https://www.linkedin.com/in/janettemarx/Janette Marx is the CEO of Airswift, a global workforce solutions company focusing in the energy, infrastructure and process industries. In 2014, she joined Swift Worldwide Resources as COO and led the integration of Swift and Air Energi, who merged to form Airswift in 2016. As CEO of Airswift since June 2018, Janette is focused on building the company to become the number one provider for its customers and the employer-of-choice for its employees. The 25-year industry veteran has the confidence of the company’s shareholders and employees around the world due to her focus on growth, both financially and culturally. Under Marx’s leadership, Airswift has grown organically through dedicated development of its leaders and employees as well as transformational key technology projects. Airswift has also grown through M&A with the acquisition of Competentia in 2021 and a public Norwegian bond raise to refinance the company. Prior to joining Airswift, Janette spent 19 years at The Adecco Group, ultimately running the engineering, technical, medical, and science divisions.
Marx is very involved with the community and serves on five non-profit boards, including the American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer, Junior Achievement, American Staffing Association, University of Houston’s Bauer School of Business and the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Marx was featured on Staffing Industry Analysts’ Staffing 100 in North America lists for 5 consecutive years. She was recognized as an energy industry leader in the 2019 Houston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business, awarded the Global Leader of Influence from the World Affairs Council in 2020 and is a HBJ Most Admired CEO in 2023. She recently became a published author with the book launch of “Together We Rise” with 14 other women executives. Marx earned an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and holds a BS in Business Management.