John Grancarich is chief strategy officer at global cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra, driving the company’s transformation to a platform company and into one of the world’s leading cybersecurity providers. His deep understanding of technology markets and trends combined with battle-tested operational expertise, enables the Fortra team to continuously deliver industry changing cybersecurity innovations. John is an advocate for a more pragmatic and scalable approach to cybersecurity – where security, IT, and the business work together to not only identify and protect key assets, but also to develop ways that enable today’s talented cybersecurity professionals to become force multipliers of security progress in their organizations. John believes the industry is looking at the cybersecurity skills shortage the wrong way: instead of trying to hire millions more people, we should take the great talent that is already there and unleash them through the smarter use of artificial intelligence and automation.