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RESPONDENT RR 7208 · ANONYMISED

Cloud Platform Manager

Platform engineering · Software and SaaS · 250 to 999 employees · US West

Hands on platform owner who shortlists cloud tooling for a growing SaaS company.

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Business background

$100M to $500M

Company revenue

3

Years in role

9

Team size

VP Engineering

Reports to

$500K to $1M

Budget authority

Technology environment

Cloud

Depth 10/10

AWSKubernetesTerraform

Security

Depth 6/10

CNAPP

Data and AI

Depth 6/10

Observability

ERP

Depth 1/10

Not responsible

Planned purchases, next 12 months

  • FinOps tooling
  • Platform engineering portal

Technology responsibility depth (0 to 10)

Buying involvement

Role in purchase decisions by category

Verification and quality history

14/14

Consistency checks passed

Sep 2026

Profile last verified

No failed checks

Attention check record

Surveys completed per quarter

Studies this profile would qualify for

FinOps tool usage

96% screener match

Kubernetes operations pain points

95% screener match

Hybrid cloud vendor perception

58% screener match

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