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Your tech spend is outpacing revenue. That's not a tech problem.

Operational debt builds up quietly. Tools no one owns, contracts that autorenew, spend no one ties back to revenue. It all eats into margin.

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"We always knew where we could save money, but MK was the one who actually made it happen. She took over our infrastructure ops, tracked down where we were burning cash, and cut millions in waste. Absolutely top tier."
Jason Hudak, VP of Platform Engineering at Twilio

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Masked as tech problems.
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A costly system upgrade that missed its goals

Cloud and AI bills climbing faster than revenue

SaaS tools piling up across teams, with renewals that catch you off guard

Outages that take days to resolve

Booz Allen Hamilton NASA US Navy US Army Air Force Cost Analysis Agency Twilio RapidAPI Divisions Maintenance Group Google
$75M
Annual SaaS portfolio managed for a Series B company
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$100M
Avoided technology costs for a Series C company
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73%
COGs improvement delivered for a hypergrowth startup
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97%
Reduction in resolution time from days to hours for a PE-backed company
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$1B+
Defense and space programs governed for DoD and NASA
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$8B
James Webb Space Telescope replan defended before Congress
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Based on MK’s engagement data. Actual results depend on your stack and org maturity.

The ALIGN™ framework.

A
Assess

Find what’s actually broken.

L
Lead

Set ownership and make it real.

I
Integrate

Connect engineering and finance.

G
Grow

Scale what works. Cut what doesn’t.

N
Normalize

Make it last after I’m gone.

How we work together.

Business Systems Blueprint

$3,900

Fixed price · 10 business days

For established companies modernizing their business systems.

What you get

  • Every tool mapped, with its owner and renewal date
  • What to keep, replace or retire, with a vendor shortlist
  • A 12 month roadmap timed to your renewals
Blueprint

Tech Spend Diagnostic

$9,500

Fixed price · 10 business days

For companies whose tech spend is growing faster than revenue.

Everything in the Blueprint, plus

  • Cloud and AI spend in scope
  • Savings ranked in dollars, with an owner for each
  • The contracts to renegotiate first
Diagnostic

Ongoing FinOps Leadership

from $15K per month

Retainer · 3 month minimum

For companies ready to capture savings and keep them.

Everything in the Diagnostic, plus

  • Monthly reporting against revenue and plan
  • Renewal management and vendor negotiation support
  • Incident management that cuts downtime cost
Ongoing leadership

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Service Business Systems Blueprint Tech Spend Diagnostic Ongoing FinOps Leadership
Cost$3,900 fixed$9,500 fixedFrom $15K per month
Best forEstablished companies modernizing their business systemsTech spend growing faster than revenueReady to capture savings and keep them
The question it answersWhich tools should we keep, replace or add?Where is money leaking, and how much?Who keeps tech spend and incidents under control every month?
ScopeBusiness software and SaaSBusiness software plus cloud and AIAll tech spend and incident operations
Timeline10 business days10 business daysMonthly, 3 month minimum
Your team’s timeAbout an hourAbout six hoursSet in your engagement
Business Systems Blueprint
Map of every tool by department, owner and renewal✓✓✓
Gaps where work is still manual✓✓✓
Keep, replace or retire, with a vendor shortlist✓✓✓
Where AI tools would help✓✓✓
12 month roadmap timed to renewals✓✓✓ Kept current
Tech Spend Diagnostic adds
Cloud and AI spend in scope—✓✓
Tech spend as a share of revenue—✓✓ Monthly
Ranked list of savings in dollars, with owners—✓✓
Contracts to renegotiate first—✓✓ Ongoing
Ongoing FinOps Leadership adds
Monthly reporting and renewal management——✓
Usage forecasts and quarterly vendor reviews——✓
Incident management——✓
Blueprint Diagnostic Ongoing leadership
Mary Kate, Founder of EmmeKaye Consulting
Mary Kate McAllister
Founder & Principal Consultant

Meet Mary Kate McAllister.
aka MK.

San Diego, CA · Available in person or remotely

I’ve operated across NASA, defense agencies, Twilio, RapidAPI and Google, and I’ve seen the same cost pitfalls at every scale. I fix the operations behind them.

Credentials
Former Twilio Chief of Staff, IPO readiness
Certified in FinOps for AI
PMP · UC Berkeley
MBA · University of Maryland
Certified Scrum Master · PMC-III
Business Analytics · IU Kelley
AWS · GCP · Azure · AI · SaaS
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