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

Cloud Solution Architect

Microsoft

Austin, Texas

Mar 2026 - Present
2 mos

- Helping enterprise customers design, deploy, and optimize Azure platforms to accelerate cloud adoption, AI innovation, and operational efficiency. - Building agentic AI tools and platforms for the ...

Vice President, Engineering

NicheSoft AI

Austin, Texas

Jul 2025 - Mar 2026
8 mos

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

Thoughts & Ideas

FinOps for the Agentic Enterprise

May 24, 2026

Traditional FinOps assumes a human is always the spender. AI agents break that assumption. What does cost governance look like when the spender isn't human?...

AI Agents Are the Next FinOps Blind Spot

May 24, 2026

AI agents are the next shadow IT, and most FinOps teams aren't ready. Token-based spending is invisible, autonomous, and compounding. Here's what to do about it....

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....

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Location

Austin, Texas
Metropolitan Area

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