VMblog Expert Q&A with Mat Ellis of FasterBetter. Cloudability, FinOps, Joining the Board at Finout.

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Mat Ellis, the CEO of FasterBetter, and a well-known startup investor and advisor.

Watch this video interview as we first dig into the past as Ellis describes the founding of Cloudability back in 2011, an early pioneering company in cloud cost management, where he helped to create the term "FinOps." And we find out why Ellis has decided to join the board of directors at Finout.

During the interview, we discuss how things have evolved since the founding of Cloudability over a decade ago, and how much cloud cost management has changed. We also discuss what FinOps looks like today, and how it is done properly. And we discuss why Ellis has joined the board of Finout now, and what he's looking forward to seeing.

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Jump straight in: ↪️
0:00 - Intro with Mat Ellis, CEO of FasterBetter
0:25 - Background. Cloudability. FinOps.
05:00 - Joining board of directors at Finout
07:20 - Evolution since Cloudability, need for cloud cost management.
14:20 - Discussion around FinOps.
19:20 - Why join the board at Finout?
21:45 - Wrap up