Optimize your business operations and maximize your ROI with my expert consulting services. With over 15 years of experience working in startups and enterprises, I specialize in transforming your technology landscape, focusing on key areas that drive efficiency and profitability.

Areas of expertise

💰 Cost reduction

Is your cloud bill spiraling out of control? Let me analyze your infrastructure and processes to identify and eliminate wasteful spending, implementing data-driven strategies to lower costs without compromising performance or quality.

• System rearchitecture for efficient resource utilization
• Cloud capacity reservations of all types - reserved instances, savings plans/CUDs, private pricing agreements
• Building cost control processes that promote ownership and capture ROI
• Metrics, dashboards, cost anomaly detection (cost leaks)

🤝 Vendor contract negotiation

Secure the best terms and pricing for your technology partnerships. I leverage deep industry expertise to negotiate contracts that align with your goals and budget. From new vendor agreements to renewals and early-renewals, I help you unlock higher discounts, strategic project credits, and favorable terms that reduce risk and maximize business value.

I’ve negotiated over $150m worth of contracts for the following vendors:

• AWS
• GCP
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Astronomer

And many more.

🛠️ DevOps & Platform Engineering

Systems not scaling for the latest increase in traffic? Scared to hit the deloy button? Flying blind? I can help with that, too.

Areas of expertise:

• CI/CD
• Internal developer platforms (IDPs)
• Kubernetes
• Unix
• Observability - logs, metrics, traces
• Security - SSO, IAM, code and artifact scanning
• Networking - VPC, subnets, firewalls

💬 Let’s talk

Interested in my consulting services? Let’s discuss your project coreygale[at]gmail.com