Expertise:
Project management; Construction
Major Product/SVS:
Design services for residential and commercial clients
Education Degrees:
Bachelor's Degree in Interior Architecture, Kansas State University, Magna Cum Laude (1994)
Work History:
Owner, President, Lotus IDS (2009-Present); Vice President of Corporate Design, Pure Management Group (2006-2009); Director, ABA Avery Brooks & Associates (2001-2006); Development Manager, Walt Disney Imagineering (1994-2001)
What do you feel separates you from the rest of the professionals in your industry?:
Exceptional design talents, project management expertise, construction acumen and the ability to manage human resources, the combination of which have created precedent setting designs.
Expanded Biography:
Over the last two years, Ms. Snyder has been working on concept designs and branding packages for clients, including Skyy Vodka, Stoli Vodka, Belvedere Vodka and Diageo and Jose Cuervo, for installation into properties such as Caesars License Company, LLC, Harrah’s, Planet Hollywood, and the Imperial Palace. She was introduced to the Pure Management Group while she was designing a nightclub at Caesars License Company, LLC. Based upon the tremendous success of the club, Pure Management Group invited her to join their team as their in-house designer. While there, she was responsible for developing creative design concepts, managing the design teams and construction administration from project conception to completion. Prior joining to Pure Management Group in 2006, as a director for ABA Avery Brooks & Associates, she was responsible for the design and management of some of the firm’s most elite clients including Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, The Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts, Wynn Resorts Holdings, LLC, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Wolfgang Puck. Prior joining to ABA Avery Brooks & Associates in 2001, she was a project development manager for Walt Disney Imagineering. In her tenure with Disney, she managed the design complexities, story-line integrity, and quality assurance demanded by the Walt Disney World resort in Florida, The Disneyland Resort in California and internationally in Venice and Italy. She oversaw the day-to-day design, development and execution of many of Disney’s most revolutionary and “first-of-a-kind-projects” including Disney development company’s first vacation ownership property, Walt Disney Imagineering’s first mixed-use hotel and urban retail, dining and entertainment district, and the Disney cruise Line cruise ships. She is directing some of the international design communities’ most renowned design consultants and contractors. She has continually built upon her reputation as a highly creative and energetic leader with an outstanding track record of creating and managing human resources and precedent setting designs with tremendous success.
Throughout the duration of your career, what was the one highlight that stood out the most?:
The most gratifying aspect of her career is to travel around the world and to work with different clients and cultures.
Number Of Years In Profession:
18
What Does He/She Attribute Success To:
She attributes her success to her hard work, determination, being dedicated to the art of design and the aspiration for excellence.
Position Responsibilities and Duties:
Designing a revolutionary Budweiser bar concept to be located on the Las Vegas strip
Awards/Honors:
Award, Outstanding Graduate, College of Architecture and Design