About Us
Decision Lens is on a mission: To revolutionize the decision-making required for great achievement.

Decision making is in our DNA
In 2005, 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.
Decision Lens is integrated planning software which modernizes how government prioritizes, plans, and funds. Leveraging our unique expertise in decision science, agencies achieve a sustained operational advantage through superior long-term planning, continuous medium-term prioritization, and short-term funding execution. We help the public sector deliver today while planning for tomorrow.
We are not just another tech company
We’re not just another tech company with a ping pong table (we prefer foosball, anyway). We hire, train, and invest in people who believe in our mission, work collaboratively, ensure customer success, and make our time working together meaningful.
The Integrated Planning Platform
Decision Lens provides the ultimate operational advantage to organizations. Regardless of how you use Decision Lens, our platform provides the following capabilities.
Intake Engine
Prioritization Framework
Scenario Planning & Optimization
Budget Planning & Execution
Portfolio Roll-Up

Decision Lens ensures projects of the highest relative merit are consistently programmed, budgeted and executed first.
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, USN, MC Surgeon General of the Navy
Decision Lens Values
By living our core values of passion, honesty, competence, and teamwork, we have been recognized as a Great Place to Work*.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Leadership
John Saaty
CEO and Co-Founder
Daniel Saaty
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder
Kevin Connor
CPO
Mark Paiewonsky
CFO
Dr. Alison Denton
COO
Ted Reynolds
CRO
Josh Martin
CMO
Siva Nookala
CTO
Jonathan Allen
Executive Vice President
John Saaty is the co-founder and CEO of Decision Lens. Prior to Decision Lens, John held leadership positions at multiple growth-stage technology companies including Earth Networks and Cysive, Inc. where he co-led a $180M IPO and secondary offering. Previously, Saaty was brand manager with Intel Corporation where he was responsible for brand management and marketing programs for microprocessors and chipsets.
Saaty has an MBA with dual majors in marketing and entrepreneurial management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in English Literature with a minor in computer studies from Northwestern University.
Dan Saaty has advised numerous Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies in mission-critical decisions – from multi-billion dollar strategic planning processes to decision management methodologies for major capital investments, portfolio management decision processes, and acquisition and best-value source selections.
An expert in the implementation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP), Mr. Saaty has over 15 years of experience in developing and implementing advanced decision methodologies.
Dan’s skill in decision process design and facilitation is widely sought after by companies and government agencies including Johnson and Johnson, Amtrak, the NFL, National Grid, Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Department of Defense, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Military Health System among others.
The advanced decision methodologies designed and implemented by Mr. Saaty are routinely used in both the public and private sectors to prioritize mission-critical objectives, site selection, best-value source selection, enterprise risk management, human resource management, work effort prioritization, and engineering trade-off analysis decisions.
Kevin Connor is the Chief Product Officer of Decision Lens. Prior to Decision Lens, Kevin was the Director, Office of Program Management at Johnson & Johnson’s LifeScan where he was responsible for the portfolio and NPV governance processes across a multi-billion dollar Franchise. Kevin has a proven track record of accelerating growth and performance in organizations facing rapid change with nearly 20 years of experience in strategic planning, portfolio management, and new product development, specializing in process and organizational design.
During his tenure at J&J, Kevin led the commercialization of numerous global innovations for such brands as InTouch® –Diabetes, OneTouch®, Splenda® and Viactiv®.
Previously, Kevin was with the Colgate-Palmolive Company, where his work spanned ideation to strategic sourcing. Kevin co-founded and managed RailWayz, Inc., until its acquisition in 2005. Drawing on this diverse background, Kevin has repeatedly earned trusted advisor status among leaders and management teams from startups to the Fortune 500.
Mark is the Chief Financial Officer at Decision Lens. He comes to us with a diverse finance and accounting background in SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, audits, capital acquisition, and general ledger conversions. His past responsibilities have included overseeing the finance, accounting, legal, insurance, human resources and information technology functions of various entities.
He started his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP and then moved into the private sector where he has held various CFO and Controller roles with small to mid-sized public and private companies.
Mark graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Alison is an innovative executive and manager who specializes in developing systems and structures that bring clarity and efficiency to changing organizations. She is passionate about and is responsible for ensuring customer success and renewals for the entire Decision Lens portfolio of Federal, State & Local, and Commercial SAAS customers. During her tenure at Decision Lens, Alison has implemented new structures and systems for tracking customer health and engagement. She developed a holistic view of customer success metrics by integrating key systems in new Customer Success Management system. The common thread throughout her 20+ years of work is her focus on serving the customer to make sure they are successful in getting the information, product or support they need to have positive impact in their organizations.
Prior to joining Decision Lens, Alison was the Director of Facilities Planning at Arlington Public Schools where she focused on capital planning, process improvement, and public participation. She also previously worked as an information technology professional and administrator at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL.
Ted is the Chief Revenue Officer at Decision Lens. In this role, Ted is responsible for global sales with additional focus on growth of Decision Lens’ customer portfolio and expansion into untapped markets.
Prior to joining Decision Lens, Ted most recently served as VP of Planview's Federal & Mid-Atlantic sector, with overall responsibility for the development and execution of sales strategy, marketing, operations, and revenue attainment.
Ted brings a successful track record of more than 20 years that includes executive leadership roles and recognized achievements in the Federal and Commercial marketplaces. Ted blends diverse customer experience with best practice and technical knowledge gained over the years as a management consultant, system developer, and trainer to help organizations decrease cost, mitigate risk, and bring efficiencies into the enterprise.
Ted holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.
Josh Martin serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Decision Lens. Since joining the company, Josh has led several major initiatives to establish Decision Lens as the premier planning software company for the public sector. Under his leadership the company has shifted its focus exclusively to the public sector, refreshed its brand, launched a new website, and built a strong inbound program to capture growing interest from government agencies looking to act faster, fund smarter, and innovate at scale.
Through these efforts, Decision Lens has become increasingly ingrained in the federal government. The company serves as a charter member of the US Space Force Association DC Chapter, where Josh was unanimously elected as the organization’s first Vice President of Marketing.
Before joining Decision Lens, Josh served as a marketing leader at Logi Analytics and Perfect Sense. During his time at these organizations, he established a strict focus on winnable markets, created strong understanding of the ideal customer, and established each brand as thought leaders in their respective markets.
Siva Nookala is the Chief Technology Officer at Decision Lens. Siva has more than 20 years of experience in design and development of large-scale enterprise systems. He oversees software engineering team at Decision Lens and played an instrumental role in the design and development of Decision Lens Accelerate. He is passionate about building world-class integrated planning software that will enable our customers to make data-driven planning decisions confidently.
Before joining Decision Lens, Siva worked in software development teams at multiple companies such as Oracle and Jeppesen, a Boeing company. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Master of Science in Technology.
Jonathan Allen is a proactive executive dedicated to working directly with government leaders, managers, and analysts to transform their planning processes.
As EVP of Strategic Markets, Jonathan leverages his extensive public sector knowledge to identify key markets which can benefit from the modernization Decision Lens software offers. The result has been engaging with myriad public sector agencies as they optimize how they prioritize, plan, and fund with Decision Lens.
Beyond his technology acumen, Mr. Allen is an expert in change management, process improvement, and decision-making from his long career as a consultant advising a wide variety of customers. A principle-based leader, Jonathan cares deeply about people and helping them meet their objectives in ways that are long-lasting and sustainable.
Join Decision Lens
Working at Decision Lens is exciting, challenging and rewarding. We have developed an amazing culture by hiring smart, energetic, teamwork-oriented professionals. Our goal is to provide our superstars with all the benefits required to reach their full potential personally and professionally.