Sam is the Founder and CEO of Zelim, a company bringing novel unmanned search and rescue technologies into the maritime sector. Sam has spent his life working at sea, starting out as a dinghy instructor, then joining the Merchant Navy working for several years as a Deck Officer on Oil and Gas vessels. It was during this time the idea of unmanned rescue came to fruition, Sam was on duty when tasked to a Mayday call, only to arrive on scene too late to find the person drowned. There began the journey to make the world's first unmanned search and rescue vessel. Since founding Zelim the company has gone from strength to strength, completing a number of world's firsts, whilst taking the idea from concept to proven technology.
