Bio

Sam is an Industrial Design graduate of California College of the Arts, currently living in Arizona. Sam has experience across a range of fields, including Industrial Design, Graphic Design, UX/UI Design, Architecture, and Sales & Marketing.

Sam is a passionate outdoors enthusiast, he was awarded the Eagle Scout Rank in 2011 and has worked extensively for backcountry preservation organizations in Colorado and Texas. He enjoys creating outdoor-oriented products that draw inspiration from his abundant backpacking, hiking, and camping experiences. Sam has designed a wide selection of products, including an efficient athletic soft-goods product line for "Perfect Fitness©", and intricate consumer electronics products and apps for San Jose based "Rocket EMS©".

Sam has an entrepreneurial spirit, and loves to bring an idea to life, and to market. During his junior year of college he co-founded a small design company (Langner Esser Design, LLC) with a partner and successfully developed and brought the "Clover Lantern" to Kickstarter. Though the product did not achieve it's final funding goal, it received praise from the design community and was featured on "Yanko Design" in June, 2016. Sam's journey of developing products and working with professional teams has instilled core aesthetic values and a savvy for marketing, business, and manufacturing.