Summary
Michael Pan is a seasoned engineering leader with 12+ years in R&D and global operations, currently serving as Sr. Director of Engineering at Synaptics, where he manages multi-site software teams across the US, Korea, China and Taiwan. He has deep expertise in embedded devices, telecom/stb middleware and security-focused integration and certification, having built and scaled integration centers and OS foundation teams across China, India and the US. Known for driving agile and SAFE practices, PI planning, and CI/CD test automation, he blends hands-on technical understanding with strategic product roadmap alignment and partner management (SoC vendors, OEMs, middleware). Michael’s career shows a repeat pattern of building centers of excellence from scratch and growing offshore capabilities, and his GitHub bio—“勇敢,耐心,做好准备” (brave, patient, be prepared)—captures his pragmatic, steady leadership style.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Midwestern State University
Computer Science, Computer Science at Southern Methodist University
English, Chinese