Hello,
My Name is Sam
Software Developer at USA TODAY with a focus on data, design, and creative technology.

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Theme Park Pro

Theme Park Pro uses real-time data and machine learning to predict wait times for every ride — so you can create the most efficient schedule in just minutes. No guesswork. No spreadsheets. Just more magic...

Lighting Design and Show Control

Over the past seven years, I've designed and programmed lighting for a wide range of theatrical productions at venues including The Shoreline Theater Academy and Tufts University's Cohen Auditorium. My work includes black box plays, full-scale musicals, and experimental student showcases, with a focus on cue-heavy designs executed using ETC Element, Ion, and Nomad systems. Across these projects...

Project SoundScape

Project Soundscape was my Senior Capstone project at Tufts, developed with a team of five and sponsored by Bose. The goal was to solve a key problem in spatial audio: virtual sound sources typically only work when a listener is seated in the "sweet spot" between speakers. Our sol...

Reed Family Light Show

The Reed Family Light Show started in 2014 and has grown into a Connecticut Shoreline tradition. The show features over 10,000 programmable RGB pixels synchronized to music through our radio station. This project construction includes fully customed programmed songs and custom-built controllers that communicate over a local network with a series of Raspberry Pis to control the show.