Sam Hendricks Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Member of the Enterprise Engineering team at Meta. Our internally focused IT team aligning to the office of the CIO.Exploring integration of a variety of technologies like video conferencing, collaboration technology, generative AI, VR, AR, metaverse and mixed-reality experiences into the way we work at Meta to increase productivity and strengthen connections with each other whether remote or hybrid.Enterprise AR/VR Solutions Program Manager leading the Metaverse Enablement… Show more Member of the Enterprise Engineering team at Meta. Our internally focused IT team aligning to the office of the CIO.Exploring integration of a variety of technologies like video conferencing, collaboration technology, generative AI, VR, AR, metaverse and mixed-reality experiences into the way we work at Meta to increase productivity and strengthen connections with each other whether remote or hybrid.Enterprise AR/VR Solutions Program Manager leading the Metaverse Enablement Academy – a set of educational resources for Metamates to learn about and understand how they can interact with and integrate XR technology into their workdays. Using both traditional 2D learning modalities as well as advanced VR and AR applications to both teach and inspire workers in the Monday to Friday metaverse. Scaled the program over 6 months to offer it across Meta. Currently featured in Meta’s New Hire Orientation program.Senior Program Manager for Meta’s VR Expo 2.0 – worked with ISVs to build custom demo versions of both hard-skill as well as soft-skill VR training. Custom Oculus for Business headsets were shipped around the world to allow for a seamless user experience. Supported the buildout of a custom Expo 2.0 event world using a leading Enterprise Metaverse platform. Show less

Seattle, Washington, United States

Mixed Reality lead for the JBLM 5G OTA Unity 3D Application Prototypes. Utilizing HoloLens 2, IVAS, Windows Mixed Reality Headsets and Edge Compute to drive training solutions to the tactical edge on a 5G network. Over a 3-year period moving from Phase 1: a squad of 12 Soldiers in a Lab through Phase 2: in field testing at Training Centers with 200+ users to finally Phase 3: Large scale in field testing of IVAS/I-MILES/STE with thousands of users. Goal is to prove the military utility of Mixed… Show more Mixed Reality lead for the JBLM 5G OTA Unity 3D Application Prototypes. Utilizing HoloLens 2, IVAS, Windows Mixed Reality Headsets and Edge Compute to drive training solutions to the tactical edge on a 5G network. Over a 3-year period moving from Phase 1: a squad of 12 Soldiers in a Lab through Phase 2: in field testing at Training Centers with 200+ users to finally Phase 3: Large scale in field testing of IVAS/I-MILES/STE with thousands of users. Goal is to prove the military utility of Mixed Reality devices and 5G networks for enhancing live training.Chief Engineer and Director for the Seattle Immersive Studio. A multidisciplinary team of 25 Software developers and 3D artists focused on developing data visualization and training applications for Virtual and Augmented Reality.On-site support Engineer for large-scale Biometric Enrollment Database. Responsible for maintaining and enhancing a Department of Defense web-based software package used in a variety of mission-critical locations. Lead a team of software engineers through requirements definition, scoping, development and deployment of successive iterations of this application. Troubleshot and fixed various issues with production software services and delivered fixes with a minimum of customer impact. Show less

I lead a team of software developers.