Synectix was founded in 1994 by Bill Davy and Rod Craig to provide rapid product development services.  As part of the elite principal engineers group in Linotype-Paul R&D, and founder members of Chelgraph alongside Derek Kyte, Bill and Rod have extensive experience in bringing successful, leading edge, imaging solutions to market.  To ensure efficient, cost-effective, and speedy product innovation we harness a wide network of technology specialists and assemble a team of experts for each project.  Specialised aspects of design are outsourced where appropriate.

Rod Craig Rod, an electronics engineer, has worked in equipment development for the graphic arts pre-press industry since 1975.  After a period as a key member of the Linotype-Paul imagesetter development team, he then co-founded Chelgraph and spent 10 years working on the technical and commercial aspects of innovative imaging technology.

Bill Davy Bill, a software engineer, has worked in equipment development for the graphic arts pre-press industry since 1979.  Initially, employed by Linotype-Paul he was a Principal Engineer for the local area network project and seconded to Mergenthaler Linotype in the USA as Software Manager.

Dr John Ricketts John, a mechanical engineer, has worked in high-speed machinery and optics since 1983.  First focussing on the design of special purpose machines for the cable industry, he later diversified into optics, lasers, high vacuum and precision scientific instrumentation.