John G. Schwarz

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John G. Schwarz has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 2007. Mr. Schwarz was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Visier Inc., a business analytics software firm, from May 2010 to May 2020, and he currently serves as its Chairman of the Board. Mr. Schwarz previously served on the executive board of SAP AG from March 2008 to February 2010. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Business Objects S.A. (Business Objects), a provider of business intelligence software and services, from September 2005 through its acquisition by SAP in January 2008, and he served as the Chief Executive Officer of SAP’s Business Objects unit through February 2010. Mr. Schwarz served on Business Objects’ board of directors from January 2006 until its acquisition in January 2008. He has also served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Symantec Corporation (now Gen Digital Inc.) and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Reciprocal Inc. Mr. Schwarz previously spent 25 years at IBM Corporation, where he was most recently General Manager of IBM’s Industry Solutions Unit. Mr. Schwarz has served as a director at Teradata Corporation since September 2010 and previously as a director at Avast PLC from December 2011 to September 2022, including as Chairman from 2014 until September 2022 when it completed its merger with NortonLifeLock, Inc. (now Gen Digital Inc.).

 

Personal Details

Title: Mr
Surname: Schwarz
M/F: Male
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
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CompanyCommitteeRoleAppointment DateResignation Date
SynopsysBoardMember01/05/2007

 

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