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Jon Snoddy | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Technology expert |
| Known for | Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at Walt Disney Imagineering |
Jon Snoddy is an American technology expert who is currently the Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at Walt Disney Imagineering. [1] [2] He was the co-founder of Big Stage Entertainment and has served as director, CTO, CCO and CTO in various technology/media firms. [3]
Education
Snoddy holds a BA in Journalism from University of South Carolina (1979). He also holds an AS in Electronics engineering from Piedmont Institute of Technology, Greenwood, South Carolina. [4]
Career
Snoddy served as the recording engineer, technical production, at National Public Radio (NPR) from January 1982 until March 1984. [5] While working with NPR, he served as the technical director for the program " All Things Considered". He was also the technical director for US 1984 Election coverage and technical director 1984 Winter Olympics. [5]
Between March 1984 and March 1987, Snoddy served as the project director at Lucasfilm Ltd. [6] From 1987 to 1995, he was the director, Senior Concept Designer at Disney. [7] Between 1987 and 1996, he served as the Senior Show Designer Walt Disney Imagineering. [8] From March 1987 to December 1996, he served as the director, Senior Concept Designer Walt Disney Imagineering. [9]
In 1996, Snoddy co-founded Sega GameWorks LLC alongside Steven Spielberg and Skip Paul. [10] From 1996 to 2001, Snoddy served as the Chief Creative Officer at GameWorks. [11] In 2002, Snoddy and Steven Spielberg co-founded MyTelescope.com; an internet astronomy startup. [12] From January 2003 until February 2007, he was the CCO/ CTO TimePlay Entertainment. [13] Between October 2009 and April 2014 he was the Vice President of R&D at Walt Disney Imagineering. [14]
In 2007, Snoddy co-founded Big Stage Entertainment alongside Jonathan I. Strietzel and Jon Kraft. [15] He also served as the CTO of the company from January 2007 to July 2009. [3] [16] In May 2015, Snoddy became the Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at Walt Disney Imagineering. [17] [18] [19]
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- ^ a b "Sega Gameworks Appoints Jon Snoddy Vice President Of Design", thefreelibrary.com,.
- ^ "Disney teases ‘unprecedented’ ‘Star Wars’ park ride", cbr.com,.
- ^ "Disney Tech Executives Front and Center at CES", thewaltdisneycompany.com, January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Walt Disney Company And Silicon Graphics Team to create Virtual Reality Exhibit at Epcot Center", employees.org,.
- ^ "Disney and Intel Light Up the Skies at Disney Springs With Hundreds of Twinkling Choreographed Show Drones ", wdwnews.com,.
- ^ Diedtra Henderson, "Builders Dream Of Gameworks Spielberg Brainchild May Be Cloned In Chicago", articles.chicagotribune.com, March 7, 1997.
- ^ Diedtra Henderson, ", community.seattletimes.nwsource.com,.
- ^ K.C. Jones, "Hot For The Holidays: 3-D Avatars, Gardening Gadgets", informationweek.com, November 24, 2008.
- ^ Rafat Ali, "Audio: The Future of Mobile Entertainment", gigaom.com, November 11, 2004.
- ^ David Brond, "The Science of Magic: Rensselaer and Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. Advance the Frontiers of Cognitive Computing", news.rpi.edu, March 19, 2015.
- ^ JAN NORMAN, "Relationships, technology build a company", ocregister.com, August 21, 2013.
- ^ "Big Stage Entertainment Makes You a Star in the Digital Universe with Debut of BigStage.com", businesswire.com,
- ^ Matt Weinberger, "Why Disney CEO Bob Iger told his top 400 executives to 'have a love affair with technology", businessinsider.com, January 8, 2016
- ^ Seb Joseph, "Disney details how VR, AIs, robotics will shape its stories of the future", thedrum.com, January 7, 2016
- ^ David Maxwell Braun, "Elephants Are Social, Like Humans, and Should Be Treated That Way, Expert Urges", voices.nationalgeographic.com, July 26, 2016