Bill Snyder was leading Humana’s $500 million Illinois market before most people his age had managed a team. He made quick decisions, learned through mistakes, and developed a bias for action that would stay with him. Later, at Virta Health, he helped scale partnerships with major health plans, refining the playbook for how to sell complex care models in a fragmented system.
But digestive health kept surfacing—personally, professionally, and persistently. Snyder saw how often GI conditions went untreated, misdiagnosed, or written off as low priority. In 2021, he founded Cylinder to do something about it.
Snyder had spent years watching digestive issues push people to the margins of care—too complex for primary care, and too common to be prioritized. With Cylinder, he set out to close that gap. The platform pairs clinical expertise with tailored support: dietitians, CBT tools, and gastroenterologists who work in sync, not in silos. It’s a model that’s reaching patients in every state and generating results for employers who were once stuck absorbing rising costs without better options.
He’s built the company the same way he built his career—by being deliberate about people. Every hire is evaluated for alignment, and once inside, the expectations are clear: lead with transparency, own your outcomes, and stay close to the mission. Snyder credits the team for Cylinder’s traction. They know the stakes because most of them have lived them, either as patients or caregivers. It’s the reason the work stays close to the problem, not the pitch deck.
Looking ahead, Snyder is investing in new tools for earlier diagnosis and smarter care delivery. But he keeps returning to the same idea: digestive health is more than a niche—it’s a daily reality for millions. His goal is to make care more immediate, more integrated, and more humane. That’s the bet behind Cylinder, and the reason Snyder isn’t slowing down.
