--- title: Cloud ex Machina blog | Thomas Davy (3) description: Cloud ex Machina is a platform built by developers for developers to drive smarter cloud optimization. A Certified FinOps Practitioner with over a decade of leadership in technical organizations, Thomas is focused on automating cloud efficiency, boosting engineering autonomy, and embedding financial intelligence directly into developer workflows. 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