Trey Morgan

Hi, I'm Trey!

I help companies build amazing things in the cloud while keeping costs under control. Let's chat about how I can help you!

A Little About Me

I help companies build amazing things in the cloud while keeping costs under control.

Whether it's scaling a startup or saving millions on enterprise cloud bills, I love tackling big challenges with creative solutions.

Based in Austin, Texas

What I'm Good At

FinOps & Cost Optimization
Cloud Financial Management
Budget Planning & Analysis
Cost Reduction Strategies
Financial Reporting
Resource Optimization
Azure Solutions
AWS Architecture
Multi-Cloud Strategy
Container Orchestration
Security & Compliance
Infrastructure as Code
Executive Communication
Strategic Planning
Stakeholder Management
AI/ML Implementation
Digital Transformation
Team Building
Software Development
API Design & Integration
Database Architecture
Automation & DevOps
Data Analytics
Monitoring & Observability

Recent Work

Vice President, Engineering

NicheSoft AI

Austin, Texas

Jul 2025 - Present
1 mo

Driving the development and delivery of Cloud FinOps as a Service, helping enterprises reduce waste, improve accountability, and maximize ROI.

  • Leading strategy and execution for FinOps service offerings powered by CloudPi.ai
  • Enabling customers with real-time cloud cost visibility, forecasting, and automated optimization
Cloud FinOps Cost Optimization Cloud Strategy Engineering Leadership Financial Governance Product Development

Principal Product Manager - Azure Optimization

Microsoft

Austin, Texas

Mar 2022 - Jun 2025
3 yrs 3 mos

Led FinOps vision and cloud cost optimization products for Microsoft internal infrastructure, delivering best practices to global teams. Also managed infrastructure security initiatives and AI enablem...

  • Delivered 70+ Cloud FinOps sessions to C-suite executives from corporations with $12.4B+ Azure spend
  • Worked with hundreds of engineering teams across 7 divisions to save millions in cloud costs
FinOps Cloud Cost Optimization Product Management Azure AI/ML GitHub Copilot

Sr. Software Engineering Manager - FinOps

Walmart Global Tech

Austin, Texas

Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
2 yrs 1 mo

Owned cloud cost management and optimization for Walmart’s global technology platforms across Azure, GCP, and data centers.

  • Built and led engineering teams delivering 3 enterprise FinOps applications for cloud cost visibilit...
  • Directed global cost optimization consulting teams (US & India) that saved Walmart millions annually...
FinOps Cloud Optimization Azure GCP Cost Management Engineering Leadership
Featured Project

Personal Brand & Cloud Engineering Portfolio Website (treymorgan.com)

Web Application

A personal branding and professional portfolio site showcasing expertise in software development, cloud FinOps, engineering leadership, and AI strategy.

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Thoughts & Ideas

Is the Cloud the Wrong Place for AI? A FinOps Perspective

August 04, 2025

AI workloads are growing fast, but cloud GPU costs and latency can make it hard to stay efficient. This post explores when hybrid or on-prem AI may make more sense and how FinOps teams can optimize....

FinOps Certified: FinOps for AI becomes available (July 27)

August 03, 2025

The FinOps Foundation has just released a new certification track focused on AI/ML workload economics....

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Location

Austin, Texas
Metropolitan Area

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