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Scott Snyder, Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Snyder is the President and CEO of Decision Strategies International, a leading strategy firm focused on increasing the Strategic Aptitude of organizations through education, consulting, and tools. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Management Department at the Wharton School, and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the university of Pennsylvania. He has over 20 years of experience in business leadership, strategic planning, and technology management for both Fortune 500 companies and start-up ventures. Dr. Snyder has held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies including GE, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin. He has also started business ventures in software including OmniChoice, a CRM/Analytics software applications provider, where he served as CTO and CEO, and was selected as a candidate for Entrepreneur of the Year for the Philadelphia Region. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 clients on business, legal, and technology strategy including GE, CVS, AT&T, John Deere, Merrill Lynch, Accenture, ConocoPhillips, NCR, Verizon, Echostar, Exelon, Microsoft, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, Siemens, National Grid and Bank of Montreal as well as government organizations such as the FAA, DoD, DARPA, DLA, NASA, NSA, and the US Navy.
He is co-author of the book Inside the Minds: Small Business Growth Strategies: Goals for Successful CEOs (Apatore Books, December 2007) and also contributed as a co-author to the recently released Legal Transformation Study: Your 2020 Vision of the Future and Future of BioSciences 2020 from DSI. Dr. Snyder has recently released a book in July 2009 from Wharton Publishing titled The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution. He has also recently authored scenarios on the Future of Healthcare, The Future Defense and Security Environment, and the Future of the Global Energy Grid.
He has lectured at leading universities on Decision-making, Business and IT Strategy, Legal Transformation, Product Design and Development, and Business Intelligence. He has delivered keynote speeches to audiences of 1000+ and facilitated roundtable discussions for some of the world’s top executives. He sits on the Advisory Board of Safeguard Scientific and the Boards of two Technology-based Non-Profits, Quantum Works and Mentor IT. He holds a patent for on-line decision aids and has been quoted as a thought leader in numerous publications including the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Dr. Snyder earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and has an executive degree from USC in Telecommunications Management.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Snyder is the President and CEO of Decision Strategies International, a leading strategy firm focused on increasing the Strategic Aptitude of organizations through education, consulting, and tools. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Management Department at the Wharton School, and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the university of Pennsylvania. He has over 20 years of experience in business leadership, strategic planning, and technology management for both Fortune 500 companies and start-up ventures. Dr. Snyder has held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies including GE, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin. He has also started business ventures in software including OmniChoice, a CRM/Analytics software applications provider, where he served as CTO and CEO, and was selected as a candidate for Entrepreneur of the Year for the Philadelphia Region. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 clients on business, legal, and technology strategy including GE, CVS, AT&T, John Deere, Merrill Lynch, Accenture, ConocoPhillips, NCR, Verizon, Echostar, Exelon, Microsoft, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, Siemens, National Grid and Bank of Montreal as well as government organizations such as the FAA, DoD, DARPA, DLA, NASA, NSA, and the US Navy.
He is co-author of the book Inside the Minds: Small Business Growth Strategies: Goals for Successful CEOs (Apatore Books, December 2007) and also contributed as a co-author to the recently released Legal Transformation Study: Your 2020 Vision of the Future and Future of BioSciences 2020 from DSI. Dr. Snyder has recently released a book in July 2009 from Wharton Publishing titled The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution. He has also recently authored scenarios on the Future of Healthcare, The Future Defense and Security Environment, and the Future of the Global Energy Grid.
He has lectured at leading universities on Decision-making, Business and IT Strategy, Legal Transformation, Product Design and Development, and Business Intelligence. He has delivered keynote speeches to audiences of 1000+ and facilitated roundtable discussions for some of the world’s top executives. He sits on the Advisory Board of Safeguard Scientific and the Boards of two Technology-based Non-Profits, Quantum Works and Mentor IT. He holds a patent for on-line decision aids and has been quoted as a thought leader in numerous publications including the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Dr. Snyder earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and has an executive degree from USC in Telecommunications Management.