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Ken Rizvi

Senior Vice President, Interim CEO & Chief Financial Officer

Ken Rizvi joined Synaptics in July 2024 and currently serves as the SVP, Interim CEO, and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Synaptics, Ken served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SMART Global Holdings (“SGH”), a diversified business focused on providing high-performance, high-availability solutions to enterprise customers, from February 2021 to June 2024. Prior to joining SGH, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UTAC Holdings, a global semiconductor assembly and test services provider and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Isola Group, a global materials sciences company. Ken has also held senior finance roles at Micron and ON Semiconductor. He has also served as an associate with Technology Crossover Ventures, a leading private equity and venture capital firm, and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University.

Lisa Bodensteiner

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Lisa Bodensteiner joined Synaptics in November 2023 and serves as the SVP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Prior to joining Synaptics, Ms. Bodensteiner was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Plantronics, Inc. (“Poly”), a Principal with MDAC, LLC, a family-owned real estate company, and Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at SunPower Corporation, a global provider of solar power solutions, from June 2012 to May 2016. Before joining SunPower, Ms. Bodensteiner held key executive roles at First Solar, Inc., and OptiSolar Inc. Before her decade in solar energy, Bodensteiner was executive vice president, general counsel, secretary and compliance officer for 10 years with Calpine Corporation, America's largest generator of natural gas and geothermal resources. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Nevada.

Satish Ganesan

Senior Vice President & General Manager of Intelligent Sensing Division and Chief Strategy Officer

Satish Ganesan joined Synaptics in November 2019 and serves as SVP & GM of Intelligent Sensing Division and Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to Synaptics, Satish served as Chief Product Officer of Keyssa, a wireless startup focused on short range connectivity. Before that, he held several executive positions at Broadcom where he led IoT and mobile strategy at different times. Prior to Broadcom, he held various senior product marketing positions at Tilera and Broadcom. He spent his early career in various engineering roles at Xilinx, and holds more than 10 US patents. He received his Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS, India and MS in Computer Engineering from University of Cincinnati.

Vikram Gupta

Senior Vice President and General Manager of IoT Processors, Chief Product Officer

Vikram Gupta joined Synaptics in January 2023 and serves as the SVP and GM of IoT Processors and Chief Product Officer. Prior to joining Synaptics, Vikram was the SVP and GM of IoT Compute and Wireless Business Lines for Infineon Technologies, where he led the integration and transformation efforts for the $1B+ multi-site business with three product lines following Infineon’s acquisition of Cypress, where he served as VP of Engineering of the IoT Business Unit. Prior to Cypress, Vikram navigated a progressive tenure with Broadcom, advancing in leadership and responsibility across both engineering and business. Earlier in his career he was a co-founder of Zeevo, a developer of system-on-chip solutions for Bluetooth and other wireless communications applications, which was ultimately purchased by Broadcom. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in India and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Venkat Kodavati

多媒体部高级副总裁兼总经理

Venkat Kodavati 于 2020 年 4 月加入 Synaptics，担任工程高级副总裁，目前担任无线产品高级副总裁。 在加入 Synaptics 之前，Venkat 在 Broadcom 负责新兴的 60GHz 无线业务，成功地将产品引入具有分层架构的回程市场，供 1 个客户使用。 在加入 Broadcom 之前，Kodavati 先生是 Posedge 的首席执行官兼联合创始人，该公司通过开发和销售包括 Wi-Fi 和以太网交换机在内的 IP 内核，发展成为一家价值数百万美元的企业。 2013 年，他成功将公司出售给 Imagination Technologies。 Venkat 还在 Broadcom 担任过各种高级工程管理职务，并参与了无线连接业务从 0 增长到近 30 亿美元的过程。 他拥有印度 BITS Pilani 的电气和电子工程学士学位和加州大学圣克鲁兹分校的计算机工程硕士学位，并拥有 10 多项专利并在多种期刊上发表论文

Todd Lepinski

Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Todd Lepinski joined Synaptics as the SVP of Worldwide Sales in June 2021. Before joining Synaptics Todd was the VP of Sales at ARM since 2016. Prior to ARM he held several sales management roles at Broadcom since 2004, in US and Europe. Todd also held sales positions at Wolfson Micro, AMD and Texas Instruments. He received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Lori Stahl

Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer

Lori Stahl joined Synaptics as the Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer in 2022. As the Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer, she is responsible for executing the company’s human resource (HR) strategy and employee programs worldwide. She provides leadership for developing and supporting high-performing teams and building exceptional programs that foster employee collaboration, creativity and continuous development.

Ms. Stahl has 23 years of successful experience in nearly every human resources discipline in the technology, insurance, and renewable energy industries. Prior to Synaptics, Ms. Stahl was Chief People Officer at Vocera Communications (acquired by Stryker Corporation in 2022) since June 2013. Under her leadership, the company earned industry recognition as a great place to work multiple years in a row. Lori also held HR leadership roles at both private and public companies including Nanosolar, Extreme Networks, Cisco Systems and WebEx in all HR disciplines.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science and a minor in Marketing from California State University East-Bay. Additionally, she holds several HR professional certifications, including Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), and Certified Benefits Professional (CBP).