Richard D. Snyder has served since 2000 as Chief Executive Officer of Ardesta, LLC, a company specializing in small technology products. He was President of Avalon Investments, a venture capital management company, from 1997 to 2000. Snyder serves on the boards of various companies of Ardesta and Avalon Technology. He is also a member of the University of Michigan's Literature, Science and Arts Advisory Committee, the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Advisory Board, the Technology Transfer National Advisory Committee and the comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board. Snyder is also Chairman of Ann Arbor SPARK, a member of The Henry Ford Board of Trustees, The Nature Conservancy (Michigan Chapter) and the Sphinx Organization. Snyder served as Gateway's Interim CEO from February 2006 to September 2006, as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1996 to 1997, and was Executive Vice President from 1991 to 1996. Snyder received BA (with high distinction), MBA (with distinction) and JD degrees from the University of Michigan. |