Salient Systems has announced the appointment of Scott Snyder as the company?s new Executive Vice President of Engineering, based at Salient?s headquarters in Austin. A software industry veteran, Snyder will lead Salient?s overall engineering strategy as the company?s first engineering executive, a key role in an expanding technology leadership team comprised of Snyder, Chief Technology Officer Raja Murugesu, and Sanjay Challa, Chief Product Officer.