Driving rapid innovation and doing it efficiently–without risking security or impacting our user experience — has always been a key priority for me. In my 20+ years of experience leading teams of engineers in transforming and scaling tech for global user bases, from driving global expansion of products to scaling systems from 0 to 100 million monthly users, I have had to make many build vs. buy decisions. And my learning from past experience has been that when growing fast and scaling, the more my resources are focussed on our core business, the faster we can move. We can always bring an external piece of technology in-house once we have a strong business setup. Before joining Okta, I had to make the decision between build vs. buy for login solutions a few times and I made the mistake of DIY the first time myself — and never again. Let.