Walled Lake, MI → Los Angeles, CA
Sam Bloch
Program Manager at Google · AI Builder · College Educator
I grew up in Walled Lake, Michigan, where “how does this work?” usually ended with a disassembled radio or a messy art project on the kitchen table.
I graduated from Michigan State in 2020 with a degree in Experience Architecture and walked straight into a world that had just been forced to go fully digital overnight.
Today, I’m a Program Manager at YouTube (part of Google), working on Trust & Safety. Evenings, I teach my course Level Up at Quinnipiac, and in July I complete my M.A. in Leadership at University of the Pacific (Class of 2026).
I Can’t Stop Learning
One degree wasn’t enough. I think the best program managers are part people-person, part systems-thinker, so I kept going:
M.S. in HCI
Understanding the friction between humans and machines, and how to reduce it.
M.A. in Leadership
My second graduate degree (Class of 2026). The focus: leading teams through the AI shift without losing the human element.
B.A. Experience Architecture, 2020
M.S. Interactive Media, 2023
M.A. Leadership, Innovation & Change, 2026
Why I Teach:
“Level Up”
I designed and teach a course called Level Up at Quinnipiac University. The idea is simple: give students the career playbook nobody gave me.
It runs on a platform I built myself: a custom LMS with AI interview simulation and real-time feedback. The course and the code are both mine.
Read the Level Up case studyA Sandbox Kid
Give me a free weekend and I’ll disappear into a project. The problem-solving I use at Google is the same muscle I use to troubleshoot a 3D printer or find the right chord progression on guitar. It’s the same energy that ships side projects like Fudge, Level Up, and this site.
IoT & Tinkering. Home automation, 3D printing, whatever new tech catches my eye.
Music. Guitar, vinyl, concerts.Archive
Surfing & Hiking. Terrified of the ocean for years. Now I can't stay out of it.
Film. LA theater culture and its community.Letterboxd
Where to next