Tenderloin
Settle the group’s “where should we eat?” in under a minute.
Everyone joins a session with a short code, swipes through nearby restaurants at the same time, and the app calls the match the moment one shows up. Free on iOS and Android.
VivianOps
Products
Our products
Coming soon
GovGopher
A simpler way for small contractors to find and pursue government opportunities.
GovGopher is being built to bring federal, state, county, city and school-district solicitations into one place, with plain-language summaries and a pursuit pipeline for keeping promising work organized.
What we do
Two practices, one principle: your work is yours.
VivianOps is a family-run shop with two sides. Our services team builds custom websites and apps, runs IT for small and mid-size businesses, teaches teams to use AI well, and handles the security work that goes with all of it. Our software team builds our own products — Tenderloin and GovGopher — on the same principle: your data stays yours. No tracking. No resale. No hidden telemetry.
Four practices, one team.
Custom development, IT support, AI training, and cybersecurity. Fixed-price engagements, NDA-covered work, timestamped logs. One family-run team that learns your environment end-to-end.
Practical products, built with care.
Tenderloin is live on iOS and Android. GovGopher is in development for small contractors pursuing government work. Both are built on the same principle — your data stays yours.
Services
Four ways we help.
Custom software, remote IT, practical AI training, and the security work that backs all of it. Bundle pricing is available when more than one applies.
Custom websites and apps. Code you own.
From simple brochure sites to full-featured iOS and Android apps. No templates, no platform lock-in.
A remote IT department, on retainer.
Per-user monthly support across three tiers, from a help desk on call to a full remote IT department.
Practical AI for small businesses.
Three learning paths from foundations to developer, plus done-for-you implementation and custom AI work.
Find vulnerabilities before they’re found.
Pentests, vulnerability assessments, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace hardening, and monthly Security Watch retainers.
Why family matters
Built by people who answer for their work.
Joel and Michael have been best friends since they were old enough to ride bikes — nearly four decades of it. Joel’s son Zander grew up right alongside. When the three of us decided to start VivianOps together, there wasn’t much to decide about culture: we’re family, and we were going to build it like one. We work the way small Midwest shops have always worked: plainly, and with handshakes that hold.
Tell us what you’re trying to build.
Websites, apps, IT, or a hand with AI. First conversation is free and we’ll tell you honestly if we’re the right shop.