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Ripal Bhatt

Who I help

Built for businesses that have outgrown ad-hoc IT.

Not every business needs an independent IT consultant. These are the ones that consistently get the most value from working with me — regardless of size or sector.

Automated production line on a manufacturing floor

Manufacturing & engineering

Production depends on systems staying up. A single outage costs shifts, not just inconvenience.

IT & technology companies

An internal or external second opinion on architecture, security posture or vendor decisions, from someone outside the immediate team.

Growing SMEs

You have outgrown "one person knows how it all works" but have not yet outgrown a fractional, independent advisor.

Larger organisations facing an audit

A customer, investor or regulator is asking security or continuity questions you cannot yet answer with documentation.

Results

What this has looked like in practice

Client names are withheld by request. The problems — and the outcomes — are ones that come up again and again, across sectors and company sizes.

Engineering

Cutting unplanned downtime at a precision engineering firm

Precision engineering firm, ~180 staff, Vadodara

Under 4 hrs
Recovery time
Monthly
Tested restores
Removed
Critical single points of failure

Challenge — Production planning depended on a single ageing server with no tested backup. Unplanned outages were costing roughly two shifts of lost output every month, and nobody could say how long a full rebuild would take.

What we did — A full infrastructure audit mapped every dependency on that server. We virtualised the critical workloads onto resilient hardware, implemented verified nightly backups with a tested restore process, and documented a recovery runbook the shop-floor supervisor could follow without escalation.

Outcome — Unplanned downtime fell substantially within the first quarter. A verified restore now completes in under four hours, against an unknown and untested position before the engagement.

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Manufacturing

Closing security gaps ahead of a customer audit

Auto-components manufacturer, ~250 staff, Gujarat

Eliminated
Shared admin passwords
Passed
Customer audit
100%
Critical findings closed

Challenge — A major OEM customer introduced a supplier security assessment. The business had no documented security posture, shared administrator passwords across departments, and a firewall last configured several years earlier.

What we did — A cyber security and risk review established the real exposure. We rebuilt access control on a least-privilege basis, replaced shared credentials, reconfigured perimeter security, hardened email against invoice fraud, and produced the documentation the customer assessment required.

Outcome — The supplier assessment was passed without remedial actions raised, and the business retained the contract.

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Construction

Reducing recurring IT spend at a multi-site construction group

Construction group, 4 sites, Gujarat

Consolidated
Overlapping contracts
4 of 4
Sites linked reliably
Single vendor
Accountability

Challenge — IT costs had risen year on year without a clear reason. Three vendors held overlapping AMC agreements, and site connectivity was still unreliable despite the spend.

What we did — A vendor and AMC review examined every agreement line by line, identifying duplicated coverage and services being paid for but not delivered. We consolidated to a single accountable arrangement and redesigned the inter-site links.

Outcome — Recurring IT spend reduced materially at the next renewal cycle, with better site connectivity and one clear point of accountability instead of three.

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Recognise your business in any of this?

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