At Okta, we are “Always On”. The core of “Always On” starts with our Technical Operations team, ensuring that customers never have to worry about the Okta service. When our North America team goes to sleep, Jay Harrison , EMEA Technical Operations Site Reliability Engineering Manager, and...

Europe’s Women in Sales Awards create awareness, encourage gender diversity as a way to strengthen organizations, and grow the pipeline of sales talent by celebrating the achievements of women in sales roles. The sales function is critical to a company’s success but when only 39% of...

The question I’m asked most frequently is, “What is it like to be a women in tech?” When they find out I work in engineering they are even more curious. “Is that challenging for you?” “Is there gender bias?” “Do you find it tiring to be surrounded by men all...

Women hold 22% of the board seats at S&P 500 companies, but only 11% of board seats in companies with less than $1B in market cap. Last week, we co-hosted an event with the Athena Alliance exploring how we increase those numbers. We discussed the...

Ever received an email from Okta or attended an Okta-hosted event in EMEA? Chances are Myriah Thompson , regional marketing manager at Okta, was behind it. Myriah is responsible for creating demand through strategic programs throughout the EMEA region. Read on to see how she does it and...

[email protected] ([email protected]) recently launched a new program called [email protected] Talks, where Okta employees have the opportunity to present on the topic of their choice, and have so far included topics such as productivity and career growth. For our August event, we organized a panel focused on women...

We all know there is a serious pipeline problem when it comes to diversity in tech. In fact, Black or Latinx employees comprise “just 10% of technical employees in the tech workforce” according to the Kapor Center for Social Impact’s Leaky Tech Pipeline Report . The report outlines...

Customer success is one of our core values at Okta -- it's at the heart of everything we do. No one knows that better than our dedicated customer success managers. Being able to work, communicate, and problem solve with our customers all day, everyday, is what drives enterprise customer...

Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in different places. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective.

But it’s no secret...

June is a big month for Okta. It’s when we get the results of Gartner’s annual Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide (spoiler alert: we’re a Leader, again ). It also marks Pride month for the LGBTQ+ community. In addition to “pride-i-fying” our social profiles, our employee resource group,...