Management Team

Greg Snyder
Founder, President and CEO

Greg Snyder brings to Tall Maple Systems a proven history of designing and building Internet appliances. While in Nokia's IP routing and security group, Greg led the network management effort. In this capacity he worked on a wide range of activities including gathering customer requirements, leading design and implementation, and working with partners on integration projects. In previous roles at Nokia he worked extensively on operating systems, security and IP routing, including co-authoring an OSPF implementation. In 1999 he co-founded Springbank Networks, where he served as CTO, and helped develop the company's content management ideas. After Springbank Networks was acquired by CacheFlow (now Blue Coat Systems) in 2000, Snyder went on to initiate and lead the company's content distribution effort. Snyder holds a B.S. in computer science from WPI, and an M.S. in computer science from Stanford University.

David Kruse
Director of Business Development

David Kruse is responsible for Tall Maple’s Sales and Marketing, as well as all business development and partnering efforts. David brings more than ten years of senior management experience in sales and marketing at Latitude Communications, Docent and Synopsys. At Latitude he created the Global Account Management position and was responsible for generating over 25% of the Latitude’s annual revenue. In product management, David was responsible for leading product line strategy, product launches, partnerships, competitive analysis and sales training. Kruse holds a BS EE and BS Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from the University of Southern California.