Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, Founder and CEO of Amesite, started the company to empower people with AI. Amesite Inc. (Nasdaq: AMST) is a pioneering technology company whose flagship app, NurseMagic™, aims to transform healthcare efficiency by addressing the greatest pains in the sector, including documentation, using AI that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows. The platform serves B2B and B2C users across 50 states and 21 countries, offering translations to over 50 languages.

Dr. Sastry was previously CEO and co-Founder of Sakti3 (acquired by Dyson in 2015 for $90M; employee count: 15), recognized as one of MIT’s 50 Smartest Companies (2015), and as a Crain’s Detroit Business Cool Places to Work winner (2017). Sastry was invited to the White House in 2015 to be recognized for her technology entrepreneurship and meet with President Barack Obama. Her technology and business work have been featured in WSJ, Fortune, Forbes, The Economist, USA Today, The New York Times and on the cover of Inc.

Prior to starting her companies, she was Arthur F. Thurnau Professor (UM’s highest teaching honor) at the University of Michigan and served on the faculty for 17 years. Tenured and promoted early, Sastry was recognized with some of the highest honors in her scientific fields, including the ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award (2011) and NSF’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1997). She has co-authored over 100 publications and 100 patents and filings, and has delivered invited technology and business lectures and seminars globally (including NSF, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and others). Her technology and business work have been featured in WSJ, Fortune, Forbes, The Economist, USA Today, The New York Times and on the cover of Inc.

Sastry is active in business mentorship and philanthropy, with emphases on education, environment, and poverty alleviation. She serves on the Boards of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), Lucius Partners and the Oxford Company, among others. She holds PhD and MS degrees from Cornell University, and a BS from the University of Delaware, all in Mechanical Engineering.

Ms. Berman serves as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer at Amesite. She is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in accounting, auditing and record-keeping for public and private companies. Leveraging her experience in complex accounting, public auditing, creation of efficient customer payment workflows and executive reporting, Ms. Berman founded her own firm Better Books Consulting (“Better Books”) in June 2019 to advise fast-growing clients.Prior to her advisory firm leadership, Ms. Berman served in a Senior Accountant role in large construction equipment group, overseeing the accounting department. Ms. Berman has built on a foundation of solid public accounting, rising to the role of Senior Audit Manager at Turner, Stone, & Company, L.L.P. (“Turner Stone”) after being promoted at the firm over her 10 year tenure at the firm.

Brandon Owens is Vice President of Sales at Amesite, brings deep experience in sales leadership, technology, and business to the company. Reporting directly to the CEO, Owens leads Amesite’s NurseMagic enterprise sales, delivering wins across the U.S. over a wide range of companies in delivery of care and healthcare. Leveraging an infrastructure for digital enterprise outreach that reaches thousands of businesses per week, Owens oversees and delivers continuous improvement to a cutting-edge sales flow that delivers wins in days or hours after first touch, enabling even large enterprise customers to purchase the NurseMagic solution for their entire teams with just a few clicks.

Owens is also responsible for Board and public communications for Amesite on sales, routinely presenting to investors and crafting messaging for the public. He works closely with Marketing and Engineering to deliver feedback on the capabilities, messaging and customer support needed to assure dominance in the $230 billion home and healthcare sectors.

Prior to joining Amesite, Brandon worked at Pluralsight where he generated significant net new revenue and advanced quickly through the ranks. Prior to his roles at Pluralsight, Brandon was the Director of Business Development at a healthcare analytics company, developing its sales strategy and leading the day-to-day operations of its business growth. Early in his career, Brandon worked for Corporate AT&T in its enterprise sales technology division where he was entrusted with management of relationships with premier enterprise clients.

With strong focus converting complex negotiations into automated sales, commitment to creating scalable, win-win deals, and unwavering integrity, Owens strives to model best-in-class leadership for the entire team. A graduate of Brigham Young University, he sits on a board for preserving Samoan history and culture. Respected both personally and professionally for his professionalism, effectiveness and goodwill, Owens has positioned Amesite to disrupt the entire healthcare space with AI-powered SaaS.