# Sasha Kipervarg

> Sasha Kipervarg is the Pacifica, California-based co-founder and CEO of Ternary. A former Workday DevOps director and LiveRamp cloud operations leader, he co-founded Ternary with Patrick Raymond and Joshua Kwan in 2020 to address the cloud financial management problems they had experienced as operators. His public work now focuses on connecting cloud, AI, SaaS and other technology spending with financial decisions and business value.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Ternary
- **Organizations:** Ternary, LiveRamp, Workday, MokaFive, FinOps Foundation
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Northeastern University, Stanford Executive Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ternary after working on cloud financial management at LiveRamp., Led global cloud operations at LiveRamp during its large Google Cloud migration., Led Ternary through a $12 million Series A in October 2023.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked as an IT Infrastructure Architect at MokaFive, evaluating storage cost and performance.
- **—** — Served as Director of DevOps at Workday before joining LiveRamp.
- **2018** — Completed the Stanford Executive Program while at LiveRamp.
- **2020** — Appeared on the RampUp migration panel as LiveRamp Head of Global Cloud Operations alongside Joshua Kwan and Patrick Raymond.
- **2020** — Co-founded Ternary with Patrick Raymond and Joshua Kwan.
- **2021** — Ternary launched with a Google Cloud focus; its early team numbered ten and initial funding was reported as $1.6 million.
- **2023** — Ternary raised a $12 million Series A led by Jump Capital.
- **2026** — Discussed the expansion of FinOps beyond cloud on the FinOps Weekly podcast.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ternary after working on cloud financial management at LiveRamp.
- Led global cloud operations at LiveRamp during its large Google Cloud migration.
- Led Ternary through a $12 million Series A in October 2023.
- Described as a founding member of the FinOps Foundation in his CFO Summit speaker biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Ternary announced Bring Your Own Data, extending its ingestion capabilities beyond native cloud billing.
- **2026-03** — Appeared on FinOps Weekly on March 10 to discuss the Universal Spend Ledger and the expansion of FinOps beyond cloud costs.
- **2026-09** — Published the LinkedIn article “AI Can Answer the Question. Can You Trust the Answer?” on September 25.

## Links

- Website: https://ternary.app/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skiper/

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