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Co-founders at Synaptics
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Carver Mead
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Federico FagginFounder
RK
Ramesh KesanupalliFounder
Experience
- Synaptics IncorporatedPresident & Chief Executive Officer, and Board Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- Energous CorporationMember Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- QualcommGroup General Manager, Connectivity, Broadband & Networking2024 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
- QualcommSenior Vice President & General Manager, Connectivity & Networking Business Unit2015 — 2024Santa Clara, California, United States
- Reading Partners (non-profit; www.readingpartners.org)Board Advisor2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Povi.meBoard Advisor2016 — 2017Cupertino, CA
- Broadcom Inc.Senior Vice President & General Manager, Wireless Connectivity2014 — 2015
- Broadcom Inc.Vice President, Wireless Connnectivity (Mobile, PC, Acesss, Entertainment, IoT)2010 — 2014
- Broadcom Inc.Sr. Director, WiFi Networking Business2002 — 2010
- Hifn IncBusiness Line Manager, Security and Compression Products2000 — 2002
- Samsung ElectronicsSr. Strategic Marketing Manager, System LSI1998 — 2000
- S-MOS Systems (Seiko Epson)VLSI CAD/CAE Engineer, Tech Marketing Manager1993 — 1997
Skills & more
C-Level14Board of Directors12SemiconductorsSoC30ASIC22Product Management68Product Marketing46IC19WirelessGo-to-market Strategy41Mixed Signal7Embedded Systems37
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AnalogProduct LaunchCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Lifecycle ManagementCompetitive AnalysisWiFiProduct DevelopmentMobile DevicesLanguages Hindi,Gujarati
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- Who is Rahul Patel?
- President and CEO at Synaptics
- Where does Rahul Patel work?
- Rahul Patel is President and CEO at Synaptics.
- Where did Rahul Patel go to school?
- Rahul Patel studied at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business (MBA, Marketing & Finance); Arizona State University (MS, Computer Science & Engineering); National Institute of Technology Warangal (B. Tech, Electronics & Communications Engineering).
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National Institute of Technology Warangal mafia17
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Same school
Also attended Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business80
HowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesMary DentenChief Financial Officer at Scale Venture PartnersKristin DrewChief Financial Officer at CapitalGSaachi SikariaAssociate at Moneta VenturesConnie ShengCo-Founder & Managing Director at Nautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcGeorge ManuelianAdvisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture Partners
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Also attended Arizona State University316
Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleJackson HeddyCFO at NorthzoneOliver MitchellPartner at Ff Venture CapitalHelen SunAnalyst at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Jorge CampoInvestor at KfundMax AltschulerFounder & General Partner at GTMfund
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Also attended National Institute of Technology Warangal24
Sangeeta BAVIHead of Startups and Growth, Anthropic India at SeafundKumar MettuInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsSridhar KummamInvestor at Crimson Investment FundVenkatramanan PKEngineering / AI at M33 GrowthKrishna ChittabathiniVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalKavinder SinghJoint Managing Director at Pidilite Industries Limited
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Shared employers
Also worked at Qualcomm215
Ben CoughlanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesMarienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm VenturesLeilani ConroyExecutive Assistant at Qualcomm Ventures
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Also worked at Reading Partners (non-profit; www.readingpartners.org)5
Also worked at Broadcom Inc.89
Quinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm VenturesClint ChaoGeneral Partner at Moment Ventures, LlcCurtis McKeePartner at Third Point VenturesDan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell IncubationCamila Sgai FrancoProduct Fellow at Mighty CapitalVijay ReddyInvestor at Mayfield Fund
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