Who we are · SDVOSB · SBA VetCert · Virginia
CYDEO Federal LLC is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, verified through SBA VetCert and registered in the System for Award Management. We are based in Virginia. Our primary focus is the Department of Veterans Affairs, where veteran-owned firms hold statutory first priority and where most federal software work reserved for SDVOSBs is actually bought, followed by the Department of Defense and the federal judiciary.
Combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran, 19K armor crewman, with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Juris Doctor, Ave Maria School of Law. Sixteen years across national security, technology policy and defense strategy, including counter-UAS programs and international defense partnerships.
Tyland directs the firm, owns the customer relationship, and holds signature authority on every submission CYDEO Federal makes.
Founder of CYDEO, the technical-education company whose engineering team and production estate stand behind this firm. Built and operates the customer, payment, learning and analytics platforms described throughout this site. Harvard executive education.
Leads CYDEO Federal's engineering and AI practice, including the guardrail patterns under AI in government systems.
Our engineers come from the CYDEO alumni network: software test automation engineers, cybersecurity analysts and software developers we trained ourselves, many already holding clearances and working in federal programs today. When a requirement lands, we staff it from people whose training we designed.
