Primary Job Title President & Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Ripcord
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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As Lanyon’s SVP of Product Strategy and GM SMB, Sam's core focus is delivering product superiority and profitable growth across Lanyon’s product portfolio.
Prior to Lanyon, Sam led Products, Marketing and Corporate Development at Passkey (now known as Lanyon Passkey), a cloud-based technology provider serving global hotel chains and
corporations. Under his leadership, the company grew fivefold in just 8 years — leading to an acquisition by Vista Equity Partners and merger with Lanyon. Before Passkey, he co-founded and served as CEO, Board Member and Chief Products Officer at Bungo, an award-winning innovator in the online collaboration and messaging space. Sam also spent several years in investment banking at global venture and buyouts firm Japonica Partners. He began his career in marketing at Procter & Gamble.
Sam has a B.Sc. in Physics from American University, as well as an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He holds several patents and serves as an adviser to a number of start-ups, entrepreneurs, and venture buyout firms.
