In this Screaming in the Cloud Summer Replay, we revisit our conversation with Dann Berg. At the time, he was a Senior Cloud Analyst at Datadog, but he now provides community support for the FinOps Foundation. Dann and Corey go into the weeds of cost optimization, and each of them bring their respective experiences forward. Dann’s offers his take on multi-cloud and how Datadog is tackling its customer needs there. But the talent doesn’t end there, Dann is also an emerging thinker and influencer in the space, and to boot, an accomplished writer and playwright. Two of his plays have been produced in NYC and China. Check out their conversation!

(0:00) Intro

(1:02) Duckbill Group sponsor read

(1:36) Transitioning to Senior Cloud Ops Analyst

(5:12) The composition of Dann's team

(6:54) Cloud cost optimization in the regular business cycle

(10:43) Helping customers understand their cloud bills

(17:42) Paying attention to pricing changes

(21:06) The psychology of cloud economics

(23:20) Working with multiple clouds

(25:02) Duckbill Group sponsor read

(25:46) Spending too much money to save too little money

(31:12) The dangers of relying on third-party tools

(34:01) Pricing woes

(36:25) Where you can find Dann

Dann Berg currently works part-time with FinOps after spending more than a decade in the industry. He is also an active member of the larger technical community, hosting the monthly New York City FinOps Meetup, and has been published multiple times in places such as MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and others. When he’s not saving companies millions of dollars, he’s writing plays, and has had two full-lengh plays produced in New York City and China., Dann is the Director of Community at Vantage. Previously, first FinOps Practitioner at Datadog and FullStory. Host of the NYC FinOps Meetup for almost three years. He also writes plays.

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