Vladimir Vinnik
Watertown,MA
Summary
FinOps Certified Professional with extensive experience in cloud cost optimization and SaaS operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proven track record in establishing FinOps frameworks, leading cross-platform cloud migrations, and driving cost efficiency for global organizations. Adept at strategic and tactical planning, problem resolution, and decision-making. Strong leadership in managing onshore and offshore teams, implementing governance best practices, and leading DevOps transformations. Recognized for delivering precision performance, fostering collaboration across business units, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Excellent interpersonal communication, self-awareness, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
FinOps Group Lead
JFrog
Watertown, MA
02.2021 - Current
- FinOps Framework Development: Established a robust FinOps framework based on industry best practices, driving consistent improvements in cloud cost management and operational efficiency.
- Cloud Cost Efficiency: Successfully managed cloud cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring efficient resource allocation and significant cost savings across all three platforms.
- Cost Management Solutions: Implemented comprehensive cost management solutions for cross-functional organizations, enabling teams to gain better visibility and control over cloud expenditures.
- FinOps KPIs: Developed and maintained key FinOps KPIs covering cloud cost, finance, and business metrics, ensuring alignment between financial goals and business strategies.
- Team Leadership: Hired, trained, and mentored a team of FinOps analysts, empowering them with the skills and knowledge necessary to maintain cost optimization and financial transparency.
- Executive Reporting: Led quarterly QBR (Quarterly Business Review) sessions with the executive team, providing detailed financial and operational insights to drive informed decision-making at the leadership level.
Senior Manager, Cloud Platform Operations
Dell/ RSA Security, Bedford, MA, USA
Bedford, MA, USA , MA
12.2019 - 02.2021
- Global FinOps Leadership: Initiated and led a global FinOps program, driving financial transparency and cost optimization across cloud environments. Managed a cross-functional FinOps team to ensure seamless collaboration and execution.
- Training & Best Practices: Organized FinOps Foundation training programs to upskill team members and promote best practices. Operationalized FinOps processes across teams, embedding them into daily operations.
- Cost Management Tools Implementation: Led the implementation of cost management tools, enhancing cloud cost visibility and efficiency for the organization.
- Performance Monitoring & KPI Management: Defined and implemented KPIs to continuously monitor FinOps performance, ensuring alignment with business and financial goals.
- Advocacy & Promotion: Promoted FinOps best practices across the organization, fostering a culture of cost-conscious decision-making and financial accountability.
- Team Development & Leadership: Established and developed an effective Cloud Platform Operations team, providing comprehensive training and leadership to ensure organizational milestones were achieved. Recruited and managed the team, ensuring engagement and clarity on expectations and roles.
- Cloud Initiatives & Process Improvement: Actively participated in cloud initiatives, defining OKRs and KPIs to align with business goals. Implemented strategies and processes to improve the efficiency of business unit operations.
- Service Catalog & Governance: Built a service catalog for the Cloud Platform Operations team to standardize services across the organization. Implemented governance best practices across multiple cloud environments to ensure compliance and security.
- Work Management: Introduced Kanban processes for effective work management, optimizing the team's workflow and productivity.
- Cross-team Collaboration: Collaborated with other engineering teams to provide expertise and support on key initiatives, ensuring system availability and reliability across cloud platforms.
Senior Manager, SaaS Operations Global Services
Dell/ RSA Security
Bedford, MA
12.2017 - 12.2019
- Team Leadership & Operations Management: Managed both onshore and offshore service operations teams supporting multiple product lines. Directed cloud and on-prem enterprise solutions, ensuring operational efficiency and service reliability.
- Cloud Migrations & Transformation: Led multiple cross-platform migration projects, including an end-to-end Lift & Shift from on-premise (Data Center) to public cloud (Azure) and a Lift & Shift migration from IaaS to AWS. Managed SaaS Operations activities, ensuring successful transitions.
- Budget & Procurement: Managed the budget and procurement processes within the SaaS Operations organization, optimizing cost allocation and resource management.
- Incident & Change Management: Fulfilled responsibilities as incident manager, change request approver, and escalation manager, driving operational excellence and ensuring swift issue resolution.
- Process Standardization: Standardized operations processes and tools across multiple teams, improving operational consistency and efficiency.
- DevOps Transformation: Hired and managed a DevOps (Platform) team to support DevOps transformation initiatives, aligning operations with agile methodologies and modern development practices.
- Performance Management: Led a large multifunction performance degradation investigation, identifying root causes and implementing solutions to restore optimal system performance.
- Application Performance Management (APM): Spearheaded the implementation of an Application Performance Management solution in an enterprise environment, improving application monitoring and performance tracking.
Education
Associate of Science - Information Technology
Sapir Academic College
Israel09-2000
Skills
- FinOps & Cloud Cost Optimization (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- SaaS Operations & Incident Management
- Strategic & Tactical Planning
- Problem Resolution & Decision Making
- Staff Management & Development
- Driving Precision Performance
- Governance & Compliance in Multi-Cloud Environments
- Process Standardization & Automation
- KPI & OKR Definition and Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Executive-Level Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)
- Self-Awareness & Leadership
Certification
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
- FinOps Certified Professional
- Transition to Manager Program: Delivering Business Results as an EMC Manager Training
- Scrum Master Certification
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) V3
Languages
English
Professional
Hebrew
Professional
Russian
Professional
Timeline
FinOps Group Lead
JFrog
02.2021 - Current
Senior Manager, Cloud Platform Operations
Dell/ RSA Security, Bedford, MA, USA
12.2019 - 02.2021
Senior Manager, SaaS Operations Global Services
Dell/ RSA Security
12.2017 - 12.2019
Associate of Science - Information Technology
Sapir Academic College
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