Mr. John A. Swainson is an Executive Partner at SIRIS Capital Group LLC, an Independent Director at Visa, Inc., a Member at Computer Science & Telecommunications Board and a President at ASAP Software Express, Inc.

He is on the Board of Directors at Visa, Inc. Mr. Swainson was previously employed as a President-Software Group by Dell, Inc., a Chairman by Serena Software, Inc., an Independent director by Broadcom Corp., an Independent Director by Assurant, Inc., an Independent Director by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer & Director by CA, Inc., a Vice President-Worldwide Sales by International Business Machines Corp., a Chief Executive Officer by Computer Associates Canada Co., a President by Quest Software, Inc., and a Senior Advisor by Silver Lake Management Co. LLC.

He also served on the board at Visa U.S.A., Inc., Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and SecureKey Technologies, Inc.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia.