From the challenges of engineering-security collaboration to the limitations of compliance, our new Vice President of Infrastructure, Patrick Ritto, brings a fresh perspective with expertise and empathy. He recently sat down for an interview with Tanner Nicol, an Okta Staff Software Engineer in Engineering Security. The duo chatted through Patrick’s background in engineering and security, plus some of the complex challenges their team is hard at work solving. Tanner Nicol: It’s great to have you here on the team. Can you share a bit about your background and why Okta was the right place for you at this point in your career? Patrick Ritto: I’ve spent a long time in platform and software development and engineering in the infrastructure, SaaS, and cloud spaces. Then I pivoted to leading an identity engineering team, followed by multiple platform security teams. I try to bring technical expertise and software engineering best practices.