Executive Resume
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BENJAMIN P. SNYDER
Chief Executive Officer & Technology Leader
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Visionary technology leader with 15+ years of experience driving digital transformation across enterprise organizations. Proven track record of scaling startups from concept to IPO, building high-performance teams of 150+ professionals, and delivering innovative fintech solutions that generate measurable business impact. Successfully raised $200M+ in venture capital and led 3 successful exits totaling $500M+ in value creation.
CORE COMPETENCIES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
QuantumTrade Technologies
- • Raised $50M Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz
- • Scaled engineering team from 5 to 150+ professionals across 3 offices
- • Built high-frequency trading platform processing 1M+ transactions daily
- • Achieved 99.99% uptime with sub-millisecond latency requirements
- • Established partnerships with 15+ major financial institutions
- • Implemented AI-powered risk management system reducing client exposure by average 35%
Chief Technology Officer
RiskLens AI
- • Architected ML platform achieving 94.7% prediction accuracy
- • Reduced client risk exposure by average of 35% through algorithmic optimization
- • Built real-time data pipeline processing 10TB+ daily market data
- • Led successful acquisition by QuantumTrade for $120M
- • Managed team of 25 engineers and data scientists
Vice President, Engineering
Goldman Sachs
- • Modernized legacy trading systems serving $500B+ in daily volume
- • Implemented microservices architecture reducing deployment time by 80%
- • Led cross-functional team of 40+ engineers across 3 time zones
- • Achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance for all trading platforms
- • Reduced operational costs by $15M annually through automation
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Technology Management & Finance
Graduated with Distinction, Arjay Miller Scholar
Master of Science
MIT
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Bachelor of Science
UC Berkeley
Computer Science & Applied Mathematics
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society