John 414's Chairman & Liaison to the Philippines, Sam holds degrees in Chemical Engineering, LSU, Management and Marketing, Richmond University, Firefighting, Texas A&M, and Executive Business, London Business School. He worked primarily in the area of phosphorus based chemicals used for food preservatives, agricultural chemicals, flame retardants, oil well production, pharma, and detergents. He has served on variety of levels from Senior Process Engineer, to Chief Operations Officer, to President.

Sam has seen much of the suffering and plight of the people of Asia and has a heart for providing for their physical, educational, and spiritual needs. He and his wife helped establish a school in the Manila area to educate poor and low income children. They have helped orphans in China and with water wells in Zambia. They plan to continue their work in these and other areas with bare bones direct involvement in order to maximize available resources. Sam is continually in contact with people abroad in the Philippines and other Asian countries to identify humanitarian needs there.