Michael Kearns

Governing Board Member

FinOps Foundation

Jun 2021 - Current (5 years 3 months)

Founder & CEO

Virtasant

Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 8 months)

Virtasant is a leading provider of cloud optimization, cloud operations, product development, and outsourcing services. Our global team of cloud professionals in over 130 countries works with leading companies around the world to help them thrive in the cloud. Our core focus is the cloud, and our team has been working exclusively on cloud technologies and leveraging remote global teams since the earliest days of the industry, starting in 2008. Our team has developed a unique set of methods, tools, and capabilities to drive innovation, value, and scale at unmatched speed. If you want to drive more value from the cloud, build cloud-native products quickly, or reduce cloud spend by over 30%, we can help.

Vice President & General Manager, Toptal Enterprise

Toptal

Jan 2016 - Dec 2020 (5 years)

Toptal Enterprise connects the world's largest organizations to the power of a remote, on-demand workforce, allowing them to build high-performing teams with exactly the right talent at exactly the right time. As the Vice President and General Manager of Toptal Enterprise, I established and was responsible for all aspects of the Enterprise business globally. Over the course of four years, I had the opportunity to build and lead a global team that developed an industry-leading service model, and achieved outstanding results, including: - 6,000%+ revenue growth - 500+ enterprise clients signed - Over 2,000 client engagements

Principal

Thoughtworks

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015 (2 years)

ThoughtWorks is a global consultancy and community of passionate individuals whose purpose is to revolutionize product design and software development, while advocating for positive social change. The ThoughtWorks team is an incredibly smart, diverse team of industry-leading technologists, agile practitioners, and thought leaders. I was responsible for bringing new business-focused solution offerings to market and working with strategic clients across North America. My global team worked with clients on a wide range of projects including lean enterprise, agile transformation, product development, and custom software development.

Managing Director

Slalom

Jan 2008 - Dec 2014 (7 years)

Slalom is an award-winning consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future. With a rapidly growing network of connected offices around the world, Slalom's services span business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics. As a Managing Director and Partner, I was fortunate to be part of a senior executive team that drove Slalom's consistent, rapid growth of over 30% annually across North America and established Slalom Denver as the largest locally-focused consulting firm, growing over 2,000% in 6 years. In this role I had a wide range of direct responsibilities, including building out financial models and frameworks, leading account teams, developing remote delivery models, and buildin

Director

Accenture

Jan 2005 - Dec 2008 (4 years)

The goal of the Accenture Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) organization was to establish a best-in-class set of global capabilities that could scale across a wide range of clients, supported by a single organization with a single set of processes and technology platforms. I was a member of the founding executive team of Accenture’s BPO organization tasked with building out Accenture’s global BPO offerings, including Learning, Human Resources, Procurement, and Finance. In this role, I managed a global team located in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, and I worked with many of the world’s leading companies in a wide range of industries including consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, government, financial services

Manager

Diamond Management Technology Consultants

Jan 2004 - Dec 2005 (2 years)

DiamondCluster, now PWC Advisory Services, was a global management consultancy focused on providing business and technology strategy services to many of the world’s leading companies, with offices throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East. I was a Manager in Diamond’s Technology Strategy practice. In this role, I partnered with clients in the healthcare and insurance industries to develop holistic business and technology strategies.

Manager

Accenture

Jan 1998 - Dec 2004 (7 years)

I was a Manager in Accenture’s consulting organization and served as a member of Accenture’s Communications & High Tech and Global Architecture & Core Technologies practices. I held a wide range of roles on projects during my time at Accenture, including product management, software development, and program delivery roles. I partnered with leading organizations on strategic enterprise initiatives in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, software and media.

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