Part of your team
Fractional executive work, with time spent on the actual work: setting priorities, making decisions and helping your team move forward.
MAT ELLIS / PORTLAND, OREGON
Great companies
are built
together.
I’ve had the good fortune to be part of some great teams. These days, I help founders with the decisions and challenges that come with building companies.
Have something in mind?
THE PART THAT STAYS WITH YOU
The people.
Always the people.
FOUNDER · ADVISOR · FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVEA FEW THINGS ALONG THE WAY
01 / A LITTLE CONTEXTCOMPANIES ARE A TEAM SPORT.
A few chapters.
Plenty of company.
I founded Cloudability and built a team that helped companies make sense of their cloud spending. Alongside a growing community, that work became part of what we now call FinOps. Cloudability was acquired by Apptio in 2019.
Now I’m building Sixty AI and backing founders through Cloudy Ventures. I also work with a small number of teams as an advisor or fractional executive.
There have been successes, some wrong turns and plenty of useful conversations. I enjoy being able to put my experience to work for other people.
The longer version02 / CLOUDY PORTLANDALL WRITING
Things I’ve
been thinking about.
Cloud, AI and building companies.
Occasionally, something for dinner.
01Which FinOps quadrant are you in?
A simple two-axis framework to help you decide how much your company could benefit from a FinOps practice and what kind is best if you do.
Read the piece
02The Cloud at Twenty: Old Habits Die Hard
It's time to let go of capex thinking.
Read the piece
03It's the Supply Chain, Stupid
Why Cloud Cost Management Isn't Really About Cost.
Read the piece03 / WORKING TOGETHERSTART WITH A CONVERSATION.
Sometimes it helps
to have another
person in the room.
If you’re building in SaaS, AI or infrastructure and could use some help, I’d be glad to hear what you’re working on.
Let’s talkSomeone to think with
We talk through the difficult bits and draw on experience to answer the hard questions.
Making sense of it all
Cloud and AI consulting. Let’s work out where the tools can help, what they might cost and what’s worth trying.
NOT AN AI, ACTUALLY HUMAN.
Still curious.
Still building.
Portland is home. I’m a longtime supporter of its startup community and of non-profits focused on education.
I write, cook, raise future adults, try new things and enjoy a good conversation. You’ll find a bit of all of that here.