Meet Fortra, Your Cybersecurity Ally – John Grancarich, Mike Devine – BSW #285
Positive change is coming to cybersecurity. In this segment, Mike Devine (CMO) and John Grancarich (EVP of Strategy) at Fortra discuss the business of leading a cybersecurity company, the reasons behind our recent rebrand, and our plans for continuing as a people-first company that collaborates with our customers to combat the threat landscape with confidence. This segment is sponsored by Fortra. Visit https://securityweekly.com/fortra to learn more about them!
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John works with global organizations and their security teams to develop a full understanding of their business and security priorities in light of today’s ever changing threat landscape. John’s leadership enables the Fortra team to develop and bring to life a product vision that enables customers to increase their security maturity while simultaneously decreasing their operational burden. Prior to joining Fortra in 2018, John was the founder of Product Fuse, where he worked with enterprise technology companies to build and execute successful product strategies. Prior to becoming a product leader, John served in a variety of hands-on technical roles, including web developer, database administrator, and computer forensics engineer.
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Mike joined Fortra in April 2015 as Vice President of Marketing. Mike is responsible for making sure people learn how Fortra can help them solve their IT enterprise and business problems. Mike has led marketing at fast-growth tech companies for many years. Before coming to Fortra, Mike was with Apple device management provider JAMF Software, where his team strengthened the brand and gained global market share. Prior to that, Mike was involved in exciting growth at healthcare communications software provider Amcom Software, now Spok. Previous companies included HighJump Software and ENEL. Mike holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of St. Thomas.