Bio
Sam is the Founder & CEO of Olvin, a new platform that combines real-world big data with AI to create predictive consumer insight in an instant. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Tamoco, a global leader in proximity and geospatial technology, helping businesses leverage this powerful signal by creating cutting edge, data-science driven products and services. Prior to founding Tamoco, Sam worked for six years at Orange, where he held within various positions, notably, being responsible for bringing the first contactless mobile payments and contactless mobile ticketing service to the UK. Alongside this, Sam was also leading the development for non-payment related mobile NFC products and building a commercial product from the network's 'mData'. A serial entrepreneur, Sam has continuously pursued a number of entrepreneurial ventures, including Executive Numbers - the UK's only mobile phone customisation service (Sold 2008), KACE London - a large retailer of luxury and high-end phone accessories (sold 2010) The Executive Magazine - the largest free luxury publication in London (closed 2012) and Crowdit - Northern Europe's largest nightlife app (sold 2017). A 30-year-old British national, Sam holds a BA in History and received his LLB from the University of London in 2012.