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”I wanted a tool with a vendor that was willing to enter a partnership with the taxonomy team for the continued development and adoption of the tool.
Bonnie Bowes
Synaptica were willing to do that.
Meet the Synaptica Executive Team
David Clarke
EVP Semantic Graph Technology, Squirro
& Co-founder, Synaptica
30 years’ information industry experience
Contributing author of US National Standard for Controlled Vocabularies ANSI-NISO Z39.19 (2005)
Lead for business strategy and technical product vision
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Trish Yancey
CFO & Co-founder
37 years’ information industry experience
Contributing author of US National Standard for Controlled Vocabularies ANSI-NISO Z39.19 (2005)
Lead for user requirements and open industry standards
Jim Sweeney
Director of Product Management
Over 20 years’ taxonomy industry experience
15 years with Synaptica
Lead for client relations and product management
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Gene Loh
Director Software Development
Over 20 years’ experience in software development and leads an engineering team focused on research and development. Gene is founder and Executive Director of Stronium, based in Kuala Lumpur.
Sarah Downs
Director of Client Solutions
20 years’ taxonomy industry experience
Joined Synaptica in 2023
Lead for Professional Services and System Deployment
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Lauren Clark Hill
Customer Success Manager
13 years’ taxonomy industry experience
Joined Synaptica in 2023
Support Taxonomy and Ontology Solutions
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Vivs Long-Ferguson
Marketing & Communications
25 years’ experience in marketing and communications.
Joined Synaptica in 2017.
Lead for marketing, social media and communications.
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Jim Dwyer
Software Architect
23 years’ taxonomy industry experience
19 years with Synaptica
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Synaptica was founded in 1995 by Trish Yancey and Dave Clarke. In 2024 Synaptica was acquired by Squirro AG.
Our Customers
Listen carefully to understand each client’s individual needs.
Design user experiences that are driven by our client’s real-life use cases and requirements.
Our Partners
Partner with clients establishing a long-term relationship of service.
Our Solutions
Engineer solutions based on international industry standards and best practices.
Evolve solutions continuously to meet the emerging needs of our clients.
”Our choice of Synaptica taxonomy software is part of our focus on strengthening the vocabulary.
Marisa Hughes, APA
We needed software with additional applications and all of the foundational features that you need as well as extra options that provide future adaptability.
Synaptica were willing to do that.