Samantha Radocchia

Samantha Radocchia, also known as Sam Rad, is a futurist and tech pioneer who has founded four different tech companies. A trained anthropologist, Sam looks at the future of technology through a human and societal lens, and is interested in how emerging technologies will transform societies over the coming decades. Sam is passionate and engaging speaker who has advised the United Nations, WEF and the Federal Reserve Bank. 

With an educational foundation in Anthropology and Interactive Communications from the Colgate University and New York University, Sam is a tireless entrepreneur who has founded four tech companies. In 2011, she founded Stunable a software company developing consumer-facing applications for e-commerce. Then she went on to found Huckabuy in 2014, before being the co-founder and chief product officer at Chronicled, an enterprise blockchain company focused on supply chain. 

Sam is also dedicated to the communication of tech, as a member of staff at the Singularity University, Sam is a speaker on the technological, socio-cultural and geopolitical convergence. In 2020, Sam co-founded and became the CEO of NYOUM, a communication technology company leading research into artificial intelligence, LLMs and contextual analytics. She is also the Founder of Radical Next, a meta-media studio creating transformative stories and experiences designed to empower. 

Named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in 2017 for Enterprise Technology, Sam is author of the number one bestseller “Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain” and has contributed to Forbes. A compelling speaker who has delivered keynotes around the world to Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, governments and NGOs, she is dedicated to empowering leaders and individuals to thrive in a world of dramatic and accelerating change.