Michael Lupiani

Michael Lupiani has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Michael is currently working at CloudZero as the Director of Sales Engineering, where they align engineering and finance around metrics to provide visibility and strategic business decisions. Previously, they held the position of Director of Sales Engineering - Northeast and Canada at Lacework, and Director of Enterprise Sales Engineering, North America at Sumo Logic. At Sumo Logic, they also worked as a Sr Sales Engineering Manager, Sales Engineering Manager, and Senior Sales Engineer. Before that, they were a Principal Software Consultant at BMC Software, providing solutions for datacenter automation and technical enablement. Michael also worked as a Software Consultant and Application Engineer at BladeLogic and held Senior Consultant roles at IBM. Michael started their career as a Systems Analyst/Producer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Michael Lupiani attended Greece Olympia Highschool, although the specific duration was not provided. After completing high school, they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 2004.

In terms of additional certifications, Michael Lupiani obtained the ITIL v3 Foundation certification from APM Group in January 2009. In October 2012, they became a BMC Certified Expert in BMC Server Automation through BMC Software. Most recently, in September 2022, they achieved the FinOps Certified Practitioner certification from the FinOps Foundation.