John Schwarz

Executive Board, SAP AG

John Schwarz is a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG responsible for SAP BusinessObjects, the Global Ecosystem & Partner Group, and Corporate Development.

Schwarz joined SAP through the acquisition of Business Objects in January 2008 and was elected to the executive board in March 2008. Since that time, he has driven the growth of the SAP BusinessObjects division and led its successful integration with SAP. In January 2009, Schwarz accepted the additional responsibilities for all partners and corporate development activities for SAP on a global scale.

Previously, Schwarz was the CEO of Business Objects. During his tenure at Business Objects, Schwarz doubled the company's revenue to more than U.S. $1.5 billion, improved profitability, and oversaw seven strategic acquisitions, including Cartesis and Firstlogic.

Prior to Business Objects, Schwarz was president and chief operating officer of Symantec Corporation. While at Symantec, he played a key role in tripling business growth to more than U.S. $2.7 billion in revenue and was instrumental in the successful combination of Symantec and VERITAS.

Before joining Symantec, Schwarz spent 25 years at IBM Corporation, working in various development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing roles. His last position was general manager of IBM's Industry Solutions unit, a worldwide organization focused on building business applications and related services for IBM's large industry customers.

Schwarz currently also serves as a director of the Synopsys Corporation.

Schwarz has degrees in business administration from the University of Toronto and in computer science from the University of Manitoba. In 2004, he received an honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.