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Michael Arkoosh

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Principal Advisory Consultant at CDW
📍 Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Area, United States

Michael is a product and consulting leader at CDW specializing in FinOps, with a track record of delivering over $300M in cloud savings. A recognized expert and speaker in the FinOps community, he earned his B.B.A. from Gonzaga University and holds recent certifications in AI. People hes worked with describe him as a "data guy."

After building an optimization practice at an MSP, he co-founded the FinOps platform Vega Cloud because he couldnt find a tool that met his needs as a practitioner.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Principal Advisory Consultant
Job Level
Middle
Location
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Area, United States
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FinOps Strategy
His career is dedicated to building and scaling FinOps products and advisory practices. He is a speaker on adopting a "FinOps-first mindset."
Cloud Cost Optimization
He has a proven history of translating complex cloud spend data into actionable insights, realizing over $300M in savings for clients.
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Career

Work history

8-2026
Principal Advisory Consultant
CDW
4-2022 - 1-2026
Director of Technical Optimization
Vega Cloud
10-2020 - 4-2022
Manager, Technical Optimization
2nd Watch
2-2017 - 10-2020
Senior Optimization Analyst
2nd Watch
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Education
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business
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