Sam is an Educational Lead Developer at the Faculty of Health Sciences (McMaster University) & a Communications Lead (Canadian Cancer Society). He is a multiple award recipient with more than 50 international conference presentations in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. He also a master in Media and Technology Education from UBC and certificates from Harvard, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California-Davis, and a significant number of US universities. His expertise in interdisciplinary areas of Industry, Healthcare and Technology Education led him to interdisciplinary collaboration with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (i.e., Deans, Associate Deans, Executive Directors, and Managers at UBC, McMaster, and some private organizations) in Digital Media Communications & Marketing, Instructional Technology and Educational/training Development projects in Canada and the US.