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    Erik Peterson

    Founder, Director, and CTO/CISO of CloudZero, shaping FinOps practices and cloud financial management.

    #15 FinOps
    15CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 7 answers across 3 engines
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    Recognized by 3 of 3 measured engines. Updated 2026-11-06
    • ChatGPTNamed in 4 answers

      Erik Peterson is the founder and CTO of CloudZero and a FinOps Foundation Governing Board member who champions engineering-led cloud cost optimization.

      Known for
      • engineering-led FinOps and cloud cost optimization
      • engineering decisions are buying decisions
    • GeminiNamed in 1 answers

      Erik Peterson is the founder, CTO and CISO of CloudZero, a cloud cost intelligence platform, and serves on the FinOps Foundation Governing Board.

      Known for
      • engineering-led cost optimization and unit economics
      • AI cost governance
      • FinOps for AI
    • Google AI ModeNot named

      Erik Peterson is the founder and CTO of CloudZero and works on engineering-led cloud cost optimization with over two decades of software startup experience.

      Known for
      • engineering-led cloud cost optimization
      • cloud cost as an engineering problem
      • unit economics over raw totals
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      Named in 21 answers

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      finops.org
      finops.org4 citations
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      10 best FinOps consulting companies for cloud cost optimization - Obsium
      obsium.io3 citations
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      finops.org
      finops.org3 citations

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