He's LinkedIn's First Puzzlemaster. Here's How His Games Benefit Their Business — and Your Brain.

He's LinkedIn's First Puzzlemaster. Here's How His Games Benefit Their Business — and Your Brain.

LinkedIn hired three-time world Sudoku champion Thomas Snyder as its first-ever principal puzzlemaster to design daily logic games.

LinkedIn wants you playing games on its site. Meet the puzzlemaster behind them.

Thomas Snyder is the principal puzzle master at LinkedIn.Thomas SnyderLinkedIn hired a three-time world Sudoku champion to create games that spark chatter on its platform.The platform is betting on puzzles, like "Zip" and "Patches," to boost engagement and keep users coming back.Snyder left a career in biotech to turn his passion for puzzles into a full-time profession.LinkedIn wants its users to do more than scroll. Thomas Snyder's job at the n…