Sam McAlear

Sam McAlear has a diverse work experience in various roles and companies. In 2009, they started as a Business Development professional at NATION Technologies, where they worked on SaaS products until 2010. From 2010 to 2011, they served as a Project Manager at NFi Studios, focusing on web engagement technologies for associations. Sam joined Avectra is Now Abila in 2011 as a Senior Project Manager and later became the Integration Manager for Enterprise Partners. In 2013, they joined NBC Sports Group // Golf Channel - GolfNow.com as a Product Manager, responsible for managing an Agile product team and utilizing web analytics tools for product development strategy. Sam continued to excel in this company and became a Senior Product Manager until 2017. In 2017, they joined CXL Agency as a Senior Conversion Optimization Strategist before moving to Cro Metrics in 2018, where they worked as a Senior Growth Product Manager. Sam's most recent experience is at MongoDB, starting in 2019 as a Senior Growth Manager in Experimentation. Sam went on to become the Lead of Growth Experimentation and is currently working as the Director of Growth Experimentation since September 2021.

Sam McAlear has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida - Warrington College of Business. Additionally, they have a Master of Science degree in Information Systems & Operations Management from the same institution. In terms of additional certifications, Sam has completed the following: Optimizely X Full Stack Foundations, Optimizely X Technical Foundations, Optimizely X Strategy Foundations, Optimizely X Web Foundations, CXL Institute Certified Optimizer, Google Analytics 101, Google Analytics 201, Google Analytics 301. Sam is also a Certified ScrumMaster, although the month and year of when they obtained this certification is not provided.