History
SynapSense Corporation was founded by Peter Van Deventer and Dr. Raju Pandey in March of 2006. Starting in 2003, Dr. Pandey evaluated different wireless sensor networking software architecture solutions, while looking for a platform to develop an extensible, scalable applications environment. The result of this evaluation was that none of these solutions offered the features desired. Subsequently, Dr. Pandey developed a new, next generation wireless sensor network architecture over the next 2-1/2 years at the University of California Davis. The platform development is in part funded by the National Science Foundation. The core software technology for the platform has been transferred into the SynapSense Corporation.
Peter Van Deventer was a leading global sales and marketing executive with Intel Corporation, and was intimately involved in the market ramps of servers, processors, datacenters, wi-fi and cellular markets on a global scale. While at Intel, he had expansive insights into the emerging wireless technologies being developed by the world’s leading research groups, ranging from UWB to Wimax to Wireless Sensor Networks. Both Pete and Raju saw the coming ramp of the wireless sensor networking market and established early positions of expertise, and subsequently, have created a company that is providing next-generation solutions for customers around the world.