What Happened?

About the Company

Xero is the global leader in online accounting with over 500,000 paying customers in over 180 countries. Xero`s US headquarters are in San Francisco with satellite offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and Denver. Xero is making small businesses better by saving time on back-office processes and giving their advisors the ability to provide higher-value, higher-impact services. Our cloud platform approach allows market leading business applications like Expensify, ADP, PayPal, Stripe and Bill.com to integrate seamlessly and major financial institutions like City National Bank to feed transactions directly into the ledgers of Xero users. Xero and the cloud Xero is hosted in the cloud and delivered to our customers via a SaaS (Software as a Service) model. It is accessible anywhere you have an internet or wireless connection. With online accounting software like Xero, nothing needs to be downloaded or installed. No setup fees, upgrade costs, or contracts are required. You simply sign up, login and begin your accounting work anytime, anywhere. If you ever encounter a problem, we offer free, unlimited around-the-clock email support and a comprehensive online help center.

About the Person

Before this Jim Swanson was director at PwC and CIO at Watercare.He is the Chairman of the Mt Eden Swimming Club and a Board member of Auckland Swimming. Between 9.00 and 5.00 he is the Chief Information Officer at Watercare Services Limited in Auckland.