Synaptics Incorporated (SYNA)

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Synaptics Incorporated

1251 McKay Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
United States
408-904-1100
http://www.synaptics.com

Sector: Technology
Industry: Application Software
Full Time Employees: 1,774

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Age
Mr. Richard A. Bergman	Pres, CEO & Director	1.52M	4.28M	53
Mr. Wajid Ali B.A., M.A., M.B.A., C.M.A.	Sr. VP & CFO	799.6k	N/A	44
Mr. Hing Chung Wong	Sr. VP of Worldwide Operations	604.21k	N/A	62
Mr. Kevin D. Barber	Sr. VP & GM of Mobile Division	577.2k	182.54k	57
Dr. Patrick Worfolk	Chief Technology Officer and Sr. VP of Corp. Research	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2016 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Synaptics Incorporated develops, markets, and sells intuitive human interface solutions for electronic devices and products worldwide. The company offers its human interface products solutions for mobile product applications, including smartphones, tablets, and touchscreen applications, as well as mobile, handheld, wireless, and entertainment devices; notebook applications; and other personal computer (PC) product applications, such as keyboards, mice, and desktop product applications. Its products include ClearPad, which enables users to interact directly with the display on smartphones and tablets; ClearView products that provide advanced image processing and low power technology for entry-level smartphones; TouchView products, which integrate touch and display technologies to deliver performance and simplified design; and Natural ID, a fingerprint ID product that is used in smartphones, tablets, notebook PCs, PC peripherals, and other applications. The company’s products also comprise TouchPad, a touch-sensitive pad that senses the position and movement of one or more fingers on its surface; SecurePad that integrates fingerprint sensor directly into the TouchPad area; ClickPad that offers a clickable mechanical design to the TouchPad solution; and ForcePad, a thinner version of its ClickPad. In addition, its other product solutions include dual pointing solutions, which offer TouchPad with a pointing stick in a single notebook computer enabling users to select their interface of choice; TouchStyk, a self-contained pointing stick module; and TouchButtons, which provides capacitive buttons and scrolling controls, as well as display interface products. The company sells its products through direct sales, outside sales representatives, distributors, and resellers. It serves smartphone, tablet, and PC original equipment manufacturers, as well as various consumer electronics manufacturers. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Corporate Governance

Synaptics Incorporated’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of September 1, 2017 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 5; Shareholder Rights: 6; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.