Ieva Jonaityte

Gary Harmson, Principal Customer Engineer at Google, and Ieva Jonaityte, Technical Account Mgr at DoIT, discuss the challenges of communication between finance and engineering teams in optimizing cloud costs. They emphasize the importance of education, establishing a cloud center of excellence, and good tagging practices. They also talk about understanding cloud billing, the DIKW hierarchy, and the need for cost visibility and staying informed about new features.

Anish Bishen, Jay Rawal, and Ieva Jonaityte discuss scaling infrastructure and data services at a startup with FinOps enabled. They explore challenges in managing data across multiple cloud platforms, balancing user experience and cost in a multi-cloud environment, and implementing cost optimization in a startup. Lessons learned include the importance of simplicity, seeking help, and partnering with experts to enhance communication and efficiency.