Tech help that actually fits your business.
About Palay
We started Palay because we believe that small businesses deserve high quality IT service without enterprise pricing. Founder Vanessa spent 7+ years building IT and security systems for everyone from environmental consultancies to tech startups to a global gaming company - and got tired of watching businesses get talked over, oversold, or left waiting on hold.So Palay does it differently: we handle the everyday tech, build security in quietly as you grow, and explain everything in plain English along the way.
The name Palay comes from the Tagalog word for unhusked rice - the raw material before it becomes something. That's how we think about good tech: when it's built right from the start, everything that comes after just works.
Meet the Founder
Vanessa Cuanan Founder, Palay Consulting
I built Palay because I love working with small businesses! There's something really satisfying about being the person who finally makes tech make sense for owners who've been told for years that this stuff is too complicated for them. It isn't. It just hasn't been explained right. And honestly, I think small businesses deserve better tech help than they've been getting.
My background spans both global enterprise IT and the kind of small, scrappy environments where one person wears every hat. So I know what "done right" looks like at scale, and I know how to get you there without the enterprise price tag, the jargon, or the runaround. I've spent 7+ years building IT systems and security from the ground up, and honestly, nothing fulfills me more than being the architect of something solid - the kind of foundation that quietly runs in the background while you focus on running your business.
That's exactly what I want to do for you. The best part of this work isn't the one-time fix. It's the long-term partnership, being the person you call when something feels off, when you're hiring someone new, when a client asks about your security policy and you want to actually have a real answer. I'm here for that, and I'm here for the long haul.
