Sam Driver
Sam Driver is a co-founder and principal at ThinkBalm. He is an inventor and entrepreneur whose take on the Immersive Internet is heavily influenced by science, game theory, and science fiction. At the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Sam was part of a team that discovered RNA interference (RNAi) which was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He founded Qik Technology to develop intellectual property (IP) holdings in functional genomics and co-founded a small Rhode Island-based residential real estate investment partnership. He also founded and operates Evil Minions Games, an IP and product development company, and established and runs a regional gaming organization. He's also an instrument-rated private pilot. Sam earned his BS at Ohio Wesleyan University and a masters in genetics from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Recent appearances
- Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, Washington DC, May 13-14, 2010Gametech 2010, Orlando FL, March 30-31, 2010
- Train for Success, Second Life, April 29, 2010
- Metanomics, Second Life, Feb. 3, 2010
- Train for Success, Second Life, January 14, 2010
- Best Events Expo, Boston MA, Oct. 5, 2009
- 3DTLC, San Jose CA, Sept. 23-24, 2009 (opening keynote)
- Association for Managers of Innovation (AMI) biannual meeting, Second Life, Sept. 10, 2009, June 25, 2009 in Second Life.
- Serious Second Life Meetup #26, Tour of ThinkBalm Data Garden
- Train for Success, June 18, 2009 in Second Life. Gave tour of ThinkBalm Data Garden. Click here to listen to the audio recording.
- Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe, June 7, 2009 in Second Life. Presented highlights of ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 on Second Life talk show.
- 3DTLC (3D Training, Learning, and Collaboration), Washington DC, April 20-21, 2009
- 2009 Defense GameTech and Connections Conference, Orlando FL (via Second Life), March 11, 2009
- Serious Second Life Meetup #22, Tour of ThinkBalm sim on the OpenSim grid ReactionGrid, February 26, 2009