Sally Ann Frank

Sally Ann Frank is global lead for health and life sciences at Microsoft for Startups, where she leads the global health and life sciences strategy, programs and portfolio to accelerate the development of innovative, market-making companies. Through business strategy planning, go-to-market development and technical excellence, Frank enables startups to achieve short-term revenue goals and long-term visions. Previously, she was part of Microsoft’s IoT Solutions team, helping health care and life sciences organizations use IoT to improve patient outcomes and efficiency.

With more than 25 years in the technology industry, Frank focuses on business outcomes, helping providers, payers, medical device, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies apply IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence along with a variety of other Microsoft technologies to meet the changing demands of the health care industry.

She earned an MBA from George Washington University in Washington, DC, an MS in systems management from the University of Southern California and a BS in marketing and computer science from Virginia Tech. Frank is the author of "The Startup Protocol: A Guide for Digital Health Startups to Bypass Pitfalls and Adopt Strategies that Work." Her next book, "The Unicorn Protocol: Digital Health Unicorns, How They Got There and What You Can Learn from Them," is scheduled for publication in January 2026.

Frank is a lifelong learner, business leader and wellness enthusiast. She is a devoted wife, mother and daughter. Outside of work she enjoys yoga, Pilates, adventure travel, mentoring startup founders and her seven-pound Chihuahua.