Sam Nissen
VP, AI & Automation
East Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Nissen is a VP of AI & Automation with 11 years of hands-on experience architecting and scaling AI-led operational transformations at Rakuten Advertising. He builds and leads large, distributed teams to deploy production-grade automation—RPA, Python, Ruby-based process tools and LLM integrations—that have delivered millions in annual savings and protected critical revenue. Sam combines a journalism background with engineering chops, which shows in his emphasis on clear SLAs, cross-functional alignment and pragmatic measurement of business outcomes. Known for creating hybrid operations-automation programs and resilient continuity plans in high-pressure contexts (including operating through conflict zones), he focuses on responsible, agentic workforce design that turns emerging tech into measurable value.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Bachelor of Arts, Journalism at Indiana University BloomingtonWestfield High School
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (162)
javascript10
resolutions10
webdriver10
ip-database10
dotnet10
populate10
browser-detection10
java10
watir10
selenium10
ecosystem9
browser-automation9
browser9
geolocation9
vagrant9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
samnissen/adomain
Feb 2018 - Jun 2020
When you just want the URL's host
Contributions:30 commits, 15 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 4 months
bitlyurlshortenerhost
samnissen/maxminddb-docker
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
a docker strategy for quickly deploying a web server connected to a MaxMind GeoCity2 Lite database
Contributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 7 months
deployingweb-servergeoipdockerconnected
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