Rodney Sampson is a social innovator, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, published author, and consecrated bishop. As a serial entrepreneur, Sampson co-founded Multicast Media Networks (Streamingfaith.com) in 2000 (sold in 2010), a live and on-demand streaming platform that laid the foundation for companies like YouTube and Ustream.

Sampson is passionate about reducing our nation’s poverty and wealth gap by advancing the cause of innovation, coding, entrepreneurship, investment and Crowdfunding as a way of life for all communities. To advance this definitive cause, Sampson created Opportunity Ecosystem (OE). Opportunity Ecosystem includes large scale events, coworking spaces, accelerators, code schools and early stage venture fund.

He also serves on the advisory boards of a learning company (a Pearson Education Alliance Partner), a New York-based merchant investment bank, a film/TV production company and multiple startup and early stage companies throughout the world.