Kevina Finn-Braun

Kevina Finn-Braun has extensive experience in leadership and management roles in the technology industry. Kevina is currently the Vice President of Cloud Platforms at NielsenIQ. Previously, they worked at Splunk as the Director of Enterprise Automation and the Director of Engineering for Cloud Operations. At Splunk, they led the transformation of the Automation Center of Excellence and the underperforming cloud operations group, resulting in increased margins and reduced risks. Before that, Kevina was the Sr. Director of Site Reliability & Availability at Ancestry, where they led the migration to the AWS cloud and oversaw automation tools and processes. Kevina also served as the Director of Service Management at Intuit and the ITSM Director of Site Reliability Engineering at salesforce.com. In these roles, they focused on developing cloud architecture, leading teams, and driving operational excellence. Additionally, Kevina worked at Yahoo! as the Director of Enterprise Business Continuity & Site Reliability, where they built and led a team focused on risk management and operational continuity.

Kevina Finn-Braun obtained a BA degree in Cultural Anthropology & History from UC Santa Barbara between 1990 and 1994. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained an Organizational Change Manager certification from APMG International in February 2016. Furthermore, they became a Certified Continuity Manager (CCM) from NIBCM in 2013 and acquired an ITIL V3 Foundations certification in 2012.