Once a nurse, now a full time content manager, strategist and creator working to bring ideas to life 🚀

Once a nurse, now a full time content manager, strategist and creator working to bring ideas to life 🚀

Highly driven, problem-solving leader, focused on transforming strategic initiatives to business outcomes, though translating stakeholder requirements to IT implementations.

Leveraging strong brand building expertise (product development, Marketing & communication, digital and e-commerce, commercial) to drive business. Marketing director / Innovation Lead / Category development. Startups coach & Board member

Sam is an award-winning Security, Risk & Compliance leader with a proven ability to develop and lead people and programs that bring trust and assurance to the marketplace. Armed with “Big 4” and boutique consulting experience, industry positions at companies like SAP Concur and Smartsheet, and having crossed from Accounting to InfoSec, Sam offers the unique ability to translate complexity to both business and technical audiences, for companies in any industry, at all stages of growth (from pre-IPO to Fortune 5 Enterprises). Sam is charismatic, compassionate and collaborative, and embodies a growth mindset for every experience and challenge he takes on. Sam's mission is to bring trust and assurance to customers, investors and regulators globally, advance the security of the business, its operations, products, data, infrastructure, and people, and protect the brand and reputation, significantly reducing barriers to sale. Volunteer activities include serving as an advisory board member for the University of Washington MPAcc program. Specialties: Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), IT Security, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Compliance Management, Audit Management, Vendor Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Policy Management, Identity Access Management, ISO27001, 27701, 27018, 27017, 22301, 20000, SOC-1 / SSAE16 / SAS70, SOC 2, SOX, FedRAMP, DoD IL4, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CPA, CISA, Network+, Accounting, GAAP, SEC Reporting, Consulting

Looking for a seasoned SEO expert who can propel your business growth to new heights? Look no further! With a wealth of expertise in SEO and digital marketing more broadly, I have consistently delivered exceptional results for the companies I've worked with. • I have many years of experience across all aspects of SEO and specialise in international SEO strategy, advanced technical SEO, programmatic SEO, the applications of ML for SEO, strategies for optimising SEM/SEO, and leading large SEO teams. • I excel at solving complex problems, with a natural curiosity to seek a range of inputs, and the confidence to challenge assumptions to get to the root of problems • With expertise in statistics and data visualisation and proficiency with Python, Excel and multiple analytics platforms, I can leverage large and complex data sets to support informed decision making • I can develop effective international growth strategies, drawing upon expertise in localisation and international SEO best practices, as well as an understanding of the cultural nuances • I can leverage cross-channel synergies to create impactful campaigns by drawing upon diverse experience spanning paid search and social, print, direct mail, out-of-home, digital display and email • I can effectively influence others by quickly building trust and alignment, finding common ground, and translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences (and vice-versa) • I can lead large teams to drive impactful outcomes through the ability to recognise the strengths in others, delegate effectively and empower team members to solve problems

Working towards a better world and a better future for the next generation.