Tim Obrien
Group Director, Cloud FinOps and Strategy
- Role
- Group Director at Walmart Global Tech
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tim Obrien
Software Architect, with experience in all aspects of software development from project inception to developing scaleable production architectures for large-scale systems during critical, high-risk events such as Black Friday. Has helped many organizations ranging from small startups to Fortune 1 companies take a more strategic approach to adopting and evaluating technology and managing the risks associated with change.
Experience
Group Director
Nov 2024 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US
Coordination and execution of overall approach to Cloud FinOps along with peer organizations across all pillars including Global Tech Finance, Strategy, and Technology Platforms in addition to Walmart\'s customer-facing pillars such as Omnichannel, International, and Sam\'s Club.Monitoring and supporting relationships with cloud service providers and SaaS vendors in areas related to Generative AI, shared investments, overall rate optimization, with a focusing on the intersection cloud strategy, financial, and legal topics.Developing shared strategies with partner organizations through the FinOps Foundation to define common approaches to cost reporting (FOCUS) and helping to establish shared best practices across the industry.
Education
University of Virginia
BsEE, Electrical Engineering
1994 — 1999
Mills E. Godwin High School
High School Diploma
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Engineering
- Flex
- Unix
- Subversion
- Instructional Manuals
- Cms
- Java
- Ruby
- Mysql
- Distributed Systems
- Junit
- System Architecture
- Tomcat
- Xml
- Rest
- Stochastic Calculus
- Hudson
- Spring Framework
- Software Development
- Python
- Scrum
- Javascript
- Maven
- Writing
- Marketo
- Book Writing
- Web Applications
- Technical Writing
- Programming
- Apache
- Git
- Mongodb
- Postgresql
- Open Source
- Spring
- Mobile Applications
- Databases
- Integration
- Heroku
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