Charles Howard

Charles Howard is an experienced professional in cloud operations and database engineering, currently serving as a FinOps Certified Professional at FinOps Foundation since October 2022, where responsibilities include leading a working group on observability costs and instructing certified practitioner courses. Previously, as Senior Director of Global Cloud Operations and FinOps at Guidewire Software, Charles managed over 50 AWS cloud DevOps engineers and established a FinOps practice that generated significant annual savings. Charles's career at Shutterfly included various roles in database engineering, culminating in a directorial position, and prior experience includes leadership at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and ChemConnect. Charles holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of London and two Bachelor's degrees in Economics with French from the University of Sussex and ISTHIA - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès.