IT Finance 2.0: From Cost Visibility to Intelligent Decisions

Name: IT Finance 2.0: From Cost Visibility to Intelligent Decisions
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Location: Association Forum

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About Event

Join the Chicago FinOps Community for an evening of valuable insights, peer discussions, and networking focused on the future of IT financial management.

Session 1: IT Finance 2.0—Cost Intelligence for Decisions Made at Machine Speed

Explore how a common cost language, unified business-aligned cost models, and embedded intelligence can help organizations evaluate technology investments and support faster decisions across AI, cloud, SaaS, data platforms, and datacenters.

Presenter: Udam Dewaraja
Founder & CEO, StitcherAI | Founder of the FOCUS specification

Session 2: From Cloud Cost Visibility to Financial Accountability

Learn how service-aligned metadata, tagging governance, automated cost ownership, usage baselines, and engineering engagement can transform FinOps from basic spend visibility into an organization-wide culture of optimization and financial accountability.

Presenter: Chitra Jagannathan
Cloud & FinOps Architect, Medline Industries, LP

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 5:00–7:30 PM Central
Venue: Association Forum
10 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606

Join us to connect with fellow FinOps, technology, engineering, and finance professionals from across the Chicago area.

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10 S Riverside Plaza #800, Chicago, IL 60606, USA

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