Hi, I’m Sam, a designer, entrepreneur and programmer

I’m the founder and CEO of Pinto, a smarter food data platform. I teach at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, where I specialize in Designing for Data Personalization. I live in NYC via Atlanta and Vancouver.

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Selected Work + Press

PINTO // SMARTER FOOD DATA

This App Makes You a Personalized Nutrition Label for Any Food [FastCompany]
Whole Foods Simplifies Product Search With New Digital Resource [GroceryDive]
Pinto App Seeks to Simplify Nutrition Information [Fox Business]
Can This Startup Make Money by Calling B.S. On Food Nutrition Labels? [Fortune]
Grocery Shoppers Can Scan Any Product For Personalized Nutrition Labels [PSFK]
App Scans Food Labels to Ensure They’re Compliant With Your Diet [Well+Good]
Keto? Vegan? Avoiding Corn? There's an App for That [FoodBusinessNews]
New App Demystifies Nutrition Labels for Those With Special Dietary Needs
An App to Deconstruct Your Food [New York Times]
Turn Nutrition Labels Into Data Visualizations To Make Better Decisions [FastCo]
Clever App Brings the Food Label Into the Modern Age [Wired]
Finally, an App That Labels Food in a Smart, Meaningful Way [Crain’s]
New App Will Provide All of the Food Data You Will Ever Need [Food & Wine]
Sage Project Uses Adorable Graphics to Break Down Nutrition Labels [TheSpoon]
New App Transforms Nutrition Facts Into Eye Candy [FoodDive]
An App to Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Food [Running Mag]
Is This the Nutrition Label of the Future? [Kitchn]
Meet Sage Project, an App That Actually Makes Counting Calories Fun [InStyle]
What's in Your Food? Tech Will Tell! [Computer World]
This App Helps Those Nutritional Labels Make Sense [Techly]
These Food Apps Will Actually Help You Shop, Cook, and Eat Better [Bloomberg]
This App Wants to Help Shoppers Navigate Nutrition With Data [NewHope]
Sage Project is Changing the Way We Learn About Food [Core77]
Want to Learn More About Your Food? Check Out Sage Project [DigitalTrends]
This App Makes Food Shopping Easier for People With Allergies [The Mighty]

NYU ITP COURSES TAUGHT

Designing for Data Personalization
The API of You

NYU ITP PROJECTS

A Radical Reimagining of the Good Old Food Label [INC Magazine]
Could Personalized Food Labels Help You Eat Better? [FastCo.Design]
Food Visualizer Tracks Actual Nutrition Of What You’re Eating Today [PSFK]
Living Street Signal Makes People Feel Better About Neighborhood [FastCo.Exist]
Learn About Overfishing With This Interactive Web Aquarium [Mashable]
Students Have Been Tasked With Finding The Next Zuckerberg [Business Insider]
How Teaching English in Bolivia Sparked a Bankable Business Idea [Entrepreneur]
Tisch School: Creative Brains Map a Smarter Future [BBC]
Ocean Scene: Before and After Overfishing [The Guardian]
America's First Interactive Crosswalk Sign Delivers Personal Messages [Complex]
Find Out the Carbon Footprint of the Food You Eat [China Dialogue]
Crosswalk Sign Changes Its Message Depending On Who Walks By [PSFK]
NYU Students Invent New York’s Computerized Crossing Guard [NY Observer]
Sentient Streets: A ‘Living’ Pedestrian Signal of the Future [This Big City]
Design for Unicef Student Project: Amplifying Light in Burundi [UNICEF Stories]
Graphic: the Damaging Effects of Overfishing [China Dialogue]
Techies and Designers Imagine City's Payphone of the Future [DNAinfo]
Interactive Crossing Guard Connects Walkers [Washington Square News]
Once Relics of a City's Past, Now in Plans for a Digital Future [TechPresident]
Declining Fish Populations Shown on Interactive Aquarium [The Fish Site]
Dorm Room Fund Site Redesign and Resident Advisor Program [Forbes]

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Information Is Beautiful Awards — Student Winner
Information Is Beautiful Awards — Dataviz Project Winner
New York City Food Policy Center — 40 Under 40 Class of 2017