Sam Steffan

Sam Steffan currently serves as the Director of Business Development at Almaden Genomics, a position held since June 2024. Prior to this role, Sam held various titles at Basepair Inc from September 2019 to July 2024, including Director of Strategic Partnerships, Head of Sales, and Account Executive. Experience includes working at DFE Pharma as Sales Development Lead and Sales Development Officer from March 2018 to August 2019, and as an Internal Wholesaler at AXA from September 2016 to March 2018. Sam's early career involved positions at the University at Buffalo NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, including Programmer and Lab Assistant, where skills in DNA manipulation and bioinformatics were developed. Sam earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completing studies from 2011 to 2015.