Mr. Swanson is an American entrepreneur and currently the Chief Executive Officer of Blockmetrix, a high compute digital asset company that owns and operates power infrastructure and ASIC mining assets. Most recently, in a similar role Mr. Swanson served as start-up President, CEO, and Vice Chairman for Blockcap, Inc, a blockchain digital asset company acquired for $1.46 billion in June, 2021 as part of a $4.3 billion merger with Nasdaq listed Power & Digital Infrastructure (Nasdaq: XPDI, CORZ) backed by Blackrock Private Investments Fund. He is former Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Flavocure Biotech, Inc., a drug discovery and research company focused on advancing treatment for oncology with research and trials based at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Johns Hopkins. Swanson also is Co-Founder of Vilotos Pharmaceuticals, a virology company with research and development focused on Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, and other viruses for which Mr. Swanson is a patent author and co-inventor. Mr. Swanson has served as Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer and Director of Blackline Safety Corp., a preeminent (Deloitte Fastest 500, TSX 50, Profit 500 & IDC Top 10 to Watch) technology company which reached a $500 million valuation at the time of exit. His most recent philanthropic efforts have been focused on the local Nevada community. As Founder of the Nevada Educational Enrichment Directive (“NEED”), Mr. Swanson has taken a hands-on approach to improving public educational attainment and school quality in Nevada through recommended directives established by bipartisan government, educational scholars, civil and businesses leaders.
Mr. Swanson holds a degree in Economics from Pepperdine University and a Masters in Business Administration from Graziadio School of Business & Management where he graduated with distinction. He has been a guest lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business & Management.