I help leaders get real value from AI without losing control of it.
Samson Aligba is an AI advisor based in Vancouver, BC. He works with C-suite leaders, founders and their teams across sectors on where AI fits, what it should be allowed to decide, and how to keep people accountable for the outcome. He has been on the operating side since 2012, as a three-time founder, a Chief Product Officer, and a product leader in regulated finance, so his advice comes from running real products under real constraints.
Professional Background
Today he advises leadership teams and leads fineSample, an intelligence lab focused on the layer beneath AI models: what AI systems may do, how they account for it, and when people step in. The lab's research feeds his advisory work, and its projects (Wald, Zero-AR, Voe, Orlo) are where the ideas get tested.
Early Career
In my early years in the Nigerian tech space, shortly after launching Eventiso, which was arguably among the top 3 event ticketing and promotion platforms at the time (2012), I was recognized as one of the top 100 innovators in Nigerian tech.
Later Career Achievements
He led the no-code fintech platform that Deposits Inc. acquired, then served as Deposits' Chief Product Officer. He has also served as fractional CPO for Gig Wage.
Entrepreneurship and Advisory Roles
I am a 3-time founder. I am also an advisor to vzy.co, asyncpay.io , resilis.io, and a few others. In these roles, I have consistently shown my ability to:
Drive product development,
Manage cross-functional teams,
Execute technology-driven strategies that push brands and products forward.
Working together: advisory for executives and founders, working sessions with leadership and product teams, and lab engagements through fineSample, such as fraud pattern analysis for banks. Get in touch
Passion and Contributions
My passion for technology solutions shows in my mentorship, training, and research work, including:
The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program,
Guest lecture at the University of Portsmouth,
Guest lecture at the Cardiff School of Technologies
Design science research: Behavioral Proof of Identity Framework for Continuous Authentication
Design science research: Enterprise-Grade MCP: A Secure Framework for AI Integration and Legacy Modernization in Regulated Industries
Design science research: Real-Time Declarative Risk Decisioning: A Compilation Framework for Multi-Signal Policy Evaluation
Transformations Are All You Need: Extracting Executable Models of Human Cognition from Conversational Discourse (2026)
His view: models will keep getting better and cheaper. The lasting advantage is knowing what you want AI to decide, and setting up the business so you can trust it.