Roger Sampson is the Executive Director of New York 811 for the past 10 years. He is a past Board Member and President of New York 811 and has been involved with the damage prevention industry for past 20 years. He comes from the utility background having spent 24 years with Verizon. His experience and knowledge have transformed damage prevention at New York 811 to be recognized with innovative and groundbreaking ideas to utilize emerging and developing technologies to the betterment of underground utility protection. He is always looking for new and improved out of the box thinking to continue to drive positive damage prevention initiatives in the New York City and Long Island region of New York 811.
Roger has articles in the following magazines:
2019 Q1 Issue
Ready for Reveal Throughout the winter I’ve had the pleasure of revealing aspects of New York 811’s new VR-X-SIM, an immersive virtual reality (VR) tool with the potential to revolutionize the way we think about damage prevention education, damage investigation, and how we train excavators. After years of hard work alongside our partners, UTTO and …
Public Awareness – The Unveiling of New York 811’s New VR-X-SIM Read More »
New York 811 Leaps into the Future New York 811 is excited to introduce a leap into the future for utility damage prevention. In partnership with IPEG and UTTO, we are in the final stages of creating the Virtual Reality Excavator Simulator (VR-X SIM), an immersive virtual reality (VR) tool with the potential to revolutionize …
Safe Excavation in Our Backyard and Beyond: New York 811’s Recent Visit from a Chinese Delegation It’s not every day you get to explore the vast differences in excavation and infrastructure practices across the world and examine the clear similarities that exist globally in stakeholder commitment to safety. However, New York 811 has had the …
Chinese Delegation Of Engineers And Public Works Professionals Visits New York 811 Read More »
