Kevin Wade

Director – FinOps

Kevin Wade joined SHI in 2021 as a FinOps Consultant and quickly progressed into leadership roles. In his current position as Director – FinOps, Kevin plays a central role in integrating FinOps and ITAM services, coordinating cross-functional collaboration, and helping customers mature their cloud cost optimization practices. His work emphasizes aligning financial accountability, technical efficiency, and business value, and spans cost governance, rightsizing, consumption optimization, and FinOps adoption strategy.

Before joining SHI, Kevin worked in healthcare and served as an Infantryman in the U.S. Army, an experience that contributes to his disciplined, mission-driven approach to customer success and team leadership.

Kevin is widely recognized internally for his customer advocacy, leadership in FinOps strategy, and active involvement in SHI’s thought leadership initiatives, including webinars, panels, podcasts, and event sponsorship planning.

He is based in Texas, where he lives with his family.