Management Team
Navneet Gupta
Founder and President/CEO
Since founding SNAP, Inc. in 1998, Navneet Gupta has been responsible for creating and implementing the company’s vision of being a leading provider of enterprise wide Information Technology and Learning Management Solutions in the Government, DoD and Commercial Markets.
Mr. Gupta, as President/CEO of SNAP, with his 30+ years of executive and marketing experience directs the company’s overall strategy in marketing, finance, client and industry relationships. Mr. Gupta has done his Bachelors in commerce and finance and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, India. He additionally holds multiple credentials in the field of LAN/WAN engineering and management.
Mr. Gupta mentors and serves on the board of multiple companies in the field of information technology and national / international marketing.
Al Folsom, Ph.D.
Vice President of DoD & USCG Programs
Dr. Folsom joined SNAP, Inc. in April 2016 and currently serves as Vice President for SNAP’s DoD and US Coast Guard Programs. In this capacity, he also oversees and provides Program Management for the US Coast Guard (USCG) Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) BPA and orchestrates all aspects of SNAP, Inc’s DoD programs, including Army, Navy and Air Force projects. His previous industry experience includes leading a corporate practice of Strategic Business Partner and Performance Consulting Skills workshops, including the entire legacy SABA/Harless suite as currently used by the USCG. With these workshops, he helped people and organizations make the transformation to accomplishment-based approaches as strategic business partners and performance consultants. He brings over 30 years of experience in the field of training and HPT.
His expertise is in Human Performance Technology (HPT) and its specific application throughout the USCG, where he retired as Chief Learning Officer (CLO) as a Captain (O-6) after 24 years of commissioned service. He is also the co-author of Exemplary Performance – Driving Business Results by Benchmarking Your Star Performers (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2013); 2nd Edition (2022) which was awarded International Society for Performance Improvement’s (ISPI) Award of Excellence in 2014 and the subject of the opening Masters’ Series at the 60th ISPI International Conference in Nashville in April 2022.
Paul J. Masters
Adviser/Consultant
Mr. Paul Masters joined the SNAP Inc. Team in September, 2016, after completing a successful Navy career, and over 15 years in the defense industry. With an undergraduate degree in Business from his home town school, York College of Pennsylvania, he entered the Navy and spent the majority of his career in the business of logistics and financial management. During his career he received his M.S. in Financial Management from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
In the defense industry, Mr. Masters accepted positions of increasing responsibility, supporting clients while at CACI for over 13 years, leading to his position as Senior Vice President and Division Group Manager, together with serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Logistics Support Incorporated. At CACI, he was responsible for a $200M line of business with over 700 associates, while executing his responsibilities for managing, developing and delivering programs across a diverse customer base in the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, together with Federal Agencies and commercial consulting. In both corporate positions, he created and institutionalized processes necessary to manage the organization's activities and its projected growth, while developing and implementing procedures and controls to promote communication and enhance information flow.
At SNAP Inc. Mr. Masters is expected to assist its leadership in positioning the company for continued growth, expansion and diversification as it graduates from a small business and positions itself prominently in the DoD and Federal markets as a premier Information Technology and Training provider. He is responsible for customer engagement and operations of the company, specifically reviewing the business growth strategy and development pipeline. He will contribute to the long range corporate goals and growth objectives while engaging clients and staff to ensure SNAP Inc. continues to provide value in every program and all customers.
Bruce Adams
Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Adams is a senior executive with over 37 years of information technology (IT) services experience. For the last 25 years, he has had business development and profit/loss responsibilities within rapidly growing small businesses. He has participated in corporate annual revenue growth from zero dollars through $335M, and has demonstrated an ability to establish and grow a base of business within both the public and private sectors.
Mr. Adams has provided business capture and proposal development services for the federal civilian and National Security/DoD divisions of Criterion Systems. In this consulting role, Bruce has supported many business pursuits, including those associated with the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, DISA, NSA, Air Force, Army, FBI, and a number of the National Laboratories. Mr. Adams is DoD TOP SECRET cleared. Bruce was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Federal Programs Senior Vice President for CNSI. Bruce is a graduate of James Madison University with a B.S. in Economics. He is a member of AFCEA and is actively involved in his community.