Sam has a distinguished background in electrical and electronic engineering, having partially completed his Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (in Germany), and the experimental work in his Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (in the US). Following his Ph.D., he worked as a Senior Lecturer in the school of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, teaching engineering electromagnetics and digital signal processing, and supervising many students. In his research, he attracted significant grant funding, founded Adelaide’s terahertz engineering group, and contributed to many publications and patents.

Since 2005, Sam has worked in a large Australian patent attorney firm with a diverse range of clients, including individual inventors, funded and unfunded startups, research institutions, and multinational corporations. His expertise spans a broad spectrum of technologies, including lasers, electrical and electronic engineering, communications technology, signal processing, image processing, software, machine learning, mechanical devices, biomedical technology, and digital health.

He is also a contributing author to The Laws of Australia (Thomson Reuters), where he writes on the processes for obtaining and maintaining a patent, and a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, teaching patent drafting fundamentals. Sam enjoys working at the intersection of technology, business and the law, particularly since a patent, by its very nature, always brings something new.