Oct 8, 2025

STS News Desk Brian Price to transition to Chief Product Officer Kion , the leading automated CloudOps and FinOps platform for multicloud, announced the appointment of Brian Wilson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Wilson will drive Kion’s next phase of growth in the cloud operations (CloudOps) market by accelerating the company’s vision for FinOps+, which addresses key priorities for governance and policy, cloud waste reduction and automation. He will succeed founder Brian Price, who will remain with the company as Chief Product Officer (CPO) where he will focus on driving innovation and product vision. Wilson is a seasoned SaaS leader with a track record of guiding companies through market expansion, building high-impact partnerships, and leveraging AI to drive growth and go-to-market innovation. “Leading Kion has been the privilege of my career,” said Price. “Over the past seven years, we’ve built something truly special—a strong business powered by an innovative platform trusted by many of the largest public sector agencies and regulated enterprises. What I’m most proud of, however, is the incredible team and culture that put our customers at the center of everything we do. I’m excited to advance the industry’s most innovative CloudOps platform and build on our incredible momentum as I partner with Brian Wilson to lead Kion into its next chapter of growth.” “I’m honored and excited to join Kion and its community of dedicated employees, customers and partners,” said Wilson. “As AI-driven and agentic workloads take hold, organizations need a more connected approach to managing cloud performance, cost, and value. Kion believes the future of FinOps lies in integrating financial management practices across every facet of cloud operations. FinOps+ is that bridge, moving beyond traditional cost tracking to ensuring organizations can drive cloud value and deliver AI innovation faster. We have a tremendous opportunity to lead this evolution in the market, and I’m eager to work alongside our team and customers to help them build long-term cloud efficiency and impact.” Brian Wilson is an enterprise software leader with a track record of driving customer-centric growth across SaaS, infrastructure management and commerce technology companies. Wilson has spent more than two decades scaling infrastructure monitoring, observability, and cloud platform companies, building high-performing organizations across pre- and post-sales, customer success, and services functions. He spent eight years at observability and IT operations company Zenoss as Chief Customer Officer. As COO of Kibo Commerce, he led customer success, implementation, and global services across 75 countries. More recently, as CEO of Monetate, he advanced the company’s mission to transform digital customer experiences, applying patented machine learning to help global brands deliver more intelligent, personalized engagement. Over the last year, Kion has unified its approach to CloudOps and FinOps, strengthening its platform and setting the stage for deeper optimization, control and governance across multicloud environments. That work built a strong foundation of continued innovation and customer trust, positioning the company at the forefront of a rapidly evolving market. Building on that momentum, Kion is now advancing into the next phase with FinOps+ – an approach that unifies automation and governance, AI-driven insights, and beyond public cloud cost management into a single platform. With FinOps+, teams can proactively govern and eliminate waste before it happens, extend visibility and optimization beyond public cloud to SaaS, AI, licensing, and private cloud, and leverage AI for smarter forecasting and faster decision-making. FinOps+ moves beyond simply tracking costs: it accelerates value, serving as the bridge between FinOps and operational excellence to help organizations do more with less while ensuring long-term efficiency and business impact. Write in to  psen@itechseries.com  to learn more about our exclusive editorial packages and programs.