March 9, 2026 - Near Shoring Brian Samson and Lumafield Eduardo Torrealba

Brian Samson – Founder & Chairman of Plugg Technologies If you pass the baton and your message isn’t crystal clear, you might waste a day or a couple days of having that work output meet the deliverables that you were initially hoping for. Brian Samson is the Founder and Chairman of Plugg Technologies, a technology staffing and nearshoring firm that connects U.S. companies with highly skilled professionals across Latin America. With more than a decade of experience building global teams, Samson has become a recognized voice in the nearshore talent movement and the future of distributed technology workforces. Samson began his international entrepreneurial journey after relocating from San Francisco to Buenos Aires in 2015, where he helped scale a FinTech startup and built a team of dozens of professionals in Argentina. That experience revealed the depth of technical talent available in Latin America and inspired him to launch Plugg Technologies to help U.S. companies access this talent efficiently and responsibly. Under his leadership, Plugg Technologies has grown into a trusted partner for startups and technology companies seeking nearshore engineering and digital operations talent from countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. The company focuses on helping organizations build high performing remote teams while maintaining strong collaboration through shared time zones and cultural alignment. In addition to his work at Plugg, Samson is an entrepreneur and investor who has helped build multiple nearshoring businesses and has held leadership roles in venture backed technology startups. He is also the host of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, where he interviews founders, engineers, and executives about global hiring, innovation, and the evolving technology ecosystem across the Americas. Samson holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has spent years living and working throughout Latin America. His career has focused on helping companies scale globally while building strong, collaborative teams across borders. Eduardo Torrealba – Co-Founder and CEO of Lumafield The main way that we will win or fail as a company is how well we execute. Eduardo Torrealba is the Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lumafield, a technology company that is transforming how manufacturers inspect and understand the products they build. Lumafield develops industrial X ray CT scanning systems and cloud based analysis software that allow engineers to see inside physical parts without cutting them open, helping companies identify defects, improve quality, and accelerate product development. Eduardo is an engineer, product creator, and entrepreneur with a track record of turning complex hardware technologies into accessible and affordable tools for engineers. At Lumafield, he leads the company’s strategy, product vision, and growth as it works to modernize manufacturing diagnostics for companies around the world. Lumafield serves customers ranging from startups to major global manufacturers, including companies such as Milwaukee, SharkNinja, Unilever, Henkel, and New Balance. Before founding Lumafield, Eduardo led engineering and product development for the Fuse 1 selective laser sintering 3D printer at Formlabs, where he helped bring advanced industrial manufacturing technology to a broader market. Earlier in his career, Eduardo co founded Oso Technologies while in graduate school and created PlantLink, an internet connected soil moisture monitoring platform designed to help gardeners care for their plants. The company was later acquired by Scotts Miracle Gro, providing him early experience in building a company and bringing a connected hardware product to market. Eduardo holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He splits his time between Lumafield’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the company’s office in San Francisco, California.