Former Discord Head of Publisher Relations and now Head of Developer/Publisher Relations at mod.io, Andy has over two decades of experience within gaming companies. His previous stints include Future US, GameFly, Twitch, Ubisoft and Discord, all leading to him bringing a wealth of knowledge and UGC experience to mod.io. Swanson leads business development and marketing strategy, promoting the benefits of cross-platform modding and driving adoption of the emerging market amongst game developers.

Andy joined mod.io to lead the community and developer marketing efforts along with its gaming BD needs. A lifelong gamer himself, he enjoys matching technical innovation with gamers' wants and needs, and believes that the creator community in gaming is still in its exciting beginning phases. His vision is to help drive UGC into the mainstream media and he believes that mod.io has the technology, experience and credibility to do exactly that.