About us

From Public Health Analytics to Anna

Our company began as a public health analytics firm focused on how social and environmental factors shape health outcomes — from distance to care and environmental exposure to disaster vulnerability.

That work produced powerful geospatial analytics, but we repeatedly encountered a core challenge: interpreting results quickly and confidently.

So we asked a simple question:

What if decision-makers could ask questions in natural language and instantly receive answers, visuals, and analysis behind them?

That idea became Anna.

Leadership

Ajay K Gupta

Ajay K Gupta, CISSP, MBA

CEO

Led a major health system merger; runs a global health tech working group; 2025 AI Health Innovator of the Year; karaoke aficionado.

Ram Peruvemba

Ram Peruvemba, MD, FASA

CMO

Physician leader and VBC expert; led PE consolidation to form the largest anesthesia practice in the U.S.; Healthcare.gov advisor; golfer, runner, guitarist.

Paul Churchyard

Paul A Churchyard, MPS

CTO

Expert geospatial engineer; chair of a global GeoAI group in emergency response; polymath and DJ.

Wide Industry Professional Board Involvement

  • Board of Trustees, MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society.
  • Chairman, MedChi Medical Policy Council.
  • Commissioner, Commission for Nurse Reimbursement.
  • Chair, OGC Health Domain Working Group.
  • Creating Healthier Communities Health Data Equity Committee.
  • Co-Chair, OGC Disaster and Emergency Management Domain Working Group.
  • Co-Chair, GEOHealth Community of Practice work group on Healthcare Infrastructure.
  • Delegate to the American Society of Anesthesiology.
  • Board Chairman, Trinity Health Mid Atlantic, the flagship health system of Trinity Health System.
  • Past College Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University.
  • HIMSS Education Committee (current) and Social Determinants of Health Task Force (past).
  • United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management.
  • Executive Committee Member, Hospital Based Physician Coalition of Maryland.
  • Vice-Chair of the Board, US Anesthesia Partners.
  • Appointed to the Health Delivery Reform Subcommittee for the state of Maryland.
  • Appointed to the Health Services Cost Review Commission for the state of Maryland.
  • President, Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists.
  • Maryland State Delegate to the American Society of Anesthesiologists' governing body, its House of Delegates.