Management Team
James Swayze
President and Chief Executive Officer
James R. Swayze brings more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry to his role as President and CEO of Symbility Solutions and its parent company, Automated Benefits. Before joining Automated Benefits in 2004, Mr. Swayze held senior executive positions across North America and Europe with a number of global technology, financial services and insurance leaders. Mr. Swayze co-founded and served as president of Insource Limited, a financial services marketing and product development consulting firm, where he led the company’s growth and ultimate acquisition by General Electric (GE) Capital in 1997. Mr. Swayze subsequently joined GE Employers Reassurance Canada (GE ERC) as senior vice president, business development where he was responsible for building the value of its Canadian life reinsurance division to more than $1 billion. Mr. Swayze then assumed the role of Vice President, Sales and Marketing, North America for GE ERC’s parent company, General Electric (GE).
Mr. Swayze is an acknowledged expert on the application of technology to the insurance industry, with several features on emerging trends published in industry publications such as Canadian Insurance, Claims Canada and Claims Advisor. Mr. Swayze is also a regularly sought-after speaker at industry conferences and events throughout North America. Mr. Swayze graduated in 1985 with a Bachelors of Science, Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Western Ontario.
Richard Adair
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Richard Adair is a practiced finance professional with a career spanning more than 18 years. For the last 15 years Mr. Adair has acted as chief financial officer for several start-up technology companies while continuing to provide advisory services to these public and privately held companies through his personal consulting firm. In 2007, Mr. Adair joined Symbility Solutions’ parent company, Automated Benefits, as CFO and now acts as CFO and COO of Symbility Solutions and Automated Benefits.
Mr. Adair holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario and received a Chartered Business Valuator designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.
Marc-Olivier Huynh
Chief Technology Officer and Founder
Marc-Olivier Huynh brings more than 15 years’ experience in software development to his role as CTO of Symbility Solutions and its parent, Automated Benefits. Mr. Huynh’s primary focus is to stimulate innovation in the development and enhancement of Symbility’s industry-leading software suite for P&C insurers, drawing on his extensive expertise in mobile and server-side application development, invoicing and scheduling systems, and insurance risk management software.
Mr. Huynh’s passion for software development began early in his career, co-founding his first software company, Cyclone Software, at 17 years old and later working as architect and lead developer in various technology firms including Annuity Systems and Eurekium Innovations before founding Symbility Solutions in 2002. Graduating at the top of his class, Mr. Huynh holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.
