Episode 287: Standard Chartered’s Brian O’Neill

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