Embedded Judgment for the CEO
Certain problems cannot be delegated. They sit at the intersection of legal risk, business reality, internal politics, and time pressure. They require judgment, discretion, and the ability to act.
Snyder serves as strategic counsel to the CEO — operating as a direct extension of leadership to resolve issues that resist conventional processes.
Delegated judgment. Full visibility, full authority, full accountability.
Snyder operates with clear authority: engaged directly by the CEO or principal, given visibility into the full situation, and empowered to coordinate across functions and stakeholders.
Snyder takes responsibility for special situations that require resolution: sensitive internal conflicts or leadership breakdowns. High-stakes negotiations where dynamics matter as much as terms. Cross-functional problems stalled by misalignment or indecision.
Situations involving legal exposure intertwined with business risk. Matters requiring discretion, speed, and control.
Rapid immersion into the facts and people involved. Direct engagement with key stakeholders. Clear framing of decisions and consequences. Removal of bottlenecks and artificial constraints. Continuous alignment with the CEO on objectives and tradeoffs.
Work is done quietly, without unnecessary process or visibility.
Most effective when the issue is important but difficult to assign internally. When existing teams are capable but blocked. When the situation requires discretion and authority simultaneously.
When legal, business, and human factors are entangled — and the CEO needs a trusted operator, not another advisor.
Decisions that get made. Situations that stabilize or resolve. Teams that regain direction. Risk that becomes understood and controlled.
Targeted intervention by a senior operator working directly for the CEO. Litigation is one tool among many — where legal action is required, it is integrated into a broader strategy, not treated as the sole path to resolution.
Engagements begin with a focused discussion of the situation, followed — where appropriate — by immediate integration into the CEO’s operating cadence.
25+ years of federal trial practice. Former Proskauer Rose litigator. Federal judicial clerk. Brown University (Phi Beta Kappa), Harvard Law School.
Founder of Agnes Intelligence, which placed 4th of 1,000+ entries in the 2018 IBM Watson Build competition. Co-Managing Principal of Junto Opportunity Fund I LP, a Manhattan distressed multifamily real estate fund. Founder and Chairman of Junto Club USA LLC.