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What is Flexera Live?

Flexera Live is a one-day, in-person event bringing together technology leaders to tackle rising costs across AI, SaaS and cloud.

As AI adoption grows, organizations are facing new challenges in visibility, accountability and cost control. This event focuses on how to understand the full economics of AI alongside the rest of your technology stack—and how to turn that insight into better decision-making.

Whether you’re a current Flexera customer, evaluating solutions or simply building and maturing your technology strategy, you’ll learn how leading teams are gaining visibility across their environments and building the control needed to manage spend with confidence.

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Why you should attend

  • Understand how AI is reshaping technology spend and why traditional cost models no longer hold
  • Gain visibility into AI, SaaS and cloud usage across your organization
  • Learn how to manage AI-driven consumption costs with greater control and accountability
  • Align IT, finance and engineering around smarter decision-making
  • Connect with peers navigating similar challenges in AI cost and governance

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Creating Clarity in the Era of Al, SaaS Sprawl, and Tech Accountability

As AI, SaaS, and consumption‑based models reshape technology spend, many organizations are struggling to clearly explain where money is going and what value it delivers. In this opening session, Flexera leadership will share how leading organizations are creating clarity, confidence, and accountability across complex environments — and how this shift enables better decisions, stronger governance, and sustained technology value.

Your Al Innovation Roadmap

In this session, you’ll see how Flexera’s latest innovations are already helping teams gain clearer visibility and accountability across ITAM and FinOps — as AI pushes organizations toward a 2026 tipping point for technology spend. You’ll explore why AI is about to dramatically increase IT budgets, what you can do about it, and get a first look at Flexera One’s AI‑native roadmap, including how you can ask questions across your entire technology ecosystem and get real answers instantly.

We’ll also look ahead to what’s coming over the next 6–12 months and how customer feedback is shaping what’s next — so you understand not just what’s changing, but how it will help you stay in control.

Real Life Wins: Turning Visibility into Value

Hear directly from Flexera customers navigating today’s evolving technology landscape. This panel explores how teams are using improved visibility to break down silos, adapt to AI‑driven change, and prove value in an era of increased scrutiny.

Discussion themes:

  • Managing AI and emerging technology spend without losing control
  • Breaking down silos between FinOps and ITAM
  • Proving value and accountability with executive stakeholders
Networking lunch
FinOps for Al & Data Clouds: Managing the New Consumption Cost Curve (Snowflake, Databricks, and Beyond)

Data clouds and AI are shifting technology spend from predictable commitments to highly variable consumption, creating new challenges for visibility and accountability. This session looks at how FinOps and ITAM leaders are approaching the new consumption cost curve — and what capabilities are required to manage data, AI, and SaaS spend together.

FinOps + ITAM: One Operating Model for Technology Optimization

As technology spend expands beyond cloud into SaaS, AI, and consumption‑based models, traditional boundaries between FinOps and ITAM are breaking down. This session explores what a shared operating model for technology optimization looks like — and how organizations are aligning cost, risk, and value without creating new ownership gaps.

Why SaaS Pricing Has Entered Its Hybrid Era with Al

As SaaS shifts toward consumption‑based models and AI operates increasingly outside traditional applications, most organizations lack clear visibility into what software is being used, how it’s consumed, and where value is actually created. This session explores why visibility is breaking down today — and what that means for managing SaaS, cost, and accountability as AI reshapes how work gets done.

Who is Accountable for Al & Technology Value in 2026

As technology spend becomes more complex and harder to explain — driven by AI, consumption models, and fragmented ownership — many organizations are struggling to define who is truly accountable for value. This session explores how accountability for technology spend is shifting across FinOps, ITAM, Finance, and Engineering, and what leaders must do to create clarity, shared responsibility, and confidence moving into 2026.

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If you’re responsible for visibility, cost control, compliance or optimization, this event is built for you.

Speakers

Simon Wallace

IS Team Lead - Software Asset Manager

Customer

Simon Wallace
IS Team Lead - Software Asset Manager

Simon Wallace manages Software Asset Management at WiseTech Global, where he works across software assets, vendor governance, FinOps and technology procurement. With a technical consulting background spanning ITAM, software licensing, FinOps and compliance, Simon partners with executive leadership to help the business make informed technology decisions whilst balancing commercial, operations, strategy and governance requirements. He has a particular interest in reducing complexity by using data and automation to improve visibility and to get better value from technology investments. More recently, Simon's team has played a key role in WiseTech's adoption of AI technologies, helping teams navigate the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly AI-enabled workplace. He enjoys sharing and hearing practical lessons learned from real-world implementations and has been a Flexera / Snow user for 10 years.

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Emma Kerkez

Global IT Asset Governance Lead

Customer

Emma Kerkez
Global IT Asset Governance Lead

Emma Kerkez has 15 years experience in the IT industry with vast experience in IT Procurement and Logistics, Financial Management, Asset Management, Contract and Budget Management and Service Management disciplines both in a Project and Operational environment. Current focus is IS Asset and Contract Management both in the HAM and SAM space with a drive to ensure Compliance, Asset Optimization, Cost Savings and Automation where possible in a collaborative and innovative environment.

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Mike Jerich

President & CEO

Flexera

Mike Jerich
President & CEO

Mike Jerich is the President and CEO of Flexera where he will execute the company’s ambitious vision to help organizations understand their technology spend and risk footprint, regardless of the type of technology, where it lives or who owns it. He has over 25 years of experience working in technology, overseeing complex software and cloud-native solutions across sectors.

He is a seasoned, results-driven leader who most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at HungerRush. Mike is known for his relentless focus on go-to-market strategy and execution, driving milestones across revenue growth, profitability, and customer retention.

Mike’s earlier roles include Chief Revenue Officer at ServiceMax (now PTC) and FinancialForce, Global Head of Sales and Marketing at IPC Systems, and Chief Commercial Officer at IntelePeer. He is a graduate of Stanford University.

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Josh Fraser

Chief Customer Officer

Flexera

Josh Fraser
Chief Customer Officer

Josh Fraser serves as our Chief Customer Officer, leading global teams across solutions architecture, advisory, customer success, renewals and support. Drawing on deep expertise in cloud management, FinOps and IT asset optimization, Josh and his teams help customers unlock the full value of their technology investments through strategic guidance, innovative solutions, and world-class service.

Prior to joining Flexera, Josh spent over a decade at RightScale, a pioneer in cloud management, where he served as SVP of Sales & Business Development and was responsible for the entire customer journey. Flexera acquired RightScale in 2018.

Since joining Flexera, Josh has held several leadership roles across solutions engineering, customer success and product. He has played a pivotal role in shaping Flexera One and reinforcing the company’s reputation for delivering measurable results across hybrid IT environments.

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Kieran Ashe

Regional Vice President, APAC

Flexera

Kieran Ashe
Regional Vice President, APAC

Kieran Ashe is Regional Vice President, APAC at Flexera, leading the company's sales organisation across Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, he works with customers and partners to help organisations gain greater visibility, control, and value from their technology estates.

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Seyha Nou

Senior Solutions Engineer

Flexera

Seyha Nou
Senior Solutions Engineer

Seyha Nou is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Flexera, specialising in IT Asset Management (ITAM), Software Asset Management (SAM), and SaaS Management. Based in Sydney, Australia, Seyha works closely with partners and enterprise customers across ANZ to help them maximise value, reduce risk, and optimise technology spend through the Flexera platform.

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Simon King

Product Management Leader

Flexera

Simon King
Product Management Leader

Simon King is an enterprise product leader with over a decade of experience driving SaaS, Cloud, DevOps, and ITSM solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Based in Redwood City, CA, he specializes in leveraging AI, FinOps, and data intelligence to align complex technical strategy with measurable business outcomes while leading global, cross-functional teams.

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Denis Duri

Senior Solution Architect

Flexera

Denis Duri
Senior Solution Architect

Denis Duri is a Senior Solution Architect at Flexera with deep expertise in FinOps, cloud automation, and cloud cost management. He helps organizations improve cloud visibility, governance, and efficiency while advancing their FinOps maturity. Denis is passionate about using automation to simplify complex processes and enable teams to focus on innovation and business value.

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Event details

Wednesday, August 12
9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

DOLTONE HOUSE REVY
34 Pirrama Road Pyrmont NSW 2009
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The Star Grand Hotel
The Star Sydney, Level G/80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia
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The Darling
80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia
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Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour
100 Murray Street, Darling Hbr, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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Doltone House REVY
Doltone House REVY

Located at Jones Bay Wharf, Doltone House REVY is a beautifully restored waterfront venue featuring exposed brick, floor‑to‑ceiling glass and panoramic harbour views. An inspiring space designed to spark ideas, conversation and connection from the moment you arrive.

Every AI decision has a cost—and every cost needs visibility and control.

Join us in Sydney to learn how to manage AI spend with confidence, align teams around accountability and turn insight into meaningful business impact.

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