Cloud Cost Confusion? Decoding Expenses for Cross-Team Alignment

In today’s cloud-native world, managing cloud costs has become a critical challenge for businesses. A common pain point arises when finance teams struggle to understand the technical details behind cloud expenditures, while engineering teams face difficulties in translating their efforts into financial terms. This knowledge gap can lead to misalignment, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities for cost optimization. Join Kubecost’s Finance Director, Mike Macaluso, and Senior Engineering Manager, Cliff Colvin, to learn how to bridge the divide between these two crucial orgs. They will explore practical strategies to foster better communication, collaboration, and cost transparency between your finance and engineering teams.

This session covers how to:

• Approach dialogue between your engineering and finance teams
• Create a shared understanding of your cloud costs
• Lay the groundwork for your FinOps practice