A practical, step-by-step framework to help engineering and finance teams gain control, drive efficiency, and create measurable value in the cloud.
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Everything you need to put the DRIVE framework to work on your terms.
The full 5-stage DRIVE framework as a beautifully designed PDF you can read, annotate, and share with your team.
The complete framework in raw Markdown, ready to drop into Notion, Claude, Obsidian, or your internal wiki.
A purpose-built GPT trained on the framework, so you can chat through your cloud cost challenges 1:1.
Five stages that take you from raw billing data to sustained cloud savings. With clear ownership, measurable outcomes, and lasting governance.
Validate billing findings with stakeholders, gain access to live environments, and confirm assumptions with platform owners.
Prioritize by ROI, effort, and risk. Define a structured implementation plan backed by a clear business case.
Execute approved optimizations with a controlled rollout, active monitoring, and thorough documentation.
Measure realized savings against baseline, document outcomes, and hand over governance controls.
Ongoing advisory and quarterly reviews to keep optimization compounding over time. (Optional phase.)
Cloud Operations Consultant @ Trustsoft
Cloud Operations Consultant with 10+ years of experience across cloud migration, IT infrastructure, FinOps, and process optimization.
Jan has spent more than a decade helping enterprises untangle complex cloud environments. His work spans cloud migration, IT infrastructure, FinOps, and process optimization. Always with a focus on making technology cheaper, simpler, and more accountable.
The DRIVE framework distills the patterns he has used across hundreds of engagements into a practical, repeatable system that engineering and finance teams can apply immediately.
"The best cloud cost programs don't start with tools. They start with a clear process that everyone understands."
Get the DRIVE framework and start applying the same playbook top enterprise teams use to cut cloud costs, improve efficiency, and increase governance.