W. Gordon Snyder has more than 35 years of financial services, strategic planning, marketing and product management experience, most notably with American Century Investments (ACI), an investment management firm. Mr. Snyder joined ACI in 1986 and served as the head of their sales, marketing and services. He led and managed change through several doubles of ACI’s business, from $4 billion in assets under management to $120 billion and from 150 employees to more than 3,500 at ACI’s peak.
Currently Mr. Snyder is president of Black Diamond Strategies, Leawood, Kansas. Since founding this executive consulting company in 2003, he has been an active investor in, adviser to and/or board member of numerous early stage companies in industries including financial services, technology, alternative energy, food and beverage, telecom and media. He has also co-founded several startups. |