Kyle J. Grant — Founder & Principal Investigator

Twenty-plus years building secure systems from the physical layer up. Avionics hardware, RF, and sensors; then DoD network and information-systems security with RMF / ICD-503 accreditation across systems-of-systems; and most recently autonomous multi-agent AI applied to compliance and security operations.

The operating thesis behind MkrOps: security and capability begin at the physical layer — the device, the field, the sensor — and propagate upward through networks into systems-of-systems. That perspective, paired with multi-agent automation, is how MkrOps compresses the accreditation and security work that slows every federal program.

Not theory — practice. Kyle actively runs an independent R&D lab (MkrLabs), bridging field and physical-layer technologies — RF, sensors, and non-thermal plasma — into autonomous, AI-driven systems, rather than only advising on them.

experience

MkrLabs — independent R&D lab

2025–Present · Founder & Principal Investigator

In-house multi-agent AI orchestration platform and knowledge-traversal engine (36k-node scale) driving a portfolio of applied-physics R&D roadmaps. (Self-directed R&D — not government past performance.)

Independent Applied-Plasma Research

2022–Present · Self-Directed Principal Investigator

Designed and built a non-thermal (cold-atmospheric) plasma apparatus across helium, xenon, and hydrogen sources — generating reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (RONS) for antimicrobial and agricultural application. Prototype stage; experimental logs retained.

Tensornetics, Inc.

2022–2024 · Founder & CEO

Founded an AI venture admitted to NVIDIA Inception with $100K in cloud-compute credits; consolidated into MkrLabs.

The Ecological Archive

2022–Present · Founding Board Member & Advisor

501(c)(3) developing and publicly licensing correlatable natural-science datasets for sustainability and ecological stewardship.

Dark Wolf Solutions

2021–2022 · Cyber Systems Engineer / ML-AI Advisor

ML/AI advisory for defense cyber systems; cybersecurity systems engineering. (Last TS/SCI access.)

Sentar, Inc. — DHA CyberLOG COE

2019–2021 · ISSM / Cyber Security Engineer IV

ATO governance for DHA medical devices via eMASS/RMF; led Medical Device Sustainment; R&D on the Technology Innovation Council.

General Dynamics IT

2017–2019 · Sr. Cyber Security Engineer, Asset Security Team Lead

Architected an MSSP — Splunk single-pane SOC, SOC automation/orchestration; managed 1,000+ endpoints across multiple client networks.

Quantum Dynamics — March ARB

2015–2017 · Network Engineer / ISSO

Secured DoD/USAF networks for 2,000+ users; achieved an ICD-503 RMF 5-year accreditation; Tenable, Nessus, SCAP.

U.S. Air Force / CA Air National Guard

2012–2016 · Cyber Systems / Transport

SIPR/NIPR mission systems and PKI; RMF security controls and ICD-503 accreditation; expeditionary communications.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

2007–2008 · Security Administrator (HSPD-12)

Managed classified personnel security information supporting DoD background investigations.

U.S. Air Force

2003–2007 · Avionics Electronics Technician

Physical-layer engineering: radar, electronic-warfare, sensor, RF, and flight/engine-control systems.

core competencies

Cyber

RMF · ICD-503 · NIST 800-53 · eMASS · Xacta · ATO/A&A · Tenable/ACAS · Splunk SOC automation.

Multi-agent orchestration · knowledge-graph & traversal engines · Python · Haskell.

Physical

Avionics & RF, electronics, sensors, hardware test & calibration.

Certs

CompTIA Security+ · CCNA · ITIL Foundation · Splunk Certified Power User.

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