Sarah Osentoski is a seasoned technology executive and robotics leader based in Sunnyvale, California, with 14+ years of experience guiding early-stage startups and high-performing engineering teams. She is CTO of Vinci4D.ai and an active advisor to startups, venture funds, and established companies, shaping technology strategy across hardware, software, and AI. At Iron Ox, she scaled the engineering organization from a small team to 73 people and led automation, data science, and greenhouse intelligence initiatives, while also temporarily guiding product. As COO and co-founder of Mayfield Robotics, she built a 60-person company from incubated idea to shipping products, overseeing product, hardware, software, and operations. Her Bosch tenure included leading confidential R&D in shared autonomy and pioneering Robot Web Tools, a toolkit that enabled remote collaboration and contributed to NSF-funded research. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from UMass Amherst and a BS from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and has led industry and academic communities as President of Women in Machine Learning, reflecting a commitment to mentorship and inclusive innovation.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
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