About Us

Revolutionizing the Decision Making Required for Great Achievement

We are a company on a mission. Every day our team of experts is enthused to develop software, help our customers, and educate the market on modernizing how agencies must prioritize, plan, and fund.

Our Mission

Transforming government planning and budgeting is more important than ever and Decision Lens is leading these modernization efforts.

With Decision Lens, the Department of Defense, intelligence community, federal civilian agencies and state and local governments more effectively plan to and make data-driven decisions which always align resources to their mission. And with trillions of dollars spent each year, every effort towards better, faster decisions have a consequential impact.

Public sector employees have a monumental task on their shoulders. They must plan for the future, prioritize for the medium-term, and spend to meet the needs of today. Decision Lens is developed to achieve these goals by connecting time horizons, aligning strategy to mission, and providing enterprise transparency.

Each day we wake up to develop software, support implementations, and inform people about the benefits of using Decision Lens. We believe better government planning and budgeting will result in no less than America’s improved economic standing in the world, its ability to prevent potential conflict, and the increased happiness of our citizens.

Decision Lens Mission

Our Story

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In 2002, Decision Lens founders, John and Dan Saaty, launched their father, Dr. Thomas Saaty’s world-renowned decision framework as powerful software that would revolutionize the way the public sector prioritizes, plans, and funds.

In the intervening 20 years the company has become adept at developing software specifically designed for the public sector. From episodic prioritization done in board rooms to integrated, continuous planning done everywhere our software is purpose built for one goal: meeting your mission. At its core, Decision Lens foundation in decision science helps organizations make better, faster data-driven decisions.

Our focus on the public sector offers myriad benefits to our customers. Decision Lens can be acquired across a variety of contracting vehicles and through several partners. We have invested in a robust hosting ecosystem to support a range of security requirements. Our software meets the strict FedRAMP security requirements.

Above all, Decision Lens is designed for a modern government. Customers achieve rapid time to value with quick implementations, ready-made training options, and a user interface which is easy to adopt.

The result of these efforts is recognition as an industry leader. The company has received an Air Force Technology Innovation Award, was recognized as the corporate member of the year by the American Society of Military Comptrollers, and has been featured on Federal News Network.

The public sector has taken note as well. Today, Decision Lens is used to prioritize and allocate billions of dollars across the Navy, Army, Air Force, federal civilian agencies, the intelligence community, and state and local government.

These agencies achieve a sustained operational advantage through superior long-term planning, continuous medium-term prioritization, and exceptional short-term funding execution.

Our History

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2002

Decision Lens founded by John and Daniel Saaty as a software company focused on planning and prioritization.

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2005

First software license sold to the Defense Health Agency for capital planning, global facilities.

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2007

Decision Lens Web collaboration platform launched, first software license sold to Maryland Transportation Authority.

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2012

Decision Lens 3 SaaS platform with mobile engagement and expanded capabilities launched.

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2016

Received Top Secret Facility Clearance, Decision Lens solution achieves FedRAMP compliance.

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2019

Launch of Decision Lens Accelerate to offer Continuous Enterprise Planning in addition to Episodic Prioritization.

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2020

Released Build Budget “Spend Plan” Execution Module, Awarded US Air Force AFWERX SBIR Award.

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2022

Enhances hosting options by partnering with Second Front Systems and deploys first customers on Game Warden.

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2023

Decision Lens goes fully remote, Named ASMC Distinguished Corporate Member of the Year, Earns Air Force and Naval Technology Innovation Awards.

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2024

Diversis Capital invests in Decision Lens to accelerate the transformation of government planning

Meet the Leadership Team

Trusted By Top Government Agencies

Transforming The Public Sector

$500B+

are aligned to the mission through Decision Lens since 2020

4.5

Stars on Glassdoor

12+ yrs

Average tenure of executive team

Plus, we've been fully remote since 2023

Our Values

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Passion

We are passionate about building revolutionary technology. Passion conveys belief, belief conveys confidence, and confidence instills within our customers the knowledge that they can rely on us.

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Competence

Competence is a critical attribute of every Decision Lens employee. Building competence can take time, but there is no question that is too small to be answered, and no skill that will help our customers achieve success that we will not invest in.

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Honesty

We build trust through direct honesty. We value straight talk, openness, self-awareness, and genuine communication and contributions towards the greater good of the company and everyone with whom we connect.

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Teamwork

The strength of our team does not only lie in our combined experience and expertise but our ability to trust each other and collaborate. We work together, across boundaries, to meet the needs of our customers and help Decision Lens win.

Associations We Support

We believe being part of the community is both an honor and a responsibility. Therefore, we sponsor several associations, volunteer our time to support their mission, and attend events to understand the challenges you face.

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“We are on a mission to revolutionize the decision making required for great achievement. Employees are enthused every day because the work they do truly impacts their lives, the lives of their families, and their community. We are so excited about what we do here every day!”

John Saaty, Decision Lens CEO & Co-founder

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