Our founder, Kevin Swailes, established the background check and employment screening division over 25 years ago in response to his corporate clients’ HR leaders who wanted a partner that could deliver a predictably fast, credible background check and employment screening along with high-touch customer service.  The youngest-ever company to hit the Fortune 500 at the time, Compaq Computer, was one of these foundational clients.

Since the creation of Swailes Background Check, Kevin has been an influential leader in corporate HR, Legal and Security functions, and actively engaged in historic changes to key FCRA
legislation in the United States Congress which benefited all employers in the United States.

Kevin is a U.S. Navy veteran, a former Executive with General
Electric and the Chairman of Swailes Background Check’s parent
company, Swailes & Company, Inc., a family-owned enterprise
headquartered in Houston, Texas.