What does it take to drive FinOps maturity across a multi-cloud, acquisition-heavy enterprise? In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, host Thalia Elie sits down with Greg Colletti, Senior Principal Service Partner at Progress, to talk about building FinOps maturity brick by brick—from account naming and tagging to cross-team buy-in and automation. Greg shares how Progress implemented the FOCUS framework, scaled FinOps from 8 to 80 stakeholders, and selected CloudZero as their tool of choice.
Key Takeaways
- Start with language, not tooling: FOCUS helped unify teams before CloudZero was even in place.
- Visibility fuels accountability: Anomalies surfaced via CloudZero views led to real behavior change.
- People matter most: Cross-functional collaboration and community ownership drove faster adoption.
- Total cost of ownership > infrastructure cost: Greg is now focused on adding security, licensing, and third-party tools to the financial picture.
- The journey is the destination: Maturing in FinOps takes time, trust, and deliberate action.
About the guest
Greg Colletti is a Senior Principal Service Partner at Progress, leading a team of project managers and product owners across enterprise operations. With roots in business and finance, Greg brings a uniquely holistic lens to cloud transformation—combining technical rigor with organizational empathy. He’s spearheaded initiatives to implement the FOCUS framework, scale cloud governance, and activate product teams across a rapidly growing, acquisition-driven company.
