Wrangling cloud costs can be tricky — even for the most seasoned pros. In FinOps In Full Bloom, Thalia Elie interviews the brightest minds in FinOps about how they help their companies save money, innovate efficiently, and grow profitably.
FinOps In Full Bloom
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Wrangling cloud costs can be tricky — even for the most seasoned pros. In FinOps In Full Bloom, Thalia Elie interviews the brightest minds in FinOps about how they help their companies save money, innovate efficiently, and grow profitably.
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July 23, 2026
Build the Agent, Learn the Rule
<p>James Pelton is a serial entrepreneur, YouTube creator with 83,000+ subscribers, and Senior DevRel at Zencoder — an AI engineering platform. He founded and exited a mobile SMS marketing company, then pivoted into AI tooling, content creation, and multi-agent system building. He currently runs roughly 10 income streams, several of which are managed by AI agents he built himself.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is a practical, honest look at what it actually takes to build and trust AI agents — from the finance bot that deleted his entire inbox to a framework for evaluating businesses across three currencies: time, energy, and money.</p><p><strong><br></strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespelton/"><strong>James Pelton</strong></a><strong> </strong>founded and exited Mobile Text Alerts, an SMS marketing platform, before pivoting into AI tooling and developer relations. He is currently Senior DevRel at Zencoder, an AI engineering platform that orchestrates multiple models for software development teams. He also runs a YouTube channel with 83,000+ subscribers focused on hands-on AI workflows for everyday people. A software developer of 20+ years, James brings a builder's mindset to making AI accessible far beyond the technical community.</p><p> <strong>Learn more at </strong><a href="https://www.cloudzero.com/"><strong>https://www.cloudzero.com/</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>
July 21, 2026
Pivoting Isn't Failing
<p>Joan "Coach J" Nelson is the founder and CEO of Beyond Digital Branding Solutions, a former global HR leader who turned a 2024 layoff into a six-figure AI consulting business in under two years. Her framework — Pivot to Profit — helps entrepreneurs and professionals monetize their existing skills using AI-powered systems, automation, and tiered offer strategy.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode covers how Joan built and scaled her business using AI tools, referral-first growth (85% of her 2025 revenue came from referrals), and a relentless commitment to investing in herself — including cashing out her 401k to get in the right rooms.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/beyonddbs/"><strong>Joan Nelson</strong></a> is the founder and CEO of Beyond Digital Branding Solutions and a lead trainer for Growth Hub 365, a global AI-driven education community of 10,000+ business owners. A former global HR leader with 20+ years advising C-suite across five regions, she pivoted after a 2024 layoff to build a six-figure AI consulting practice. She now helps entrepreneurs future-proof their businesses through her signature Pivot to Profit framework.</p><p><strong>Learn more at </strong><a href="https://www.cloudzero.com/"><strong>https://www.cloudzero.com/</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>
June 23, 2026
Implementing AI Without Replacing the Agent
<p>Ebony Sykes is the founder of InsurSuccess, a firm helping independent Medicare insurance agents build financial data sovereignty and operational efficiency in an AI-enabled market. Her core argument is simple and countercultural: before you automate anything, get your processes right - because AI scaled on top of broken workflows just produces more broken outcomes, faster.This episode covers how Ebony measures success by lifestyle improvement rather than output metrics, why she pivoted her own product delivery mid-growth when it was already working, and what the insurance industry's AI reckoning actually looks like on the ground.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebonysykes/"><strong>Ebony Sykes</strong></a><strong> </strong>is the founder of InsurSuccess, a firm dedicated to operational excellence and financial performance for independent Medicare insurance agents. With deep roots in change management and process design, she builds browser-based, human-in-the-loop automation tools that reduce administrative burden without replacing the human relationships at the center of insurance work. She also hosts the podcast Mind Over Machine.</p><p><strong>Learn more at </strong><a href="https://www.cloudzero.com/"><strong>https://www.cloudzero.com/</strong></a></p>
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