Kion, a cloud operations and financial operations platform for multicloud environments, has named Brian Wilson as CEO to lead its next phase of growth and advance its FinOps+ strategy focused on governance, policy, cloud waste reduction and automation.
Wilson succeeds founder Brian Price, who will remain with the company as chief product officer, focusing on innovation and product vision.
“Leading Kion has been the privilege of my career,” Price said. “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.”
Wilson has scaled global teams across sales, customer success and services for leading cloud and observability companies. He spent eight years at Zenoss as chief customer officer, led customer success and global services at Kibo Commerce as COO, and most recently served as CEO of Monetate, where he used machine learning to help global brands deliver smarter, more personalized digital experiences.
“I’m honored and excited to join Kion and its community of dedicated employees, customers and partners,” Wilson said. “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.”