UMD's student-run consulting group, solving real problems since 2020.
In partnership with Ernst & Young
Founded in 2020, the Snider Consulting Group brings together UMD students who are curious, driven, and invested in helping each other grow. We're intentionally small and close-knit, so members build real friendships and look out for one another, professionally and personally, long after graduation.
Our community extends well beyond client work. Between weekly workshops, team meetings, social outings, and our semesterly hikes, members get to know each other outside the project room. That's where mentorship and lasting connections take shape.
Meet the Team
We work alongside our clients to create personalized, long-lasting solutions that serve and elevate UMD's community. Each engagement is led by a student team and guided by consultants and partners from EY.
Members build their skills through an intensive 10-week professional development program, originally designed by SCG members and alumni at Bain and Capital One. Along the way they connect with alumni at EY, Deloitte, Capital One, Bain and other firms through site visits, workshops, mentorship and social events.
Explore Alumni
Building a five-year financial plan and pricing strategy for a school-safety startup
Gives a school-safety startup a five-year financial outlook and a pricing strategy to guide budgeting and sales conversations, in the same vein as the monetization strategy we built for Alliom.
Building a queryable database and public API for Colorado school data
Gives School Harbor a clean, queryable Colorado school database and public API, backed by documentation and an annual update pipeline, so the data stays current and others can build on it.
Rebuilding a student test-score dashboard on a cloud SQL database and Looker Studio.
Moves School Harbor's student test-score dashboard onto a cloud SQL database and Looker Studio, giving the team a rebuilt dashboard it can maintain and extend; School Harbor later returned for the Colorado school data API.
Expanding distribution and engagement for an AI-powered public-speaking platform
Gives SpeechPundit pilot plans for universities and an industry association, a product brief drawn from hands-on use, and a comparison of nonprofit and corporate growth paths to guide its next distribution moves.
