Steven SnyderSteven Snyder is cultivator - in - chief of the Snyder Leadership Group, a leadership development consulting firm. He is also an executive fellow in leadership at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Snyder was an early executive at Microsoft, here he managed the company's relationship with IBM and was the general manager of a business unit. Later, Snyder became CEO of the Internet startup Net Perceptions, overseeing its IPO and growth to over 1 billion dollars in capitalization. Read More Read Less