John A. Swainson is chief executive officer of CA and a member of the company's Board of Directors.
During three decades in the Information Technology (IT) industry, John has developed a rare combination of management expertise and technology vision that he is applying to the transformation of CA.
An engineer by training, he has led software operations ranging from sales and marketing to product development. In every case, he has been sharply focused on customers and on how IT can make their businesses more competitive.
Under John's leadership, CA has increased its global presence and focused on its core strengths in systems, networks, security and storage management for the enterprise. At the same time, John has strengthened the company's management team, simplified its business unit structure, streamlined its distribution channels and fostered greater innovation across the company.
John has also leveraged CA's deep expertise and broad product portfolio to define a unique vision to unify and simplify the management of IT across the enterprise. This vision—known as Enterprise IT Management—encompasses an integrated yet modular approach across security, storage, systems, devices and network functions.
Before joining CA, John spent 26 years at IBM, most recently as vice president of worldwide sales for IBM's Software Group. Earlier, as general manager of the Application Integration and Middleware division, he and his team developed, marketed and launched the highly successful WebSphere family of middleware products.
John serves on the board of directors of VISA, Inc. and Cadence Design Systems. He holds a bachelor of applied science degree in engineering from the University of British Columbia.