Cutting Cloud Costs Not Corners – FinOps for Affordable Data Platform Migrations

Ben Burdsall

Chief Technology Officer, dunnhumby

Ben Burdsall is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at dunnhumby, leading the global engineering function. He is responsible for the design, build and operations of technology solutions. Ben has over 25 years of experience in developing and managing software solutions for international companies. He has over 16 years management consulting experience advising companies on digital transformation, architecture as well as delivering complex solutions for the UK government, global telecom companies and within Financial Services. Prior to joining dunnhumby, Ben worked at Worldpay as their Chief Engineer and eCommerce CTO and at Sportradar as Global CTO. Ben has a passion for public cloud solution design, architecture and delivery, and was lead inventor for both payment and medical patents. In the past he has published a number of research papers at international AI conferences relating to the design of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. Ben holds master’s degrees in Computer System Engineering from Bristol, UK, and in Image Processing and AI from ENST de Bretagne, France.

Ian Poland

Chief Information Officer, Sportradar

Ian Poland has served as Sportradar’s Chief Information Officer since August 2019. Prior to joining Sportradar, he held Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer roles in global banking and financial. He began his career in technology in a small start-up developing software for retailers, later moving into technology consulting roles as MDIS, Atos and KPMG, working with clients across a variety of industry sectors from pre-IPO to FTSE 100 companies. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and Diploma’s in Business Information and Management.

Liv Wild

Director, Technology- Checkout Experience

Liv is an engineering leader with a track record of successfully shaping strategy and leading effective organisation-level change. Liv has experience in a diverse range of organisations large-scale strategy projects for UK Government, transforming engineering delivery at Cloudflare, Expedia Group and the BBC. In addition, Liv has professional services experience with ThoughtWorks which inspired her passion for an engineering-centred, data-driven, agile approach. Liv is currently Director, Technology at Expedia Group where I lead a team of engineers responsible for the Checkout Experience engineering team based in Europe - the team are responsible for the checkout experience in Hotels.com checkout and elements of the strategic EG-wide Checkout solution. Liv has been described as a natural and inspiring leader who combines her strengths - the curiosity, analysis and open-mindedness of an experienced consultant with a technologist's passion for delivering innovation & change through empowering talent and teams.

Matt Lockyer

Platform Practice Lead, esynergy

As Platform Practice Lead at esynergy, Matt brings over 15 years of experience building innovative developer platforms and fintech solutions. His career has spanned working in-house at Barclays, consulting for FIS & Visa, and leading development teams for top financial services providers including Fiserv & First Data. A key theme has been Matt's focus on understanding customer needs and translating those into intuitive technical solutions. Whether constructing mobile apps, account servicing platforms, or new payment systems, he emphasises frameworks like Jobs To Be Done to truly address customer problems. At Fiserv, Matt assembled a 35-person team to rearchitect their developer platform, completely overhauling APIs and SDKs to power billions in payment transactions. During this time, he also launched his own investment SaaS startup managing options portfolios for traders globally, validating Matt's ability to build substantial platforms from the ground up. Most recently, Matt joined esynergy as their Consulting Platform Practice, leading client engagements centred on integration, modernisation and crafting new products. His depth of technical knowledge paired with business prowess allows him to bring together top talent to deliver high-value solutions. Outside of work, Matt enjoys building FPV drones, garden design and spending time with family.