Introduction
In national security, capabilities are proven under pressure; not in theory. Too often, they fail because they were built too far from the mission. Missionovo was founded to close that gap. Three engineers, Grant Kuhnsman, Mike Dobry, and Matt O’Leary, saw the same failures: solutions built without the mission insight needed to succeed. They set out to build a company grounded in curiosity, trust, and execution.
“Too many capabilities are developed without proximity to the mission-proximity changes what’s possible,” says co-founder Mike Dobry. “We built Missionovo to stay close and solve problems with people who understand them firsthand.”
Serving customers across Northern Virginia, Missionovo is a mission-driven technology and engineering company delivering decisive outcomes for national security customers. Its work is organized across four capability areas: Mission Operations, Mission Systems, Mission Management, and Mission Support.
Solving Hard Challenges
At the center of its strategy are four mission imperatives derived directly from the hardest challenges facing national security today:
- Fuse Massive Data at the Speed of Mission
The most dangerous blind spot is not what was missed, but what was never understood within the data already collected. High-throughput, interoperable architectures that unify fragmented data domains. - Secure Trusted Systems for Sensitive Information
Modernization cannot come at the cost of trust. AI-enabled systems that preserve data integrity, enforce access control, and maintain defensible auditability. - Harness & Safeguard American Ingenuity
Innovation must be fast, but must also be protected. A high-trust bridge between mission and the innovation ecosystem, accelerating the safe adoption of emerging technologies. - Counter Adversarial AI & Anomalous Activity
The threat landscape is evolving fast. AI-driven anomaly detection, prediction, and authenticity capabilities that expose adversarial activity, detect unusual behavior, and restore confidence in digital environments at scale.
Built on Trust. Driven by Values.
Every decision made at the management level, with their teams, and for customers traces back to Missionovo’s “People First” and “Mission Always” founding ethos. These values are the company’s operating system. “People First” is humility in practice, knowing from experience that missions succeed when people are empowered. Trust is earned through integrity and transparency, by staying curious in the face of complexity, and winning together with shared ownership of results.
“Mission Always” is the relentless pursuit of decisive outcomes through a bias for action, a passion for quality, and a disciplined focus where less is more, prioritizing what matters most and executing with precision.
These principles enable Missionovo teams to operate effectively in high-consequence environments. Missionovo has proudly maintained over 95% employee retention, reinforcing that a people-centered approach drives technical excellence and mission continuity.
Execution at the Edge
Missionovo teams are embedded within customer environments, working directly alongside operators, engineers, and decision-makers. This proximity allows them to identify friction early, before it grows into failure or inefficiency. As the company grew, leadership moved away from centralized control and toward empowered execution at the edge, placing trust in the people closest to the problem. “We reached a point where innovation could not be centralized,” co-founder Matt O’Leary explains. “It had to come from people closest to the mission.”
From Mission Insight to Scalable Capability
Troller, the company’s patent-pending anomaly detection tool, built from firsthand mission experience in complex data environments. It enables mission teams to identify meaningful, undetected signals within high-volume, low-information data streams. Troller reflects a broader shift from delivering expert support to building scalable, mission-ready solutions.
A Force Multiplier for the Innovation Ecosystem
Missionovo operates at the intersection of mission operators and emerging technology to lead, pressure-test, and operationalize innovation in environments where trust, security, and performance are non-negotiable. By connecting mission needs with American ingenuity, it accelerates the adoption of advanced technologies.
Looking Ahead
Missionovo’s future is defined by continued scale and impact. The company is expanding product offerings, advancing data interoperability, and strengthening the interface between mission needs and America’s innovation ecosystem. “We are focused on helping missions anticipate, adapt, and act to unprecedented national security challenges,” co-founder Grant Kuhnsman says. “That requires the right people and solutions tailored for the environments they will operate in. People First. Mission Always.”
Missionovo brings its People First value to life by sponsoring and supporting charitable causes that strengthen the communities where we live and work.
