William R. Snyder Research VP Lakeway, TX USA Years of Experience 10 years at Gartner 16 years IT industry Areas of Coverage IT Asset Management View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities William R. Snyder is a vice president in Gartner, where he specializes in transitioning IT asset management programs into strategic cross-platform programs charged with running the finances of IT. He assists clients in integrating asset management programs into portfolio management programs, as well as in assessing maturity of asset management. His key areas of focus are process development, identifying organizational integrations and effecting improvements in IT efficiency. Mr. Snyder’s coverage also includes best practices in workstation, server and mainframe hardware and software asset management. He has extensive experience in planning and negotiating enterprise license agreements, including financial analysis and software acquisition contract review. Specific areas of coverage include asset management, chargeback, IT budgeting, ROI analysis, procurement, strategic vendor management, portfolio management, data center infrastructure, IT operations, and vendor negotiation and management. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner in September 2000, Mr. Snyder worked in software asset management for Exxon Mobil. Professional Background Gartner, Vice President, 9 years ExxonMobil, Software Asset Manager, 5 years Education B.A., Business Administration, University of Houston LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Distinguishing Features of Generic Vendor Management From Strategic Vendor Management 13-Nov-2009 William R. Snyder Strategic Vendor Management When the Vendor Is an Internal Business Customer 13-Nov-2009 William R. Snyder Delivering Optimal IT Costs Is the Focus of the Upcoming IT Finance, Procurement and Asset Management Summit 12-Oct-2009 William R. Snyder, Jack Heine Defining the Vendor Management Office 28-Sep-2009 William R. Snyder, Christopher Ambrose How Flexible IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP Have Been With Software Customers During the Economic Downturn 31-Aug-2009 Alexa Bona, Jane B. Disbrow, Peter Wesche, Mike Chuba, William R. Snyder