KEEL
The lakehouse backbone for PE-backed operators.
Four elite architects. One Databricks cell. A governed production lakehouse in 90 days — owned end-to-end, never staffed.
Why this niche
Big SIs sell headcount. PE operators need a platform that ships.
Post-acquisition value creation does not wait for a forty-person bench. Keel exists for one buyer: mid-market portfolio companies that need a Databricks lakehouse with governance, cost control, and an operating model — on a clock.
Productized monopoly
Keel 90
A fixed-scope engagement that stands up Unity Catalog, medallion architecture, reliable ingestion, quality contracts, and the runbooks your team actually runs — in ninety days.
Open the Keel 90 blueprint →Days 1–30
Platform spine: workspace, Unity Catalog, security, cost guardrails
Days 31–60
Pipelines + silver contracts that survive diligence
Days 61–90
Gold products, operating model, handoff without theater
Axis of competition
We refuse the rate-card game.
What we own
- Outcome accountability through go-live
- Architecture decisions that compound
- A repeatable PE lakehouse playbook
- Direct line to Databricks partner motion
What we refuse
- Staff augmentation and body-shop SOWs
- Slideware strategy with no build
- “We do every cloud” generality
- Racing conglomerates on blended rates
Become the default answer in the rooms that matter.
If you are an operating partner or portfolio CTO who needs Databricks without the SI drag, talk to the cell.