LET’S BUILD SOMETHING BETTER

Michael J Snyder

I FIX WHAT’S BROKEN AND BUILD WHAT’S NEXT
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About me

I’ve spent 25 years working in and leading technology organizations—fixing broken systems, building better teams, strengthening security, and helping organizations use technology to move forward. I’m especially interested in how AI can be adopted responsibly, governed well, and turned into something useful instead of just something flashy. I like complex problems, practical solutions, and leaving things better than I found them.

Complex problems. Practical solutions. Leave it better than I found it.

I’ve spent my career walking into complicated environments, figuring out what actually matters, and building a path forward that people can live with. That means listening first, understanding the real problem, balancing risk with reality, and turning technology into something that supports the organization instead of getting in its way.

Right now, I’m focused on responsible AI, cybersecurity, modernization, and building technology operations that can scale without becoming a mess. I’ve led cloud migrations, strengthened security and governance, consolidated fragmented systems, rebuilt infrastructure, grown IT teams, and helped organizations keep moving through rapid change. Give me a complicated environment, competing priorities, and something that needs to work better, and I’m probably already interested.

Where I Add Value

I turn complicated technology problems into clear priorities, practical plans, and results that actually work.

MAKE THE MESS WORK

I’m comfortable walking into complicated environments, finding what’s actually broken, setting priorities, and getting things moving again. Crisis, growth, competing demands, outdated systems—I bring order without making everything harder than it needs to be.

BUILD BETTER TEAMS WHO ADAPT FASTER

I build trust, grow teams, and create technology environments where people can adapt quickly as priorities change. Better people, better systems, and fewer fragile processes that break the minute the organization shifts.

MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT

AI, cybersecurity, cloud, governance, automation—the technology changes fast. I’m interested in what’s useful, responsible, and sustainable, not chasing shiny objects. Good technology should solve real problems and make life better for the people using it.

Core Strengths

IT Strategy & Operations
Cybersecurity & Governance
AI Adoption & Governance
Infrastructure & Modernization
Team Leadership
Vendor & Budget Management

Selected Experience

COMMUNITY COUNSELING SOLUTIONS
IT Administrator & Security Officer
Built and led IT through rapid organizational growth, modernized infrastructure, expanded cloud services, strengthened cybersecurity and governance, consolidated communications platforms, and grew the technology team to support more than 60 locations.
UMATILLA-MORROW HEAD START
IS Manager / Director
Led technology modernization across a distributed organization, moving legacy systems forward, expanding connectivity, introducing virtualization and cloud services, improving reliability, and building technology around the needs of staff working across dozens of locations.