Richard V. Snyder is the President of RS Microwave (Butler, NJ, USA, founded 1981). He is the author of 145 papers, three book chapters and holds 27 patents. Interests: E-M simulation, network synthesis, dielectric and suspended resonators, high power notch and band – pass filters and active filters. BS, MS and PhD degrees from Loyola-Marymount, USC and Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Served the IEEE North Jersey Section as Chairman, 14 year Chair of the MTT-AP chapter.

Chaired the IEEE North Jersey EDS and CAS chapters for 10 years. He twice received the Region 1 award. January 1997: named a Fellow of the IEEE and is now a Life Fellow. January 2000: received the IEEE Millennium Medal.

General Chairman for IMS2003, in Philadelphia, and was Emeritus Chair for IMS2018 also in Philadelphia. He was elected to the MTT-S ADCOM in 2004. Within the ADCOM, he served as Chair of the TCC and Liaison to the EuMA. He served as an MTT-S Distinguished Lecturer: from 2007 – 2010, continuing as a member of the Speakers Bureau.

He served three years as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, responsible for most of the filter papers submitted. Member of the Ameri – can Physical Society, the AAAS and the New York Academy of Science. MTT-S President for 2011. IMSEC Chair 2016 – 2019, N&A Chair at present. Reviewer for IEEE-MTT and EMC publications.

Reviewer for the EuMA International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. Teaches and advises at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, in the U.K. Serves on TPC committees, as reviewer and /or Chair, for IMS, EUMW and other global conferences.

He served 7 years as Chair of MTT-8 (now MTT-5 on Filters) and continues in MTT-5/TPC work. He is the organizer of the annual IWS conference in China. He currently serves the EuMA General Assembly as the North American (Region15) delegate.