Martin Swarbrick is an experienced Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Advisor and Corporate Director who has led large global organizations and mid-sized private companies in high technology, engineering and manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe. His strategic acumen and deep grounding in the disciplines of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award have enabled him to successfully transform business models, operating processes and organizational structures that increase stakeholder value in periods of stagnation, growth, and market upheaval. Following his 1979 graduation from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland with degrees in Engineering and Mathematics, Martin began his career with GE. In 1986 he was recruited by Kodak to lead Verbatim operations in Europe, a global technology company that produced highly engineered products for Microsoft and other market leaders. He began his career with Motorola’s Commercial, Government, and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS) in 1990 as VP and General Manager of a Greenfield operation that grew quickly under his leadership.

He continued with Motorola until 2007 during which time he implemented a rigorous global operations framework based on the Baldrige criteria that impacted 14K employees in 21 facilities and businesses serving 27 million users in 170 countries around the world. In 2007 he was recruited to Bison Gear and Engineering Corporation, a private family engineering and manufacturing company, where he served as President and CEO. Martin serves on a number of manufacturing and software/technology boards and has had ownership in small manufacturing and service companies in the US and Europe. He served on the board and was chairman of the Management Association of Illinois and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. He is chairman of the board of Montel Technologies, a company that specializes in the protection of people, premises and assets through entrance security, intrusion detection, radio communications, video surveillance and analytics to improve security.