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Richard
Snyder-Tandberg

An Experienced Executive in the field of Video-conferencing

Leesburg, Virginia

Rick Snyder was President of the Americas and President of Global Business with the Oslo-based video conferencing vendor TANDBERG from 2005 to 2010. He led the firm’s Americas sales and growth strategy, guiding rapid expansion throughout North and South American markets. During his tenure, Mr. Snyder’s executive team helped to transform TANDBERG into a market leader in every reported product and service revenue segment – helping to drive revenue growth from $320 million to a $1.2 billion annual run-rate. In April of 2010, TANDBERG was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. As Cisco Systems, Inc.‘s Vice President of Global Business in TelePresence Video Sales, Rick Snyder continues to lead a number of the global sales theaters he led with TANDBERG. He also guides corporate integration efforts between the two entities, serving as TANDBERG’s executive sponsor.

Prior to working with TANDBERG, Rick Snyder served as Chief Executive Officer with ReView Video, a distribution company focused on value-added conferencing solutions. Mr. Snyder’s corporate experience extends to five years in enterprise networking with Williams Communications /NextiraOne. His positions with this firm included Senior Vice President and General Manager of Central Territory Operations, Senior Vice President of Professional Services, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Distribution.

Rick Snyder obtained his B.A. in Business in 1983 from Loyola University in Baltimore. He subsequently served in senior management positions with Bell Atlantic Corporation, Octel, and Executone Systems.

Mr. Snyder presently serves as Chairman of the Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Association (IMCCA). The IMCCA offers vendor sponsors and businesses resources on unified communications, data and the Web, video and telepresence, managed services, and audio conferencing. Additionally, Mr. Snyder also supports the educational efforts of the New York-based National Dance Institute. With Mr. Snyder’s support, NDI has used Cisco TelePresence to bring children together from around the world to experience the arts.


Richard Snyder-Tandberg's Schools

Richard Snyder-Tandberg's Companies

  		•  Tandberg 2005 - 2011
    President of Americas

Richard Snyder-Tandberg's Affiliations

Richard Snyder-Tandberg's Publications

  • Rick Snyder on the Accolades Received by the National Dance Institute
    , Rick Snyder-Tandberg's Blog on Bigsight
    October, 2011
    A senior executive with Cisco, Rick Snyder actively supports the efforts of the National Dance Institute (NDI). Earlier this year, NDI honored the telecommunications giant at its yearly event by granting its Corporate Honoree Award to Cisco. Rick Snyder accepted the award on behalf of Cisco.


    Cisco Awarded by NDI

    Jacques d’Amboise, a classical dancer and principal instructor at the New York City Ballet, developed NDI in 1976 to teach children about the importance of dance and to allow them to attend classes and watch shows free. In NDI’s third year, over 400 of its students, along with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Judy Collins, performed at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden.

    NDI continued to expand throughout the 1980s and featured over 1,000 children on stage during its 1982 event. Throughout this decade, Kevin Kline, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, and Tony Randall all participated with the group. Also during this period, d’Amboise received an invitation to the White House from First Lady Nancy Reagan. In 1986, NDI held its first cultural exchange by inviting more than 50 children from China to dance with its students.

    Continuing its remarkable achievements into the 1990s, NDI obtained an honor from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who named June 3, 1991 National Dance Institute Day. Subsequently, d’Amboise garnered a Kennedy Center Honor, visited the White House again on behalf of the Clintons during their Greek State Dinner, and obtained a National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. George W. Bush’s administration later presented the NDI creator with a Coming Up Taller Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

    Today, NDI continues its commitment to providing youths with an education in the arts, and it annually holds major events that celebrate cultures around the world. Still affiliated with dancers in China, the NDI used Cisco TelePresence software to run virtual performances involving both nations last year.