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Navneet Gupta

Founder and President/CEO

Founder and President/CEO Since its founding in 1998, Mr. 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 earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and Finance and holds a 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, and leads entrepreneurial efforts in multiple industries beyond IT.

Al Folsom, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Folsom joined SNAP, Inc. in April 2016 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, he provides leadership in positioning the company for continued growth, expansion, and diversification as it graduates from a small business and positions itself prominently in the Federal and DoD markets as a premier Information Technology and Training Solutions provider.

He is responsible for customer engagement and operations of the company, specifically reviewing the business growth strategy and development pipeline. He brings a focus to the long-range corporate goals and growth objectives while engaging clients and staff to ensure SNAP continues to provide value in every program for all customers.

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, including his service in 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 the 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.

Elvera T. Gleaton

Senior Vice President (SVP)

Vera Gleaton serves as Senior Vice President at Snap Inc., bringing over 40 years of distinguished federal service, culminating in her role as a Senior Executive in the U.S. government. Throughout her career, she led complex, multi-million dollar contracts, mission-critical programs and drove strategic initiatives across large-scale federal organizations.

She now applies that expertise to driving strategic growth, capturing new business, and strengthening relationships across federal clients. Vera’s unique perspective allows her to bridge government priorities with industry innovation, creating solutions that deliver real impact.

Vera is widely respected for her leadership, integrity, and ability to build high-performing teams that execute with excellence.

Basat Tayfun

Solutions Architect

Basat Tayfun is a business technologist who thrives where business meets technology. For over 20 years, he helped C-level executives, vice presidents, directors, department heads and other leaders turn complex business ambitions into practical, cost-effective and lasting solutions for leading global enterprises and public sector entities. More recently, he has led the technical side of business development for US federal agencies, including emergency management and agriculture. In that role, he advises stakeholders and decision makers through the full business development lifecycle, focusing on the strategic and competitive uses of technology in service of business goals.
 
Basat’s diverse background and skill set has enabled him to hold many roles that run the gamut from IT operations and management to senior roles in solutions architecture, product management and customer programs. His experience in defense, finance, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, agriculture, education, and emergency management domains comes from his work helping major governmental entities and global enterprises in 25 countries in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
 
Basat is known for simplifying the complex and building trust through dedication and honesty. He holds an MBA from the University of Rochester, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Bucknell University.

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.

Carolyn Bohls

Director of HR

Mrs. Bohls currently serves as SNAP’s Director of HR and brings over 25 years of Human Resources experience. For the last 10 years, she has been responsible for the company & Human Resources services, policies, and programs, and manages all aspects of the corporate HR processes, including onboarding, payroll, benefits, and HR compliance. She works with the executive team to advance the company’s mission, vision, guiding principles, and values. Carol joined the SNAP team in 2015.