Brian Brauner

Brian Brauner's work experience is as follows:

- Onica by Rackspace Technology (2018-present):

- Manager, Cloud Business Consulting: Manages a team of 10 direct reports. Oversees customer onboarding for a cloud cost optimization program. Handles the $400M+ annual revenue AWS reseller billing process, including accruals, invoicing, and customer usage report generation and distribution.

- Team Lead, Cloud Business Consulting: Managed a team of five direct reports. Handled customer onboarding for a cloud cost optimization program. Managed the $400M+ annual revenue AWS reseller billing process from end to end.

- Sr. Cloud Business Consultant: Held this role for one year.

- Cloud Business Consultant: Utilized cloud management platforms and proprietary tools to provide cost optimization and cloud best practices guidance for AWS. Presented cost savings strategies to C-level executives, resulting in significant savings. Managed the $275M+ annual revenue AWS reseller billing process.

- Infinera (2016-2018):

- Service Operations Analyst: Identified excess spare parts inventory, resulting in a cost reduction of $4.5M. Automated the spare parts pre-planning process, reducing analysis time by 92%.

- IBM (2013-2016):

- Transformation Analyst: Identified expensive-to-maintain servers and drove additional revenue opportunities. Analyzed server data and reduced high-impact outages. Managed the deployment of a server build automation initiative.

- Program Manager: Managed tracking and compliance for a government grant program. Led an employee education program and assisted with business continuity planning.

Brian Brauner attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 2008 to 2011, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Administration and Management, with a focus on Finance. In addition to their degree, they also hold several certifications. These include the CloudHealth Platform Administrator Certified - Associate (AWS) from CloudHealth by VMware, which they obtained in February 2020, the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from IBM, obtained in July 2015, and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services, obtained in June 2018.