Samuel Salazar
Executive Leader, Tech Finance & Strategy | Driving P&L Growth through Strategic Cloud Negotiations & FinOps Transformation
- Role
- Sr Director of Cloud Finance at Yahoo
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samuel Salazar
Highly capable leader in the Technology Finance Management for Cloud, On-Prem and Hybrid organizations. Experienced managing cross-functional Agile teams through product life-cycle, establishing successful visions/strategies, and delivering complete solutions that address complex needs for clients/partners.
Experience
Sr Director of Cloud Finance
Apr 2024 — Present
In my current capacity at Yahoo, I act as the chief steward of our Cloud investment portfolio, driving the financial discipline required for sustainable innovation. I am responsible for capitalizing on deep market intelligence to orchestrate high-stakes cloud negotiations and forge strategic partnerships that transform vendor relationships into competitive assets. By aligning these external alliances with internal strategy, I deliver direct impact to the P&L through structural cost reductions and gross margin expansion, ensuring Yahoo captures maximum market value while adhering to rigorous financial targets. I am responsible for defining the executive governance standards that control cloud spend and resource utilization across the enterprise. I deliver direct impact to the bottom line by optimizing gross margins
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Program, Implementing Improvement Strategies: Dynamic Work Design
University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Systems/Process Engineering
Skills
- Mathcad
- Pro Engineer
- Leadership
- Event Planning
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Matlab
- Sharepoint
- Employee Training
- Client Relations
- Account Management
- Solidworks
- Finite Element Analysis
- Public Relations
- Management
- Simulations
- Strategic Planning
- Proficient in Nx, Solidworks, Proe, Matlab, Mathcad,Stk9, Labview, Autocad
- Business Development
- Data Analysis
- Recruiting
- Public Speaking
- Access
- Financial Modeling
- Mechanical Engineering
- Corporate Strategy Formulation
- Business Analysis
- Labview
- Business Relationship Management
- Business Process Design
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Continuous Improvement
- Time Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Teamwork
- Risk Management
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
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