About Sam
My name is Samuel Bourque--you can call me Sam.
Welcome to my professional portfolio website.
I have a varied background: I am a graduate of Physics, Computer Science and Law; I have experience in Tech, Finance, FinTech, Consulting--in startups, as well as in large international insitutions; I've held positions as: Founder, CTO, Executive Director, Deputy Director, Vice-President, Product Manager.
I can lead development projects; direct technology operations; ensure compliance to regulations; oversee reliability of large systems; manage technology risk; and code at a competitive level.
My primary interest is AI Integration as applied to solving business problems and optimizing operational efficiency.
Interests
- AI Integration: applying AI and automation to solve real-world problems.
- Legal Code: bridging the gap between legal code and computer code.
- AI Safeguards: AI cannot be held responsible for its harms--therefore apply proper controls.
- TRM: Technology Risk Management is a key component of any technology project.
Competencies (i.e. Buzzword Salad)
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Python
- Flask
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
- Sybase
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- SQLite
- Oracle
- AWS
- Ethereum
- OpenAI
- Chainlink
- ERC-20
- ERC-721
- ERC-1155
- NFT
- DAO
- DeFi
- Web3
- C/C++
- C#
- Ruby
- Legal Contracts
- Statutory Interpretation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Product Management
- Project Management
- Team Management
- Vendor Management
- Contract Management
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance
- Information Security
- Data Privacy
- Data Protection
- Data Governance
- Data Analysis
- Negotiation
- Candidate Interviewing
- Training & Development
- Process Improvement
- Change Management
- Incidient Management
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Strategic Planning
- Corporate Governance
- AI Integration
- Machine Learning
Portfolio
Here are websites and applications that I personally built or lead its development (and that are still live):
This Website
The website you are currently viewing: sambourque.com
This website was mainly built by AI agents: GPT-4o-mini, Cursor and Replit Agent. It is a simple codebase of HTML/JS/CSS on the front-end and Python/Flask on the back-end. The website is hosted on Replit and the domain is managed by Namecheap. The website is a portfolio of my work and a blog of my thoughts. The website is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.
Email Reply Agent
An AI agent that replies to emails.
The Email Reply Agent is an AI agent that replies to emails. The agent is built with Python and Flask running on a CRON job which calls GPT API on the GPT-4o-mini model. The agent is hosted on Replit and the domain is managed by Namecheap.
Pok Pok
A gamified crypto options trading platform.
As CTO, I lead the development of Pok Pok, which is a gamified crypto options trading platform. The platform is built on a NextJS/NestJS/AWS tech stack. The platform is very popular and enjoys a high level of user engagement.
Paradigm
DMS for Japanese Regulations.
As Product Manager, I lead the development and operations of Paradigm, which is a Document Management System to help companies and individuals to meet Japanese Regulations. Paradigm is built on a AngularJS/NestJS/AWS tech stack. Paradigm is a very secure, reliable and user-friendly platform; with an insitutional degree of attention to details, reliability and security.
Umami Wallet
A crypto wallet for the Tezos network.
As Product Manager, I led the development of the Umami Wallet, which is a crypto wallet for the Tezos network. The wallet was the first in the Tezos ecosystem to natively include multi-signature accounts. The wallet is popular within the community and has never suffered a security breach or severe incident/outage (while I held the position until spring 2023).