Become a FinOps Ambassador

FinOps Ambassadors (FOAs) are practitioners who are the most passionate about the FinOps Foundation community, recognized for their expertise, and willing to help others learn and succeed.

Successful ambassadors are people such as experts, evangelists, bloggers, and influencers, who are already engaged with the FinOps Foundation in some way including contributing to the framework, participating in working groups, attending community events, etc.

The FinOps Ambassador program exists to empower community members with tools and resources needed to:

• Promote FinOps
• Educate and coach your local community on the FinOps Foundation mission
• Contribute to FinOps Framework, working groups and other projects

Requirements for becoming an official FinOps Ambassador:

• Member of the FinOps Foundation. If you are not a member of the community yet, please apply here and get involved in working groups or special interest groups
• Must be a practitioner of FinOps. Consultants and Vendors will not be approved as Ambassadors to avoid any and all potential conflict of interest. Definition of ‘practitioner’ can be found here
• Achieved FinOps Certified Practitioner status
• Already engaged with the foundation in some way whether that’s as a contributor, blogger, speaker, etc.
• Willing to assist with virtual and live training events
• Willing to either speak at community events OR write technical content such as blog posts

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment include:

• Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
• Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
• Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

• The selling or promotion of services provided by you or your employer
• The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
• Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
• Public or private harassment
• Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
• FinOps Foundation staff have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject any contributions that are not aligned to our Code of Conduct.

Expected Time Commitments

• Give a talk, assist with training, host a meetup or perform an activity that spreads the awareness of FinOps at least once a quarter, preferably two to three times a quarter.
• Providing feedback back on activities
• Assist and train other Ambassadors

Code of Conduct

FinOps Ambassador program follows the general Code of Conduct upheld by the FinOps Foundation.