Sam is the CEO of TrueFans a Podcasting 3.0 app that enables fans to reward their favourite creators using micropayments.  He is also the co-host of Podnews Weekly Review. 

Sam is a 30 year veteran of the IT industry. He has held senior technical and marketing director roles across a number of companies including Microsoft, Netscape, Gateway Computers and Microstrategy.  He has also been an entrepreneur having started and successfully sold 3 startups covering home-automation, fashion and journalism. Sam also helped start Techcrunch Europe and has been an angel investor and mentor to numerous startups.  

Before entering the IT industry, Sam was an Army Officer in the Parachute Regiment and in his spare time enjoys teaching Krav Maga.