SAMI
SAMI is an innovative micro-learning solution for the modern workforce. Enterprise SaaS with proprietary IP.
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Education
- Location Los Angeles, CA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded July 2015
- Employees 7
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website sami.co
Company Summary
SAMI provides innovative employee training and education for a growing global market ($356b global market size). Our solution combines comedic storytelling through engaging animated characters, educational best practices and smart data analytics. Our mission is to better educate the world by providing life-changing communication and leadership skills for individuals and organizations. SAMI stands for Smart Answers to Modern Issues www.sami.co
Team
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COO/Co-Founder
a proven 10+ year track record of operations and personnel management experience. Senior roles in finance operations at Cornerstone and global PR firm Burson-Marsteller including policy and procedure development, high-volume AR/AP oversight, SOX compliance and legacy system migrations. Broad ERP & CRM experience including business analysis through enterprise implementation and training.
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Chief Learning Officer
over 30 years of experience in leadership development, organizational development, training, executive coaching, and diversity initiatives. Former Chief Diversity Officer at Cisco, Director of Training at American Express, co-founder of NQuotient. Ms. Nagel is an internationally recognized speaker on topics such as Building a Culture of Inclusion, Creating Influence, Executive Presence, and Women’s Leadership.
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CEO/Founder
creator of SAMI; a proven 15+ years track record of building and managing creative, production and finance teams. Ms. Tyuleneva built and ran revenue team at Cornerstone. Prior to that she managed a television production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Prior to that Ms. Tyuleneva was at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) providing advisory, auditing and M&A services to clients in technology and entertainment industry in US and EMEA.
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Chief Creative Officer
25+ years of creative development and production experience, and creating original and licensed content for PC, Web, console, social, and mobile platforms. Instrumental in the development of over 50 published games, educational titles for companies including Electronic Arts, Take 2 Interactive, Disney Interactive, Mattel, Sesame Street, DIRECTTV, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Marvel Comics, and the U.S. Federal Government.
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Chief Marketing Officer
a proven track record in marketing and business development in high-growth companies spanning 30 yrs, including 12+ years of agency-side consumer brand marketing and 15+ years of sales performance delivering digital media. Three venture-backed startups including IPO Webcasts.com. Founder of Clarland Group that provides marketing strategy for growth-stage technology firms. A founding member of the Television Academy’s Interactive Media Peer Group
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Chief Technology Officer
a seasoned entrepreneur and 15+ years of experience with entertainment technology, digital content distribution, data mining, and strategy. Most recently, Mr. Markham ran a startup for four and a half years that pioneered hyper-personalization, programmatic advertising, deep learning, and computer vision technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Markham led R&D of big data and IT security at Technicolor, NBC Universal, General Electric.
Advisors
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