Joshua Bauman

Joshua Bauman is a recognized visionary in the FinOps community, bringing together a unique blend of financial and technical expertise. Currently, he is the Chief of Staff for the Chief Product Officer and Head of Cloud Operations at IBM.

Joshua evangelizes the ‘voice of the FinOps practitioner,’ helping drive the strategy of the Cloudability product line. He partners closely with product, engineering, sales, and support teams to ensure Cloudability’s hundreds of customers and thousands of users have the best experience – all while driving business value within the organization.

Before joining IBM, Joshua’s extensive 13-year tenure at Electronic Arts involved various Finance and Operations roles. He established industry-leading TBM and FinOps practices from the ground up, with his team managing over $300M in spend across a multi-cloud, hybrid environment.

Joshua holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science from Trinity University. Additionally, he contributed as one of two technical reviewers for the 2nd edition of the Cloud FinOps book.