The Next FinOps Frontier: AI, SaaS, and Sustainability

In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, Bindu Sharma shares how Teradata evolved from reactive reporting to automated FinOps at scale - while driving global sustainability conversations in parallel.

Bindu Sharma, Senior Director of Cloud FinOps at Teradata and FinOps Foundation sustainability leader, joins FinOps in Full Bloom to share her transformation story – from manual reporting to enterprise-scale optimization. In this episode, Bindu explores how to embed cost-aware culture, why carbon metrics matter, and how AI is reshaping both FinOps and her personal growth.

Key Takeaways

Automation unlocks scale: Repetitive manual processes were replaced with self-healing workflows
Dashboards drive action: Visuals tailored to finance, engineering, and usage personas fuel engagement
Sustainability is the next metric: Carbon awareness belongs in every FinOps conversation
People, process, tools: FinOps success is cross-functional by design
CloudZero = visibility, optimization, and continuous iteration

About the guest

Bindu Sharma leads global FinOps strategy at Teradata across AWS, Azure, and GCP. As the Cloud Sustainability capability chair within the FinOps Foundation, she champions operational efficiency, automation, and climate accountability. Known for her collaborative style and strategic vision, Bindu brings over a decade of leadership in cloud financial management and enablement