Four practices, one team.
Cybersecurity, IT support, custom development, and AI training. Fixed-price engagements, NDA-covered work, timestamped logs. One family-run team that learns your environment end-to-end.
Kansas City, Missouri
VivianOps
Cybersecurity consulting and privacy-first software — built in the Kansas City area.
What we do
Two practices, one principle: your work is yours.
VivianOps is a family-run consultancy with two sides. Our services team helps small and mid-size businesses harden their security, run their IT, build their software, and put AI to work — before anyone else gets the chance to audit them. Our software team builds consumer apps — including privacy-first AI tools where your data stays yours. No tracking. No resale. No hidden telemetry.
Software that keeps your data yours.
A small family of consumer apps. Our AI products keep data on your side of the wall — we don’t see it, and we don’t sell it. A few non-AI projects are just ideas we think people will enjoy.
Services
Four ways we help.
Pick the category that fits what you need. Bundle pricing is available when more than one applies.
Find vulnerabilities before they’re found.
Pentests, vulnerability assessments, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace hardening, and monthly Security Watch retainers.
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.
Custom websites and apps. Code you own.
From simple brochure sites to full-featured iOS and Android apps. No templates, no platform lock-in.
Practical AI for small businesses.
Three learning paths from foundations to developer, plus done-for-you implementation and custom AI work.
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.