"Sustainability and profitability go hand in hand. That's how you build a resilient company."
– McKinsey & Company
Sisley, Alfred. Meadow, circa 1875. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
What we do
Our value
Marllen Consulting helps businesses optimize their cloud costs by analyzing, rationalizing, and aligning their cloud investments with their business goals. We provide actionable insights that reduce costs and waste, improve operational efficiency, and connect cloud spending to meaningful business metrics, such as unit economics.
Our credentials
Combined 4 decades in cloud architecture, solutions consulting, and IT management.
Professional expertise in FinOps, focusing on cost management and financial accountability in cloud environments.
Industry certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP), FinOps Certified Practitioner, Finops Certified FOCUS Analyst.
Businesses we engage with
Small-to-Medium Startups: Particularly those without an established FinOps practice, looking to optimize and rationalize their cloud spending.
Tech-Enabled Businesses or Enterprises: Organizations with complex cloud environments or those seeking to tie cloud costs to their core business performance metrics.
Private Equity Firms: Assisting with cloud cost due diligence before acquisitions.
How we help
Cloud Cost Analysis: Reviewing current cloud expenses to identify inefficiencies, areas of overspending, and opportunities for optimization.
FinOps Best Practices Implementation: Establishing a financial operations framework to monitor, manage, and predict cloud spending more effectively.
Pre-Sale Due Diligence for Private Equity: Assisting private equity firms in assessing cloud cost structures and potential savings before acquiring or investing in a business.
Unit Economics Alignment: Mapping cloud investments directly to specific business outputs, enabling clients to make data-driven decisions.
Cloud Migration Assessment: Providing guidance on cost considerations for businesses planning to move workloads to or between clouds.