Kim Weins is a thought leader on the topic of cloud cost optimization. She is a frequent speaker and blogger on topics including public cloud pricing and discounting as well as best practices for cloud management. As an executive at RightScale, acquired by Flexera in 2018, she spearheaded the definitive annual State of the Cloud Report on cloud adoption, which is quoted in dozens of leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNBC, and Fortune.