Dr. Snyder is a recognized thought leader in technology and innovation. He has more than 30 years of experience in technology leadership, corporate innovation, new venture creation, and digital and AI transformation for both Global 1000 and emerging growth companies.  He is the author of Your AI Life: Foresight, insight, and advice to help you start building your AI—powered life today, co-author of Goliath’s Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors and the author of The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution and numerous other articles on emerging technologies and innovation.

Dr. Snyder was most recently the Chief Digital Officer of EVERSANA focused on accelerating the life sciences commercialization model.  Dr. Snyder was also the Global Head of Digital and Innovation at Heidrick Consulting and before Heidrick, he was the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at venture capital firm Safeguard Scientifics focused on healthcare, financial services and digital media. Prior to Safeguard, Dr. Snyder was the Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Mobiquity (acquired by Carlyle Group), a leader in delivering innovative mobile and digital solutions for enterprises.  Dr. Snyder has held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies including GE, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin, has been the CEO of a leading strategic planning firm, Decision Strategies International (now part of Heidrick & Struggles), and also was the President and co-founder of OmniChoice, a CRM/Analytics applications provider.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Fulton Financial Corporation (FFC) where he chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is vice chair of the Risk Committee.

Dr. Snyder is a Senior Fellow in the Management Department at the Wharton School, an Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and has lectured at MIT, Babson, Duke, Georgia Tech and INSEAD on Digital Innovation, Decision-making, Business and IT Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Product Design and Development, and Big Data/Analytics.  Dr. Snyder has been a Digital Economy Project Fellow for the World Economic Forum and is on the Mid Atlantic Advisory Board for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.  He also holds three patents for personalization engines and has been quoted as a thought leader in numerous publications including CIO Magazine, WIRED, Forbes, Knowledge@Wharton, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and the Financial Times. Dr. Snyder was recently the Chief Digital Officer of EVERSANA focused on accelerating the life sciences commercialization model. 

Dr. Snyder earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.