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“Although we had some basic tools like Excel or things of that nature to use, at some point those cap out and we couldn’t provide the kind of detail that’s really needed and in a way that ensures accuracy.”
– Julie Burk, Sr. IT Financial and Business Planning Manager at Volkswagen Group of America
Summary
Join Volkswagen Group of America as key team members talk about how they took on IT Finance Management (ITFM), moving from manual spreadsheets to automated allocations of IT costs. In this video, the VW team discusses Car-Net, VW’s connected car program built on the cloud. While expensive, it was incredibly difficult for VW Group of America to manually analyze AWS bills with thousands of rows of data and charges. By automating the process of cloud expense management, VW was able to find opportunities to reduce unnecessary cloud costs while continuing to drive this important strategic initiative.
In this webinar, the VW team discusses:
- How to ensure you’re spending IT dollars wisely on the initiatives that matter to your business
- How they moved from manual spreadsheets to automated allocation of IT costs
- How expense transparency has strengthened IT’s relationship with other departments
- How VW has managed to save IT budget year-over-year
- Advice for other businesses looking to gain transparency into IT expense automation and allocation
Featuring:
- Manuel Sanchez, Sr. Director Technology & Operations at Volkswagen Group of America
- Julie Burk, Sr. IT Financial and Business Planning Manager at Volkswagen Group of America
- Jim Carra Manager, Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Strategy at Volkswagen Group of America
