Sam is a managing director at State Street in the Technology organization focused on Advanced Engineering (AI, Blockchain, Cloud) Governance and Controls. Sam joined State Street from Promontory Financial Group, where he most recently held the title of Senior Principal.As Senior Principal, Sam partnered with financial services executives to promote positive state and federal regulatory outcomes. Sam specializes in artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital assets, FinTech, and RegTech, and has broad experience working with technology native firms, banks, non-banks, fintechs, and U.S. State and Federal regulators including the Fed, OCC, SEC, CFPB, and NYDFS.Sam spent nearly a decade at Promontory working across practice groups partnering with financial services executives in the areas of non-financial risk, compliance, financial crimes, and technology and information risk, including the last three years focused exclusively on designing, adapting, and right-sizing risk management programs for digital-first products and services.