Scott A. Snyder

Dr. Snyder is currently the President of Breakthru Advisors, which is focused on helping enterprises leverage digital and other emerging technologies to accelerate innovation and new venture creation. He was the Global Head of Digital and Innovation at Heidrick Consulting between April 2018 and September 2020, where he remains a Senior Advisor. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President, Managing Director, and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer from August 2016 until March 2018 for Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE), a provider of capital and relevant expertise to fuel the growth of technology-driven businesses in healthcare, financial services and digital media. From 2011 until August of 2016, he served as the President and Chief Strategy officer of Mobiquity, Inc., a mobile tech company that focuses on digital strategy and engineering enhanced mobile experiences, which was recently acquired by Hexaware Technologies Ltd. Since 2016, he has served as the Chair of the Mobiquity advisory board.

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 since 2002. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Snyder brings over 30 years of business acumen, experience in the technology sector and leadership in digital innovation to the Fulton Board of Directors. In February 2019, he co-authored the popular book, Goliath’s Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors. Dr. Snyder is also a Digital Economy Project Fellow for the World Economic Forum 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 has extensive expertise in the development of digital solutions, mobile business strategy and mobile security. In 2017, Dr. Snyder also successfully completed the NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Program and earned a CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight, issued by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.