Summary
James Swart is a seasoned Solutions Architect and cybersecurity leader with nearly three decades of enterprise IT experience and a recent nine-year focus on cloud, automation, and security product strategy. He has led cross-functional teams at Trustwave to build scalable automation frameworks (Terraform, Docker) and drive major initiatives like PrivX PAM and SafeBreach, shifting from reactive support to proactive platform engineering. As owner of a web hosting and design firm and now a consultant at SSH Communications Security, he blends hands-on scripting, custom integrations, and customer-facing advisory work to deliver resilient, cost-effective solutions. Known for translating customer feedback into product roadmaps and documentation, he strengthens account retention through technical clarity and operational playbooks. A former F-16 avionics technician, he brings disciplined systems-thinking and practical troubleshooting skills to complex security architectures.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Champlain Valley Union High School
Programming Electronics, Programming Electronics at Front Range Community College
N/A Avionics Electronics, N/A Avionics Electronics at Community College of the Air Force