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Matías Gripe
Matías Gripe, Cloud, Data & AI consultant

Practical technical support for growing companies

Clear, grounded technical support without unnecessary consulting complexity.

I help small and midsize companies get started with software development, cloud, data, and AI, with a practical focus and concrete results in a short amount of time. My way of working is close, transparent, and direct: focused on decisions, delivery, and results that matter to your business.

Who I work with

You are a founder or manager of a company with 10 to 200 people. You need help, or you want to get started, with software development, cloud, data, or AI — but a large consulting firm feels too slow, too expensive, and too far away from the real work.

This is for you if

  • You want to professionalize your technology team, whether it works on software development, analytics, or data governance, or you need to build one.
  • You value clear answers over consulting jargon, bureaucracy, and slide decks.
  • You are looking for someone close to the work who can execute, not just advise.
  • You want your company to stay current on digital and technology topics such as agents, AI, and cloud.
  • You have data scientists, but their models are not reliably deployed or running in production.
  • You have people building useful tools with vibe-coding, but no safe way to share them across the company.
  • You feel the business is falling behind on data and AI.

Probably not the best fit if you want

  • An 80-slide presentation, many meetings, and a project that only starts moving six months from now.
  • A room full of consultants who only gather information and do not take responsibility for execution.
  • The cheapest possible vendor, even if that means more coordination, more risk, and more rework.
  • Delegating important technical decisions to a junior team that has to learn the problem from scratch.
  • A traditional consulting engagement that is heavy, slow, and hard to connect to day-to-day business work.

Three ways I can help

Pick the front that fits your challenge. Most engagements start with a short, fixed-scope assessment, so you see value before committing to more.

Cloud and Software Engineering

I design, deploy, and govern AWS cloud systems, including internal applications, integrations, and cost optimization. More grounded analysis and architecture, connected to real cases.

  • Deployment and application recommendations
  • Governance and CloudOps
  • Cloud cost and FinOps work
  • Integrations with the rest of your systems

Deliverable: A work plan you can replicate, with clear rules that fit your budget and the reality of your organization.

Data

I help you build reliable data sources, from data lakes and lakehouse foundations to governance, catalogs, analytics, and BI that people actually use.

  • Software and tooling recommendations
  • Data lakes and lakehouse foundations
  • Governance and catalogs
  • Analytics and BI dashboards

Deliverable: Tooling recommendations for your teams, a technical roadmap to catch up, and a plan to get more value from your new data assets.

AI Guidance & Tools

I help you separate the noise from what is worth doing in AI, with practical LLM and RAG use cases, responsible adoption, and tools your team can use.

  • AI readiness assessment
  • LLM and RAG use cases
  • Responsible adoption
  • Tools and enablement
  • Internal team training

Deliverable: A practical AI recommendation that explains where to start, what to avoid, and how to turn selected use cases into safe internal tools.

Matías Gripe, Cloud, Data & AI consultant

About

Hi, I'm Matías

I'm an industrial engineer turned technology leader. Today I lead cloud engineering and software development, building internal apps, integrations, and cloud governance on AWS — and reducing costs while doing it.

Before that I worked across the business side too: strategy and operations consulting, business intelligence, and financial planning and analysis. That mix is the point. I understand the numbers your board cares about and the systems your engineers build — so I can translate between them and give you clear direction.

I work as an independent consultant because I believe most companies don't need a big firm. They need one senior person who listens, simplifies, and delivers.

Civil Industrial Engineer & MSc in Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Bilingual (Spanish/English), based in Santiago, Chile, working across the Americas.

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How I work

Most projects begin with a short assessment and a concrete recommendation, so you can see value before committing to more.

01

Initial assessment

A short, bounded review of your current systems, team, constraints, and business priorities.

02

Practical recommendation

A direct recommendation that separates urgent work, useful next steps, and distractions.

03

Tangible delivery

Hands-on execution or guided implementation so the work turns into something the business can use.

04

Clear handoff

Simple rules, documentation, and next actions your team can keep using after the engagement.

Each stage or package has its own cost, assessed one stage at a time after the initial interview.

Common questions

I help small and medium companies design and run cloud systems, build trustworthy data and analytics, and adopt AI in practical ways. I work hands-on as a single accountable expert, instead of a large consulting team.

Tell me what you are trying to solve.

Share your context and we'll set up an initial interview, usually within one business day. Prefer LinkedIn? Message me there.

Prefer LinkedIn?

Drop me a message there and I'll reply just as fast.

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