Sam DeMello
Sam is an experienced early-stage startup builder, with over a decade of experience scaling successful organizations as a Customer Success and Talent Acquisition Leader. He is also a person with a gambling addiction in recovery. He combines his professional experience in the Technical and Digital Therapeutics industries with his lived experience as a person in gambling recovery to build technology-first solutions to reduce gambling harm in the growing community of gamblers.
Rob Minnick, ICGC-I
Rob Minnick, also known online as Rob_Odaat is a content creator who uses his lived-experience with gambling harm to reach 15 million people every month through Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok and Facebook to better educate them on the risks involved with gambling and where to find resources if they need the help. In addition to content creation and direct marketing campaigns, Rob advises organizations on how to craft more relevant content for a younger audience as his main demographic online is comprised of 18-25 year olds.