The Snyder Center community includes a distinguished group of scholars and practitioners engaged in the study and practice of innovation. Academic affiliates include Whitman marketing professors, alumni, and other academics who have an interest in the study of innovation best practices. Senior executives associated with the Snyder Center include alumni as well as other leaders from industry.
The center has a rich history of cutting-edge research and industry collaborations since its beginning under Professor David Wilemon (deceased) as its founding director.
Academic Researchers
Marketing, Whitman School of Management
Syracuse University
Chilukuri Mohan– Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Ralf Schneider– School of Design
Research Fellows
Gerard Athaide ’95 Ph.D.– Loyola University Maryland
Sundar Bharadwaj– University of Georgia
Jonathan Bohlmann– NC State University
Anand Jaiswal– IIM Ahmedabad
Charles Noble– University of Tennessee & Editor-in-Chief JPIM
Jason Pattit ’12 Ph.D.– University of St. Thomas
K. Sivakumar ’92 Ph.D.– Lehigh University
Raji Srinivasan– University of Texas at Austin
Honorary Advisor
Jagdish Sheth– Emory University
Industry Executives
Kirk Andreae– CEO, Clarke Power Services, Inc.
Mark Andreae ’68– Chairman, Clarke Power Services, Inc.
Mark Begor ’80– CEO, Equifax
Lee Goldberg ‘03- Co-founder & President, Happy Cog / Vector Media
Lauren Hunter ’11 MBA– Managing Director, Chase Consumer Bank
Peter Klein ’68– Founder, PK Associates, LLC
David Levy ’84– Chairman, Genius Sports & Founder, Black Nine Ventures
Scott Mager ’95– CMO, Deloitte Consulting
Munesh Makhija- Former CEO, GE India & China Technology Centers
Steve Merson ’93– President, Command Companies
Leyland Streif- Managing Director, Deloitte Digital Advertising
Shridhar Venkat– CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Collaborative Partnerships
South Asia Center, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Design and Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India