Alphatec Appoints Brian Snider to Senior Leadership Team

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. announced the addition of two new executives with proven track records in the spine industry, naming Brian Snider as Executive Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Product Development, and Chris Ryan as Area Vice President of Sales in the U.S. Central Region.

• Mr. Snider has spent the past 11 years focused on marketing, brand and product development, and global product management in the spine and medical device industries. Prior to joining Alphatec Spine, Mr. Snider spent nine years at NuVasive, Inc., where he most recently served as the Business Lead of Thoracolumbar Anterior, and had substantial responsibility over the anterior column business, including XLIF® and Anterior Column Realignment (ACR®).
• Mr. Ryan brings more than 20 years of progressive spine sales leadership experience to Alphatec. Prior to joining Alphatec, Mr. Ryan held multiple sales leadership roles over a six-year period with Zimmer Biomet Spine, including as its Vice President of U.S. Sales and a member of the Zimmer Spine Leadership Team. Under Mr. Ryan’s leadership, Zimmer’s U.S. Spine Sales channel underwent a substantial, strategic change in distribution, yielding significant annual revenue growth.

Drawing on their deep commercial spine experience, Mr. Snider and Mr. Ryan will focus on building brand awareness with surgeon customers and driving market demand for Alphatec’s differentiated product solutions.

This announcement follows the recent appointments of Terry M. Rich as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Jeffrey G. Black as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, completing the Alphatec senior leadership team.