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SkyWater Technology Executive Compensation (FY25)

SKYT · Bloomington, MN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 27, 2026
146 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them. See the citations
Disclosures span fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2025. Separately, the fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 3 named executive officers, and Thomas Sonderman, Chief Executive Officer, received $1,675,311 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, while compared with the $1,912,558 reported for fiscal 2024, Sonderman's total was 12.4% lower. As an emerging growth company, the company is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Thomas Sonderman
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Thomas Sonderman: $1,912,558 → $1,675,311 (12.4% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is SkyWater Technology's chief executive and what were they paid?
Thomas Sonderman, Chief Executive Officer, received $1,675,311 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $1,912,558 reported for fiscal 2024, Sonderman's total was 12.4% lower.
What was SkyWater Technology's say-on-pay result?
As an emerging growth company, the company is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Sonderman
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Bradley Ferguson
Chief Government Affairs Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Steve Manko
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Sonderman
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
John Sakamoto
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Mark Litecky
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Steve Manko
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
John Spicer
Former Chief Manufacturing Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Sonderman
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
John Sakamoto
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Steve Manko
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Sonderman
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
John Sakamoto
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Steve Manko
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
John SakamotoOTHER——————◇
Steve MankoOTHER——————◇
Thomas SondermanOTHER——————◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Steve MankoOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Thomas SondermanOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
John SakamotoOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dennis J. Goetz
◇◇————◇
Edward M. Daly
◇◇————◇
Nancy Fares
◇◇————◇
Joseph J. Humke
◇◇————◇
Loren A. Unterseher
◇◇————◇
Timothy E. Baxter
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Tammy J. Miller
◇◇————◇
Andrew D. C. LaFrence
◇◇————◇
Gary J. Obermiller
◇—————◇
Gregory B. Graves
◇—————◇
Thomas Sonderman served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
This company is an emerging growth company and is exempt from the advisory vote on executive compensation. There is no vote to report.
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Citations

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146 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them.
146 cited to the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001140361-26-016806
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 28, 2025 · Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2025 · and 1 more section
  2. 0001140361-25-012823
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2024
  3. 0001140361-24-019075
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2023
  4. 0001140361-23-020146
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2022
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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