Brian Adler

Brian Adler has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Brian is currently a Governing Board Member at FinOps Foundation. Prior to that, they served as the Sr. Director of Cloud Market Strategy at Flexera. From 2018 to 2021, they worked as a Senior Director Analyst at Gartner and also had a role in Product Success at ServiceNow. Earlier in their career, they held various positions at RightScale, Textron Systems, PRISMIQ, and Software.com/Openwave Systems, where they gained experience in roles such as Director Enterprise Architecture, Principal Cloud Architect, Principal Systems Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer.

Brian Adler has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science & Mathematics from Duke University. Brian also holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara. In addition, they have obtained certifications such as FinOps Certified Professional from The Linux Foundation, PMC Level II from Pragmatic Institute, and FOCP: FinOps Certified Practitioner from The Linux Foundation.