John Edward Caldwell is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies. Mr. Caldwell holds the position of Chairman for Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. and Chairman for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

He is also on the board of FARO Technologies, Inc. and HiAlgo, Inc.

He previously was President & Chief Executive Officer at CAE, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at SMTC Corp. President & Chief Executive Officer at SMTC Canada and Chief Executive Officer at SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Canada (both are subsidiaries of SMTC Corp.), President & Chief Executive Officer of Infor Global Solutions (Canada) Ltd., Chairman-Restructuring Committee at Mosaic Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President-Finance & Administration at Carling O'Keefe Ltd.

He received an undergraduate degree from Carleton University.