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David Snyder

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David Snyder has been named chief financial officer at NimbleGen, the company said this week.
Prior to joining NimbleGen, Snyder was a consultant for a number of entrepreneurial startup companies, including Cobalt Group, an internet software company, Strategic Hotel Capital, a hotel real estate company, Mark Controls, an industrial equipment manufacturer, and Eagle Industries, a manufacturing company.
 
Snyder holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Ottawa University.

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