David Clarke
CEO & Co-founder
27 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
About Us
For over 25 years we have provided award-winning, enterprise-class software tools, and professional services.
With the benefit of different perspectives, Synaptica offers unique insights to solve the challenges facing your organisation. Contact us today to discuss your enterprise knowledge organisation project and how we can help.
Meet the Synaptica Executive Team
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
Gene Loh
Director Software Development
Over 20 year’s 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.
Ahren Lehnert
Senior Manager Graphite
Over 20 years taxonomy industry experience
Joined Synaptica in 2017
Lead for Graphite product management and graph solutions
Vivs Long-Ferguson
Manager Marketing & Media
25 years’ experience in marketing and communications.
Joined Synaptica in 2017. Lead for marketing, media and communications.
Sean Maslow
Software Architect
Over 25 years software development experience
20 years taxonomy industry experience
16 years with Synaptica
Sean is founder and President of Maslow, Inc., based in Denver, Colorado.
Jim Dwyer
Software Architect
23 years taxonomy industry experience
19 years with Synaptica
Our History
Synaptica, LLC, a private company was co-founded in 1995 by principals Trish Yancey and Dave Clarke. Synaptica continually invests heavily in R&D to maintain its leadership position. Software development and business management is located in Denver, Colorado, with additional sales and support provided by subsidiary and affiliate companies in Europe and Asia.
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.
Awards & Recognition
KMWorld
100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management
Selected from 2012 through to 2022
Trend-Setting Product of the Year Award
Selected from 2011 to 2021
Corporate America’s Best Taxonomy Management Software 2016
Global Knowledge Management Congress’s Knowledge Management Leadership Award 2016
”Our choice of Synaptica taxonomy software is part of our focus on strengthening the vocabulary. We needed software with additional applications and all of the foundational features that you need as well as extra options that provide future adaptability.
Marisa Hughes, APA
