Jon Snoddy is an American technology expert who is currently the Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at

Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc., commonly referred to as Imagineering, is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attra ...

. He was the co-founder of Big Stage Entertainment and has served as director, CTO, CCO and CTO in various technology/media firms.Kevin Jenkins
"Big Stage Entertainment announces ggl Global gaming as First Video game Promotion Partner"
''stritzlive.com'', December 11, 2008.

Education

Snoddy holds a BA in

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

from University of South Carolina (1979). He also holds an AS in

Electronics engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current f ...

from Piedmont Institute of Technology,

Greenwood, South Carolina Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population in the 2020 United States Census was 22,545 down from 23,222 at the 2010 census. The city is home to Lander University. Geography and C ...

Career

Snoddy served as the recording engineer, technical production, at

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...

(NPR) from January 1982 until March 1984."Sega Gameworks Appoints Jon Snoddy Vice President Of Design"
''thefreelibrary.com'',. While working with NPR, he served as the technical director for the program "

All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...

". He was also the technical director for US 1984 Election coverage and technical director

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. Between March 1984 and March 1987, Snoddy served as the project director at

Lucasfilm Ltd Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a business segment of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating and producing the ''Star Wars'' and ' ...

. From 1987 to 1995, he was the director, Senior Concept Designer at

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

. Between 1987 and 1996, he served as the Senior Show Designer Walt Disney Imagineering. From March 1987 to December 1996, he served as the director, Senior Concept Designer Walt Disney Imagineering. In 1996, Snoddy co-founded Sega GameWorks LLC alongside

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...

and Skip Paul. From 1996 to 2001, Snoddy served as the

Chief Creative Officer A chief creative officer (CCO) is the highest ranking position of the creative team within a company. Depending on the type of company, this position may be responsible for the overall look and feel of marketing, media, and branding associated with ...

GameWorks GameWorks is a gaming-based entertainment center with a single location as of 2022, a chain of such businesses. It was owned by then-owner ExWorks Capital, each venue featured a wide array of video game arcades, in addition to full-service bars a ...

. In 2002, Snoddy and Steven Spielberg co-founded MyTelescope.com; an internet astronomy startup. From January 2003 until February 2007, he was the CCO/ CTO TimePlay Entertainment. Between October 2009 and April 2014 he was the Vice President of R&D at Walt Disney Imagineering. In 2007, Snoddy co-founded Big Stage Entertainment alongside

Jonathan I. Strietzel Jonathan I. Strietzel is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and inventor. He is known for founding various companies as well as engineering and patenting several systems and methods in telecommunications, advertising, and video gaming. Hist ...

and Jon Kraft. He also served as the CTO of the company from January 2007 to July 2009. In May 2015, Snoddy became the Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at Walt Disney Imagineering.David Maxwell Braun
"Elephants Are Social, Like Humans, and Should Be Treated That Way, Expert Urges"
''voices.nationalgeographic.com'', July 26, 2016

References

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