
Daniel Benjamin
Daniel joined the San Francisco office as a Hardware Engineer in 2014 with 10 years of electronics design experience. Leading the EE group in San Francisco, Daniel helps clients navigate the tradeoffs of the many decisions to be made to reach their hardware goals. At Synapse, Daniel has specialized in ultra low power design, high performance user interfaces, and miniaturized footprints.
Before Synapse, Daniel worked in hardware design and R&D at DiCon Fiberoptics & Lighting, a Bay Area industry leader in telecom and commercial/consumer LED lighting equipment. Prior to that, he got his start in electronics consulting at BCA, a firm specializing in medical, industrial, and consumer products in Providence, RI.
Daniel holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University. In his spare time, he enjoys collecting frequent flyer miles, making unnecessary spreadsheets (often about home DIY), and practicing Swiss-German with his kids