The Executive Team develops and implements SNL's business objectives and serves as the steward of SNL's unique customer-driven culture. The team is composed of a diverse blend of executives, equally divided between leaders who have spent their entire careers at SNL and leaders who bring to SNL valuable experience gained at other leading information companies.

SNL Board of Managers  +

Prior to starting SNL Financial in 1987, Reid spent 10 years in the financial services industry. He was the CFO for a New Jersey savings bank (also serving as vice chairman and CAO) and subsequently worked with the financial services and arbitrage affiliates of Ivan F. Boesky and Co. Reid holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in political economy from Johns Hopkins University.

Mike started his career at SNL in 1994 and oversees the company's business units, information systems, content, sales, finance and administrative functions. Prior to assuming the position of president in 2000, Mike was managing principal in charge of product development and industry business units. Mike holds a B.A . in history and economics from the University of Virginia.

Will was president, CEO and co-founder of Y-Merge, a financial analytics company, prior to its acquisition by SNL in 2002.
Before Y-Merge, he held various sales positions with Multex.com. Will began his career as an investment banking analyst with Sandler O'Neill. Will holds a degree in economics from Duke University.

Nick joined SNL in 2008 and leads all of SNL’s industry and cross-industry business units. Previously, Nick served as chief product officer and EVP of product management at ISS, the leading corporate governance and proxy advisory information firm, and also worked in various product management and development capacities at Thomson Financial, including EVP of product management. Nick holds a B.A. from Cornell University.

Nate is responsible for SNL's growing content collection operations, including development of all related internal systems and business processes. Nate has worked for SNL since 1998 in various positions including accounting analyst, M&A analyst, branch market share manager and data services manager. Nate holds a degree in economics from the University of Virginia.

Michael oversees global human resources, including recruiting, leadership development and compensation structure and implementation, and global facilities management. Prior to joining SNL in 2006, Michael held senior leadership positions at LexisNexis and at a startup educational software company later sold to ProQuest Company; before that, he practiced corporate securities law in New York. He holds a B. A. and JD from the University of Virginia.

James is responsible for significant business expansion projects including SNL’s recent insurance statutory database launch. James started his career at SNL in 1997 and served as director of bank and thrift research before leaving in 2003 to work as a sell-side analyst at Moors and Cabot and then Sterne Agee and Leach. James returned to SNL in his current capacity in early 2007. James holds a degree in economics from the University of Virginia and is a chartered financial analyst.

Prior to joining SNL in February 2007, Theresa was director of business management with LexisNexis for nine years, forecasting and analyzing expenses and revenues. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Theresa worked for eight years at Grant Thornton as a financial management consultant. Theresa holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary.

Galen leads all information technology initiatives at SNL, including software development for internal systems and products, networking and hardware infrastructure. He started his career at SNL in 1994 as a senior news editor before moving into IT, first as a systems analyst and then as the head of IT research and development. He holds a degree in mathematics and cognitive science from the University of Virginia.