Cloud Financial Management: Essentials for Finance and Accounting Teams

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The fmi*igf Thought Leadership Webinar Series presents, in partnership with Amazon Web Services Canada Inc.

The cloud has turned IT procurement and consumption on its head, requiring a new model for financial governance.

Join us to explore what Cloud Financial Management is, and how it can drive business outcomes—from decision-making with real-time data, to increasing the predictability of cloud spend, to building self-sustaining and cost-aware organizations. We’ll also explore how AWS can help your organization’s cloud journey be successful, whether you’re considering your first migration to the cloud or looking to drive deeper unit cost improvements with existing cloud workloads.


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Speakers

James Kierstead | Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

James Kierstead | Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

James Kierstead (CISSP, CRISC, CIPM – IAPP), is a senior solutions architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) based in Ottawa.
He is passionate about helping Canada’s federal government use AWS to deliver services to Canadians, and draws on 20+ years
of experience to design cloud solutions for a broad range of government teams.

Kevin McQuillen | Cloud Economics Lead, AWS

Kevin McQuillen | Cloud Economics Lead, AWS

Kevin is a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Economics team, supporting Canadian and US public sector organizations.
Kevin works with leaders to analyze on-premises hosting environments, develop comprehensive business cases demonstrating the value of the cloud, and
optimize current cloud usage leveraging cloud financial management best practices. Prior to joining AWS, Kevin served on KPMG’s CIO advisory team
for cloud financial management and cloud economics.