Our team
At Synaptec, we pride ourselves on our technical excellence and pioneering nature. Since our inception, we have carefully curated a team of experts who strive to devise creative and effective solutions for our customers.
Our combined years in industry and contributions to fundamental research and product development combine to form a strong team that is committed to delivering solutions to the power sector’s most significant challenges.
Management
Dr Philip Orr
Managing Director
Philip leads the development of Synaptec’s strategy and oversees day-to-day commercial and technical operations…Read more
Dr Neil Gordon
Head of Sensor Technologies
Dr Gordon is our Head of Sensor Technologies, overseeing the development of our sensors and associated systems. He concluded his…Read more
Saul Matthews
Head of Commercial Development
As Head of Commercial Development, Saul brings 24 years of sales and marketing experience to Synaptec, having led growth…Read more
Dr Steven Blair
Head of Power Systems Technologies
Dr Blair leads a team leveraging the unique capabilities of our platform to create new data-driven solutions to challenges faced by…Read more
Sensor technologies
Dr David Jung
Senior Engineer (Operations)
Dr Jung is one of our most experienced engineers, working across broad range of fields including sensor design, calibration…Read more
Dr Iain Mckeeman
Senior Engineer (Research & Development)
Iain was awarded the MPhys with Photonics from the University of Southampton in 2012. He then undertook an Engineering Doctorate…Read more
Juan Alanis
Sensor Systems Engineer
Juan was awarded a PhD in Physics at the University of Manchester in 2020, focusing on semiconductor nanowire lasers, and soon…Read more
Euan Dickson
Graduate Sensor Systems Engineer
Euan joined Synaptec as a Graduate Engineer directly following his undergraduate studies in Physics for which he was awarded a 1st…Read more
Noreta Nordena
Graduate Sensor Systems Engineer
Noreta holds an MEng in Mechatronics from the University of Glasgow and is eager to use some of that interdisciplinary knowledge as a…Read more
Tobias Singh
Graduate Sensor Systems Engineer
Tobias completed his MEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Swansea University in 2020 and achieved first class honours…Read more
Ryan Moore
Technician
Ryan is a Technician and Modern Apprentice at Synaptec, responsible for production and testing. Ryan is also undergoing academic…Read more
Dominic Saunders
Technician
Dominic is a Technician at Synaptec, responsible for manufacturing and testing sensors. He is also completing an HND…Read more
Power system technologies
Dr Fraser Cadger
Senior Engineer (Embedded Systems)
Fraser is an Embedded Systems Engineer responsible for developing robust, real-time embedded firmware for Synaptec’s…Read more
Zhuo Ma
Senior Engineer (Embedded Systems)
Zhuo is an award-winning embedded systems engineer specialising in high-voltage instrumentation…Read more
Jason Costello
Lead Data Engineer
Jason has over 10 years’ experience with data-intensive and machine learning systems across a wide variety of domains…Read more
Aneesh Chandran
Field Applications Engineer
Aneesh is an Electrical Engineer responsible for our Field Applications. As our trusted Technology Application Consultant, he provides key…Read more
Ranchao Ou
Graduate Software Engineer
Ranchao graduated in MSci (Hons) Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in 2022…Read more
Phil Vernon
Web Developer
Phil is responsible for developing convenient and innovative user interfaces and visualisation for Synaptec’s monitoring systems. He holds…Read more
Elliot Hale
Graduate Embedded Systems Engineer
Commercial
Nitin Mahajan
Business Development – Power Grids (India, GCC, & SE Asia)
As our Business Development Manager for India, Indian Sub-Continent, GCC, and South East Asia. Nitin brings 21 years…Read more
Chris Conway
Business Development – Condition Monitoring
Chris has a wealth of engineering and applications experience with distributed fibre optic sensing technologies deployed for asset…Read more
Annika Rieley
Marketing Manager
Annika’s experience in marketing and design has spanned over 12 years working internationally in a variety of industries…Read more
Martin Walkinshaw
Commercial Manager
As a Commercial Manager, Martin brings a track record of business development and innovation management from high tech…Read more
Administration
Nichola FitzGerald
Office Manager
An experienced administrator, Nichola is responsible for the smooth running of our Glasgow… Read more