The Keys to AWS Optimization

The Keys to AWS Optimization is a weekly Twitch show where we share stories, concepts and solutions to help you unlock your cost optimization. Hosted by three SME’s in the field; Steph, Savanna and John, they will interview guests from a range of subject matters to share information that could help you optimize your spend at AWS. With both technical and non technical guest, the show aims to take you from level 100 to 300 on every subject. The show will provide you with cost optimization resources for you to utilize in your own environment as well as answer any questions you have along the way.

You can watch all past episodes on YouTube Link or on Spotify Link

Hosts the show

Steph Gooch is a Sr. Optimization Solution Architect Advocate in the AWS OPTICS team, where she acts as a Subject Matter Expert, guiding customers through ways to optimize their AWS spend. Alongside this, she works to educate AWS customer through external content such as videos, blogs and solutions.
Savanna Jensen is a Senior FinOps Success Manager on the AWS OPTICS team. She has worked within the Cloud Financial Management space at AWS for six years supporting various customers and industries on their CFM journeys. Her team enables customers to organize and interpret billing and usage data, identify actionable insights from that data, and develop sustainable strategies to embed cost into their culture. Prior to AWS, she worked in Healthcare Software.

If you have any questions, comments, or ideas, reach out to us. Feel free to send us an email at: costoptimization@amazon.com

Schedule

Come learn live with us! We stream every Thursday at 8:00am PST/ 11:00am EST / 16:00pm GMT till 9:00am PST/ 12:00pm EST/ 17:00pm GMT
Never miss an episode

SEASON 10

Date	Name	Guest
23/05/2024	Reinvest with Rivian: FinOps for the Future	Umakant Dwivedi
30/05/2024	The Whats of Waste	Yuiry
06/06/2024	GenAI and how it links to FinOps	Adam Ritcher
13/06/2024	Wix Savings Story	Dvir Mizrahi
20/06/2024	Technical Debt – The Invisible Elephant In The Room?	Matthew Jorat
27/06/2024	FinOps X Re:cap/Annoucements	Your Hosts
04/07/2024	TBC	TBC
11/07/2024	The Cost Optimization Draft	Your Hosts
18/07/2024	Cost Optimization Hub Updates	Ran Zhou & Mary Nachimov
25/07/2024	Using Amazon Q to cost optimize	Matt Berk & Thomas Coombs
01/08/2024	The all new SCAD	Shubir Kapoor
08/08/2024	Grav Dashboard	Rem Baumann
15/08/2024	S3 PlayBook and how to choose the right class	Judith & Mary & Christine
22/08/2024	Nexflix FinOps Story	Pramod

SEASON 09

Episode	Name	Date	Link to Video
S09E01	Microsoft on AWS Cost Optimization	45309	Link to live show
S09E02	5 Steps to setting FinOps goals	45316	Link to live show
S09E03	CFM Tips Launch	45323	Link to live show
S09E04	New Google Cloud Dashboard	45330	Link to live show
S09E05	Cost Optimizse Sheild	45337	Link to live show
S09E06	Deep dive on AWS pricing	45344	Link to live show
S09E07	AWS Joins the FinOps Foundation	45351	Link to live show
S09E08	How executive sponsorship drives FinOps success	45358	Link to live show
S09E09	Upgrade your Optimization Data Lake	45365	Link to live show
S09E10	Amazon Billing Conductor: Back and better than ever	45372	Link to live show
S09E11	How Sky prepared for Taylor Swifts NFL appearances	45372	Link to live show
S09E12	The Science of Instance Schedular	45386	Link to live show
S09E13	What is CUR 2.0?	45393	Link to live show
S09E14	Spring Cleaning	45400	Link to live show
S09E15	New CloudWatch Logs Pattern Analysis	45393	Link to live show

Past - SEASON 08