This week, Brian O’Neill, COO for transformation, technology & operations, and global head for group transformation at Standard Chartered, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss a cloud-first and a cloud-value strategy, monitoring cloud costs, and maintaining resiliency.

5:30 – Brian joins the podcast and gives an overview of his background and current role at the bank

8:30 – He delves into Standard Chartered’s cloud strategy

12:30 – The cloud value framework

14:30 – Brian talks about managing multi-cloud partnerships

16:00 – Planning for disruptions

21:00 – The importance of an internal cloud services management team

22:30 – Optimizing cloud usage and costs

28:00 – Brian talks about some ‘no-go zones’

34:00 – Thinking about resiliency