John A Swainson

John A. Swainson has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since February 2005 and a director since November 2004. From November 2004 to February 2005, he served as our Chief Executive Officer-elect. From July to November 2004, Mr. Swainson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing of the Software Group of IBM, responsible for selling its diverse line of software products through multiple channels. From 1997 to July 2004, he was General Manager of the Application Integration and Middleware division of IBM's Software Group, a division he started in 1997. He is the lead director of Visa Inc., and is also a director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and the Ridgefield, Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Foundation.