senior engineering direction. Conceived the DevOps Self-Service Portal. |
| 2012 – 2014 | Software QA Manager — Cricut Built the QA department from initial hire, managed 12 testers including offshore groups. |
| 2005 – 2012 | QA & Test Engineering — Data2Logistics, HealthCare Insight, MonaVie, Henry Schein, Dentrix Dental, NextPage Quality strategy, test automation, and delivery improvement across healthcare, logistics, and software product companies. |
| 2006 | Financial Analyst — CR England Automated corporate financial reporting with Excel VBA. |
Core Skills
FinOps & FOCUS
DevOps & Platform Engineering
Reliability & Resilience
Cloud Cost Governance
Technical Community Leadership
AI/ML & Quantum Strategy
Certifications
FinOps Certified Instructor
FinOps Certified Professional
FinOps Certified Practitioner
FinOps Certified Engineer
FOCUS Analyst
FinOps for AI Trained: Level 1
FinOps for AI Trained: Level 2
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Inclusive Speaker Orientation
Education
| Degree | Institution |
|---|---|
| MBA | University of Utah |
| BA, Linguistics | Brigham Young University |
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