Sammy is residing in Ladera Ranch, CA, where he spent most of his time teaching pickleball, developing pickleball programs at a private racquet club in Irvine, organized tournaments and travel around the US as one of the USA Pickleball Certified Referees. He has been playing pickleball since 2018. After a few years of competing his way through tournaments, he has spent the last few years focusing more on coaching, training referees, and managing tournaments. He is also an IPTPA Level II certified instructor as well as PPR certified coach.

As a Director of Pickleball at Racquet Club of Irvine (RCI) in Irvine, CA, he manages multiple series of tournaments (sanctioned and non sanctioned), social events, members liaison and community engagement in South Orange County areas.

Sammy’s professional background was in accounting and finance as well as business system applications and projects management. He retired after being part of the SAP successful implementation team for one of the leading global medical devices manufacturers. His hobbies are domestic and international travels, culinary experience, fine wines and lots of pickleball.