Gary Swart – CEO, oDesk

Gary Swart has 16 years in the software industry, and has held sales, operations and executive positions at startups and leading global enterprises. Currently Gary is the CEO of oDesk, a global marketplace that lets employers hire, manage, and pay world class technical talent at globally competitive rates. Prior to oDesk, Gary was COO at Intellibank, a provider of on-demand contact and document management solutions. Prior to Intellibank, Gary lead the SMB Division for IBM, Rational Software Products. IBM acquired Rational in 2003. He joined Rational in April 1997 via the acquisition of Pure Atria, where he was Director of Corporate Sales.  Gary has spent most of his career in operational roles and ensuring customer results through effective solution selling of products and implementation services. He has a track record of building loyal, high-performance teams.

Gary is a featured speaker at The China Business Network’s event on July 21, 2009 called “Doing More With Less”

Interview by: Elliott Ng, VP Marketing at Uptake.com and founder, CNReviews.com