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John A. Swanson is president of Swanson Analysis Services, a finite-

element consulting firm. He is the founder of ANSYS, served as

president for more than 20 years, and was its chief technologist until his

retirement in 1999.

Swan- son is internationally recognized as an authority

and innovator in the

develop- ment and application of finite-element

methods to engineering. He founded Swanson Analysis Systems (now ANSYS)

in 1970 to develop, support, and market the ANSYS program, a finite-element

software code widely used in the computer-aided

engineering industry. Prior to that, Swanson was employed at Westinghouse

Astronuclear Laboratory. In 2009, he was elected a member of the

National Academy of Engineering. He was awarded the John Fritz Medal in 2004.

He is on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, and

served 12 years on the Board of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College.

He is currently active in Renewable Energy, with a focus on PV Solar Power.

He does public lectures at Universities and community gatherings, as well as consulting on residential and commercial PV design.