John G. Schwarz

John G. Schwarz is a business executive and entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Visier. He also serves on the board of directors of Synopsys, Teradata, and Avast.

Education

John G. Schwarz attended the University of Manitoba where he received a BA in Political Science and a BSc in Computer Science. He also holds an Executive MBA from the University of Toronto.[1] In May 2004, Schwarz received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Dalhousie University.[2]

Career

Visier, Inc.

In 2014, Schwarz co-founded Visier, a cloud-based software provider, with Ryan Wong (former Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Business Intelligence Platform at SAP) and entrepreneur sons Jan and Brett Schwarz.[3]

Visier’s workforce analytics and planning solutions have received industry recognition with its inclusion in the Gartner “Cool Vendors in Human Capital Management Software, 2012” [4] and the Branham 300 - Top Technology Companies in Canada in the “Top 25 Canadian UP and Coming ICT Companies” list.[5] Visier was also a finalist in the Cloudbeat 2011 Showdown, a competition for start-up companies during the cloud-technologies focused conference.[6]

On June 11, 2014, Visier announced that it secured $25.5 million in Series C financing led by Adams Street Partners and repeat investment from Foundational Capital and Summit Partners. The new capital will be used to broaden adoption of the startups Applied Big Data solutions within the Human Resources market and also into new growth areas.[7][8][9][10][11]

In 2013, Visier secured $15 million in Series B funding to increase investment in innovation and global growth.[12][13][14] Series B was led by investor group Summit Partners.[15] Prior to that, Visier raised $6 million in its Series A round in 2011 using the funds to turn the self-financed prototype into a fully functional software product.[16][17] Series A was led by investor group Foundational Capital. Since its inception in 2010, the startup has raised $49.5 million.

SAP & Business Objects

He was CEO of Business Objects S.A, a business intelligence software company, through its acquisition by SAP for $6.8 billion USD [18][19] in January 2008. He began his tenure at Business Objects in September 2005 [20] and remained CEO of the SAP Business Objects stand-alone unit through early 2010 when he resigned.[21][22][23][24] As CEO of Business Objects, Schwarz doubled its revenue to more than $1.5 billion, improved profitability and executed seven strategic acquisitions.[25][26]

After the acquisition by SAP, he also served as a member of the executive board of SAP from March 2008 [27][28] to February 2010. On his resignation from SAP, Schwarz said it “gives me an opportunity to step back and think through how I can continue to contribute to an industry of which I have been part for 38 years”.[29]

Other executive and board roles

Prior to that, Dr. Schwarz was President and Chief Operating Officer of Symantec Corporation from December 2001 through September 2005.[30][31] Before joining Symantec, Dr. Schwarz was CEO of Reciprocal Inc., a private e-commerce service provider to the Media industry from January 2000 to November 2001 (mi2n.com, WSJ, Buffalo News) Before joining Reciprocal, Dr. Schwarz spent 25 years at IBM Corporation where most recently he was General Manager of IBM’s Industry Solutions unit, a worldwide organization focused on building business applications and related services for IBM’s global customers.[32]

In addition, Schwarz has served on the board of directors of Synopsys, Inc. since May 2007,[33] Teradata since September 2010,[34] and Avast since December 2011.[35][36] He is also a member of the Advisory Council at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[37]

References

  1. ↑ Lightstone, Sam (March 20, 2010). Making it Big in Software: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become the Great. (1 ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 456. ISBN 9780137065479.
  2. ↑ Dalhousie University. "2000 - 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Visier. "Leadership". Visier. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Holincheck, James; Otter, James; Freyermuth, Jeff. "Cool Vendors in Human Capital Management Software, 2012". Gartner. Gartner. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Branham 300. "Top 25 Canadian Up and Coming ICT Companies". Branham 300. Branham Group Inc. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Meghan; Van Grove, Jennifer. "CloudBeat 2011: Innovation Showdown competitors are changing the cloud". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Visier. "Visier Secures $25.5 Million In Series C Financing as Demand for Company’s Applied Big Data Solutions Accelerates". Visier. Visier Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Primack, Dan. "Deals of the day: Visier raises $25 million". Fortune. Fortune (Time Inc.). Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Visier raises $25.5 million". Pulse 2.0. Pulse 2.0. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Novet, Jordan. "With this new $25M, Visier hopes to crunch HR numbers for many more businesses". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Shieber, Jonathan. "Combining Big Data and Human Resources Nets Visier $25.5 Million". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  12. ↑ O'Dell, J. "Visier gets $15M to bring your boss a hot, steaming cup of analytics". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Braga, Matthew (30 May 2013). "Vancouver's Visier raises $15M Series B to grow business analytics software". Post Media Network Inc. National Post. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  14. ↑ Bedigian, Louis. "Visier Scores $15 Million in New Funds". Benzinga. Benzinga. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  15. ↑ Liu, Ted. "Visier secures $15 million Series B led by Summit Partners". Canadian Private Equity. CVCA. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  16. ↑ NewsDesk, TechVibes. "Business Objects Vets Raise $6 Million for Business Analytics Software Startup". TechVibes. TechVibes. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  17. ↑ Wauters, Robin. "Business Objects Vets Raise $6 Million for Business Analytics Software Startup Visier". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  18. ↑ "SAP to buy Business Objects for $6.8B". BusinessWeek. The Associated Press. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  19. ↑ Farber, Dan. "SAP's growth spurt: $6/8 billion for Business Objects". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  20. ↑ Schick, Shane. "SAP puts former Business Objects CEO on board". IT World Canada. IT World Canada. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  21. ↑ Dignan, Larry. "SAP's Schwarz Resigns". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  22. ↑ Kanaracus, chris. "Schwarz quits SAP in latest reshuffle". Computer World. IDG Communications. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  23. ↑ Hamerman, Chris. "More SAP Leadership Changes Announced". Forrester. Forrester Research, Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  24. ↑ Henschen, Doug. "SAP's Schwarz Resigns; Analysts Question Growth Plans". InformationWeek. UBM Tech. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  25. ↑ Lightstone, Sam (March 20, 2010). Making it Big in Software: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become the Great. (1 ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 456. ISBN 9780137065479.
  26. ↑ Newsroom, SAP. "Creating Synergies". SAP. SAP. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  27. ↑ Wahl, Andrew. "Business software: Intelligence test". Canadian Business. Rogers Digital Media. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  28. ↑ "Business Objects CEO John Schwarz Named to SAP Executive Board". SAP. SAP. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  29. ↑ Dignan, Larry. "SAP's Schwarz resigns". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  30. ↑ Verton, Dan. "Q&A: Symantec's John Schwarz on the Slammer worm". Computer World. Computerworld Inc.
  31. ↑ Ricciuti, Mike. "Bulked-up Symantec eyes new conquests". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  32. ↑ Lightstone, Sam (March 20, 2010). Making it Big in Software: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become the Great. (1 ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 456. ISBN 9780137065479.
  33. ↑ Taylor, Colleen. "Synopsys adds 2 new board members". Electronic News. Electronic News.
  34. ↑ "Teradata Corp.". MarketWatch. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  35. ↑ "Avast Software". Buzz Sparks. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  36. ↑ "Reciprocal". Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  37. ↑ Dalhousie University. "Convocation - 2000-2009 Honorary Degree Recipients".


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