Sam was noted as gifted and obsessed with technology at a young age growing up in the British Columbia suburbs. While his friends played outside, he spent his time indoors refurbishing vintage arcade cabinets and reselling them to collectors and taught himself the basics of electronics and finance. He got his bachelor’s degree at age 14 and, inspired by his speedcubing hobby, Sam created a permutation-based algorithm for a self-learning computer program he invented at 15-years-old. Over the years, he received his Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics from McGill University, and later a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard.
After turning down numerous promising high-paying job offers, Sam joined Monarch on May 11, 2015. His first assignment was to digitally catalog the agency’s data archives and he was soon responsible for leading the development and launch of Monarch Sciences, a global communications network that heralded a new age of transparency and connectivity in the post-Godzilla world.
With the launch of Monarch Sciences, Sam was quickly promoted and given the title Director of Technology, in charge of overseeing all aspects of the agency’s prototype technologies including communications, networking, and advanced weapon and early warning systems. Sam would also be asked to speak at government hearings on Monarch’s behalf.
Television:Skull Island (Netflix) | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) Soundtracks:Godzilla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Kong: Skull Island (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Godzilla vs. Kong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Books:Godzilla: The Art of Destruction | Godzilla – The Official Movie Novelization | Kong: Skull Island – The Official Movie Novelization | The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island | Godzilla: King of the Monsters – The Official Movie Novelization | The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Kong and Me | Godzilla vs. Kong: The Official Movie Novelization | Godzilla vs. Kong: Sometimes Friends Fight (But They Always Make Up) | Godzilla vs. Kong: The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale Comics:Godzilla: Awakening | Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4) | Skull Island: The Birth of Kong | Godzilla: Aftershock | Kingdom Kong | Godzilla Dominion | MonsterVerse Titanthology Vol. 1 Video Games:Godzilla: Crisis Defense | Godzilla: Strike Zone | Godzilla: Smash 3 | Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure
Characters
Monsters:Godzilla | King Kong | King Ghidorah | Rodan | MUTO | Dagon | Underwater panther | Aspidochelone | Cetus | Ichthyosaur | Mosasaurus | Stegosaurus | Archaeopteryx | Skullcrawler | Mother Longlegs | Spore Mantis | Sker Buffalo | Mire Squid | Leafwing | Kong's father | Kong's mother | Snarehunter | Mothra | Methuselah | Scylla | Behemoth | Abaddon | Amhuluk | Baphomet | Leviathan | Yamata no Orochi | Quetzalcoatl | Sekhmet | Tiamat | Typhon | Giant spider | Anguirus | Pteranodon | Mechagodzilla | Doug | Warbat | Hellhawk | Rock Critter | Skeleton of a dead creature | Hollow Earth | Kraken | Trapdoor Crab | Rock Bug | Aloe turtle | Dog | Croc Monster | Grass Hedgehog | Hawk Monster | Dodo Bird | Vine snake | Giant Ant | Killer Chameleon | Dog's father | Giant scorpion | Nightboy | Skull Island fish | Giant centipede