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Ann Marie Sastry
Founder & CEO Amesite
Ann Marie Sastry
Founder & CEO Amesite
Biography
Dr. Ann Marie Sastry is Founder and CEO of Amesite (Nasdaq: AMST), an artificial intelligence-powered software company that provides turnkey learning platforms and apps, and delivers 98% learner retention. Previously, Dr. Sastry was CEO and co-Founder of Sakti3 (acquired by Dyson in 2015 for $90M), recognized as one of MIT’s 50 Smartest Companies (2015). Sastry was invited to the White House in 2015 to be recognized for her technology entrepreneurship, and meet with President Barack Obama
Dr. Sastry was previously the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor (UM’s highest teaching honor) at the University of Michigan, where she served on the faculty for 17 years. She has co-authored over 100 publications and 100 patents and filings, and has delivered invited technology and business lectures and seminars globally (e.g. NSF, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard). Her technology and business work have been featured in WSJ, Fortune, Forbes, The Economist, Scientific American, USA Today, The New York Times and on the cover of Inc.
Sastry is active in philanthropy, with emphases on education, environment, and poverty alleviation. She serves on the Boards of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the Alpha House Family Homeless Shelter, and Laidlaw Venture Partners, among others. She holds PhD and MS degrees from Cornell University, and a BS from the University of Delaware, all in Mechanical Engineering.
Speaker Videos
How Companies Can Stay Ahead as AI Disrupts the Workforce | CNBC
Transformative AI: Changing the Nature of Work
TEDx: Energy Storage Reimagines Humans as Superheroes
Amesite, Tech Talk 2018
Interview at TiEcon Detroit 2018
Speech Topics
Leading Transformation to a Digital Culture: Leveraging AI for Competitiveness
We all know of examples of algorithms that can spot errors, trends and opportunities – and make decisions. But how do organizations truly leverage AI? The reality is that all businesses must adopt a digital culture – one in which there is an understanding of the collection, structuring and application of algorithms – from the front lines to the C Suite. Through industry-wide studies and specific cases, Dr. Sastry describes how awareness, respect and desire to leverage data and AI are instilled in top organizations. She provides guidance on building agile, successful infrastructures and processes for sourcing the AI tools that are required for competitiveness.
Creating an Authentic & Success-Oriented Culture Through Leadership
Is your company really a family? No, it isn't. We commonly use metaphors that are comfortable, but misleading to ourselves as leaders, and to our workforces, in attempting to show qualities that really are important. Dr. Sastry, the founder of two successful tech companies that were recognized for workplace excellence, discusses the process for creating the principles that drive your unique business - and putting them into action. Through examples and case studies, she shows how culture is an outcome of function, and how leading companies create authentic, high performance cultures suited to their missions and sectors.
Everyone is Welcome: Leading Creation of Environments that Leverage Talent from All
Are you struggling to achieve greater representation? Are you concerned about the risks to your organization – in reduced competitiveness, and liability, in not becoming a welcoming environment? Dr. Sastry talks about the experience of being the "first" or "only," in the context of leaders and organizational cues that made her accomplishments possible. She describes the transformation of biases into positive action, in organizations that she has led. She also discusses leadership habits and traits that enable people of disparate backgrounds and values to work together, professionally. From workshops, signals and signage, to company-making and breaking decisions, Dr. Sastry shares some of her own experiences that created workplaces that welcomed everyone.
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