JOHN A. C. SWAINSON

Software Technology Evidence

7 mention(s) identify JOHN A. C. SWAINSON as having software/technology expertise.

Company	Filing Date	Evidence	Reason
VISA INC.	2013-12-13	"Mr. Swainson was the Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company..."	He led software businesses and the filing says he has expertise in information technology; while not explicitly a programmer, this is the clearest software-adjacent technical background among the directors.
VISA INC.	2014-12-12	"John A. C. Swainson was appointed President of the Software Group of Dell Inc.... Mr. Swainson was the Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company"	He led software businesses and the filing specifically says he was President of the Software Group and CEO of a software company, which is strong adjacent technical experience relevant to software/programming understanding.
VISA INC.	2015-12-11	“President of the Software Group of Dell Inc.... Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company... Vice President of Worldwide Sales for the Software Group of IBM”	He has direct software-industry leadership experience, including President of Dell’s Software Group, CEO of CA Technologies, and leadership in IBM’s software division. While not explicitly a programmer, this is strong software-adjacent technical background.
VISA INC.	2017-12-07	“President of the Software Group of Dell Inc.” and “Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company”	Yes. The filing states he led software businesses and was CEO of CA Technologies, an information technology management software company, which is strong evidence of software-industry technical background, though not necessarily hands-on programming.
VISA INC.	2018-12-06	“President of the Software Group of Dell Inc.” and “Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company”	He led software businesses and was CEO of CA, Inc. (an enterprise software company), and the filing specifically notes his experience in the software industry. While not proof of coding, this is the strongest software-adjacent technical background among the directors.
VISA INC.	2019-12-05	“Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company” and “President of the Software Group of Dell Inc.” and “General Manager of the Application Integration Middleware division of IBM”	He has direct software-industry leadership experience, including CEO of CA, Inc. (an enterprise software company), President of Dell’s Software Group, and leadership of IBM software divisions, which strongly indicates software-related technical familiarity.
VISA INC.	2020-12-03	“Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc. (now CA Technologies), an information technology management software company”	He has substantial software-industry leadership experience, including CEO of CA, Inc. (enterprise software) and President of Dell’s Software Group, which is the strongest technical/software-adjacent background among the directors.