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Senior VP & General Manager of Identity & Access at LastPass by LogMeIn
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John Bennett serves as Senior VP and General Manager of LogMeIn's Identity and Access Management business unit. In this role, he is responsible for the general management and business development of all LogMeIn IAM products, including market-leading password manager, LastPass, and remote access and management solutions, LogMeIn Pro, GoToMyPc, and LogMeIn Central. With more than 25 years of experience driving growth and leading change for communications and SaaS companies, he joined the company in 2017. Prior to LogMeIn, John held several product leadership roles at GetGo, a once wholly owned subsidiary of Citrix that merged with LogMeIn in early 2017. John currently resides in Vero Beach, Florida, with his wife and kids, but frequents the LogMeIn Boston and LogMeIn Budapest offices regularly.
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