Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain is the Director of Digital Transformation within VMware’s Modern Apps Business. In this role he crafts and leads digital transformation efforts with our most forward leaning government clients.

Aaron served our Nation for 21-years and left military service shortly after earning the rank of Colonel in the US Army. He is a veteran with multiple combat deployments. His final tour was with the Joint Special Operations Command whereas a senior Army Data Scientist he was one of the founders of the Global Analytics Platform, a government-led tech unit which focused on delivering intelligence and operations outcomes with software. He has held numerous leadership roles throughout the Army most notably as a Mathematics Instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Deputy Director of the Afghanistan Assessment Group.

Aaron earned a B.A in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy and a M.S. in Operations Research from Northeastern University. He now works at VMware where he is transforming organizations within the Government to be great at modern software. He lives in Cape Cod, M.A. with his wife and 3 children.