Chief Executive Officer · Skywater Technology, Inc (SKYT)

Thomas Sonderman

A named executive officer of Skywater Technology in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,675,311

FY2024: $1,912,558

1st of 3 named executive officers at Skywater Technology by FY2025 total.

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The filing gives the total. Skywater Technology’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Thomas Sonderman compensation by year

Skywater Technology Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Skywater Technology reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$300,000$412,500$492,308$526,539$543,862$559,128
Bonus$0$395,000$0$0$272,950$0
Stock awards$0$620,746$619,827$643,440$540,597$551,189
Option awards$0$1,866,912$499,995$529,971$540,594$551,190
Non-equity incentive$84,371$0$0$647,660—$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$8,628$11,228$12,116$13,983$14,555$13,804
Total$392,999$3,306,386$1,624,245$2,361,593$1,912,558$1,675,311

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Skywater Technology, Inc DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-016806, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Skywater Technology, Inc filed document, accession 0001140361-26-016806. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 27, 2026.

$393K
$3.3M
$1.6M
$2.4M
$1.9M
$1.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU106,049$1,927,971—
Option542—$10.03
Option43,620—$11.77
Option74,454—$10.03
Option59,450—$9.94
Option23,278—$11.24

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Skywater Technology, Inc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

8 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—79,266—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer—448,196—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer—105,048—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—93,109—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—87,238—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—74,454—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—722—0
2026-07-31Disposition to the issuer derivative—285,326—0

The 8 most recent of 8 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Skywater Technology’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Thomas Sonderman · this pageChief Executive Officer$1,675,311
John SakamotoPresident and Chief Operating Officer$1,252,040
Steve MankoChief Financial Officer$952,918

Board service

Skywater Technology board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Skywater Technology pays directors a $75,000 cash retainer and $100,000 in RSUs. As stated in Skywater Technology's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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