ASCII Edge – Costa Mesa 

Michael Crean is a U.S. Army Combat Veteran and the founder of Solutions Granted, Inc., and currently is the Executive Vice President of Managed Services at SonicWall. Crean is a results-oriented leader boasting a wealth of experience in networking, infrastructure architecture, design, technical support and cyber resilience – and has entrenched himself in Information Security, implementation, and the managed security services industry. Crean’s relentless commitment to MSPs/MSSPs/VARs has led him to provide and build real solutions that met corporate goals and compliance standards – which led immediate growth for thousands of customers through managed security offerings worldwide. Crean is widely recognized as a creative problem solver with a focus on management, risk mitigation, governance and operations strategies that increase revenue growth in highly competitive markets by leveraging people, process, and technology resources to address the cyber needs to win the war. Michael currently resides in Virginia, where he survived raising four teenage daughters and one son.