The career path of BAI Group’s Treasurer, Janis Pusateri, does not follow a conventional script, and that is exactly what makes it relevant in a company that continues to evolve.
In Redford, Michigan, Janis developed the kind of foundation that endures: discipline, consistency, and a steady approach to change. Those qualities have defined her 30+ year career at BAI Group, where she has grown alongside the firm as it expanded from a focused environmental engineering practice into a multidisciplinary organization working across infrastructure, renewable energy, and applied AI.
What distinguishes Janis’s role is not just tenure but perspective.
She has operated inside the company’s growth, helping navigate each stage as complexity increased, services diversified, and new capabilities emerged. That long-view insight shapes how she approaches financial leadership today.
From Oversight to Insight
In a small but growing firm, the Treasurer role extends well beyond traditional financial management. Janis operates at the intersection of operations, strategy, and growth, ensuring that financial systems not only track performance but also actively support it.
Her work centers on:
- Translating project and operational data into clear financial insight
- Building structures that scale with a growing, multidisciplinary team
- Supporting leadership with timely, grounded decision-making inputs
- Maintaining financial discipline while enabling innovation
Building Financial Infrastructure for Innovation
As BAI continues to expand, Janis is guiding the implementation of Oracle NetSuite, an integrated platform designed to modernize financial operations and improve visibility across the organization. This transition is not simply a system upgrade. It is a strategic investment in infrastructure that can:
- Support a broader and more complex service portfolio
- Deliver faster, more transparent reporting
- Provide the clarity needed to evaluate new initiatives and partnerships
For a firm advancing into applied AI and other emerging areas, Janis ensures that innovation is grounded in data, discipline, and accountability. This approach reflects BAI’s broader philosophy: technology should enhance professional judgment, not replace it, and should always be applied with transparency and human oversight.
Operating Inside Growth
What sets Janis apart is her ability to anticipate, not just react.
Having worked through multiple phases of company growth, she understands how operational decisions translate into financial outcomes over time. That allows her to identify risks early, support project managers in real time, and help leadership balance opportunity with sustainability. She is not removed from the business. She is embedded in it.
Grounded Leadership and Why It Matters
Outside of her professional role, Janis maintains a strong focus on family and personal interests. She is married to her husband, Michael, and has two adult children, Jacob and Isabella.
She enjoys traveling, visiting museums, and exploring new cultures, while also valuing time at home, gardening, crafting, and spending time outdoors.
This grounded perspective is part of what makes her leadership effective.
In companies like BAI, which are technical, growing, and increasingly innovative, the Treasurer role is evolving. It is no longer limited to reporting on past performance. It is about building the systems, insight, and discipline required to support what comes next.
Janis Pusateri represents that evolution. She is not only managing the business but helping position BAI for the future.