Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill has had a long and varied career in the tech industry. Sam began their career in 2002 as a Regional Technology Manager/Sales Engineer at LANDesk Software. Sam then moved to Eleutian Technology, where they held the positions of Vice President of Business Development, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, and Chief Technology Officer. In 2007, they became the President and Cofounder of Glacier Bay Training, LLC. In 2010, they returned to SolutionStream as a Business Strategy Consultant. In 2011, they returned to LANDesk Software as the Director of WW Strategic Alliances -Lenovo Alliance. From 2014 to 2017, they worked at SanDisk, first as the Director of Sales, Alliance GTM and then as the Lenovo Sales Manager. In 2017, they became a Partner at Turnkey Social and a Business Development at SolutionStream. In 2018, they founded Kartiva, and in 2019, they became a Senior Account Executive at VMware.

Sam Merrill completed their education history by earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Brigham Young University between 1988 and 1996. Sam then pursued an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix between 1998 and 2000. Prior to this, they attended Brighton High School from 1985 to 1988 and Jordan High School from 1984 to 1985.