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My goal is to leverage my diverse consulting, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership background to contribute valuable knowledge and best practices to foster innovation, implementation, and adoption within organizations.

In her role as SPARC Academy President, Sam leads a large-scale dynamic, and talented team in building innovative healthcare education courses using modern technology to meet the end user’s needs. SPARC Academy is an asynchronous virtual training course that accelerates and operationalizes learners to help them return to their prime directive as quickly as possible with the knowledge and skills to help them succeed. Before Brightwork, Sam poured every ounce of her enthusiasm for the world of andragogy, or adult learning, into the success and vision of Waypoint Ventures. As a founding principal, she was responsible for seizing creative opportunities while easing clients into newness with an excellent blend of self-paced, instructor-led, and community learning ethos. With 20+ years of impactful training projects developed and delivered for prominent companies such as Microsoft, Sam adds immeasurable value to Brightwork’s EHR e-Learning product, SPARC Academy. Her empathetic leadership style balances a forward-thinking mindset and respect for organizational stability. An alumnus of The Ohio State University and former Peace Corps Volunteer, Samantha now splits her time between Seattle, WA and Kona, HI. She loves being in, on, and around the water, is a certified U.S Coast Guard captain and sailing instructor, pilots and races sailboats regularly, and is an accomplished open-water swimmer.

Waypoint Ventures is a Seattle based strategic project management and consulting firm with a focus on technology-driven initiatives. For more than 13 years we've leveragedour diverse experience to drive technical content development, learningdocumentation, and project management solutions for clients such as Microsoft, Accenture, and Avaya Communications. We're here to help you navigate yourcompany's projects and initiatives, your waypoints for growth and success.

Served with Peace Corps as a Volunteer in Samoa on an inaugural effort to offer sustainable community development in the country’s rural villages.