Roussam joined the Philippines-based PTF Asia in April 2015 as Senior Operations Officer with main focus on the GPSA i-Pantawid Project. He used to be one of the Provincial Engagement Officers for the United States Department of Labor Project in reducing child labor in the sugarcane plantations in the Philippines in partnership with World Vision Philippines. Prior to his 6-month volunteer work in Sierra Leone as Business Centre Manager, Roussam led an Area Development Project in Bataan, Philippines which covered more than 3,000 children and families under Sponsorship Management, Economic Development and Organizational Development Program funded by World Vision Canada.

Sam holds a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technological Institute of the Philippines.