Our Team

Todd McKinnon is the CEO and co-founder of Okta, the leading independent identity provider, which he co-founded in 2009 with Frederic Kerrest. Under Todd’s leadership, Okta has transformed the way millions of people access technology and put identity at the forefront of security.

Todd’s experience as a leader and technology visionary spans more than 25 years, with deep roots in enterprise software and cloud transformation. Prior to Okta, he led engineering at Salesforce.com, where he grew the team from 15 people to more than 250, and the service from two million daily transactions to more than 150 million. Todd started his career at PeopleSoft, where he held a number of engineering and leadership roles throughout his 8-year tenure.

Todd earned his bachelor’s degree in management and information systems from Brigham Young University and his master’s in computer science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. A Bay Area native, Todd is an advisor to Family House and an advocate for equality and inclusion. He is a husband and father, an exercise addict, and a mountain bike enthusiast.

Frederic Kerrest is the Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Founder of Okta. He is responsible for Okta's day-to-day operations, working with employees, partners, and customers to deliver on the company's vision of enabling any organization to use any technology. As a key member of management, Frederic helps set corporate priorities to drive success for the company and its customers. He oversees corporate strategy, corporate development, strategic partnerships, and Okta’s social impact arm, Okta for Good.

Prior to Okta, Frederic worked in sales and business development at Salesforce.com, and in venture capital at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Frederic is the author of Zero to IPO, a guide to building startups based on his own experiences and those of some of the world’s most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs. The book was an outgrowth of his award-winning podcast of the same name, which features Silicon Valley founders, investors, and entrepreneurs sharing insights from their experiences building businesses. He serves on the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Executive Advisory Board and advises early stage software companies. Frederic is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of System1 Biosciences, a neurotherapeutics company.

Frederic earned a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he was the 2008 MIT Patrick J. McGovern, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award recipient.

Alvina is the Chief Information Officer at Okta. She is responsible for enabling a seamless customer and employee experience, and leads our Business Technology Organization. She is focused on evolving Okta’s operating model through people, process, technology and data.

Prior to Okta, she spent six years as Zuora’s first ever CIO enabling business growth from $30M to $300M, and taking the company through a successful IPO in 2018. Labeled “The subscription economy CIO,” she enabled digital enterprises to thrive in a Subscription Economy. Alvina has advised a multitude of companies on how to launch and monetize recurring revenue products and services to differentiate their business. She also formed a Subscription CIO Exchange to gather a new breed of technology leaders enabling business transformation through disruptive technology and challenging the status quo.

Prior to Zuora, Alvina spent 17 years at Dell where she was an integral part of their expansion from hardware to an end-to-end software and solutions provider. Alvina has a combination of Fortune 50 and high-growth start up experience which makes her an invaluable part of the Okta team.

When she’s not working, Alvina is an active member of her community, having co-founded the Silicon Valley CIO Women’s Network, as a member of the Girls in Tech Board of Directors, and on the board of BUILD. Alvina has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and lives in Menlo Park, California with her husband and three children.

David Bradbury is the Chief Security Officer at Okta. He oversees security execution, and is responsible for a team navigating the evolving threat landscape to best protect employees and customers. He is also at the forefront of helping Okta’s customers adopt and accelerate Zero Trust security strategies.

Prior to Okta, David was the Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Symantec where he oversaw all cyber security and physical security programs. He has an international reputation for leading and delivering cybersecurity at scale. David has worked across the globe from his native Australia to the UK and the US, leading highly regarded security teams at some of the world’s largest banks including ABN, AMRO, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

David has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Sydney.

Isabelle Duarté is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for EMEA at Okta. She leads the strategic direction for driving demand for Okta’s product portfolio across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Isabelle brings over two decades of experience building and executing marketing strategies for global IT businesses like Symantec, BlueCoat and VMWare. She has a deep understanding of digital lead generation programs, and her expertise has grown online communities and exponentially increased marketing effectiveness in every organization she’s led. Her multilingual and multicultural background has proven successful in leading both B2B and B2C marketing organizations globally.

Isabelle is fluent in five languages, and her obsession with technology crosses over into her love for Leica cameras and her one concession to fluffiness — her passion for Airedale Terriers and their canine cohorts.

Angela Grady is the Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Okta. She drives the company’s strategy and planning process, and oversees all-company execution. Angela works closely with the CEO and Executive team to advance the company’s top initiatives which involve broad cross-functional groups. She also works with Okta’s Board of Directors to facilitate alignment.

Angela has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. She enjoys cooking, running, and traveling the world with her family.

Kristina is the Chief People Officer at Okta. She brings more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, and has worked at companies ranging from Start-ups to Multinationals across a variety of industries including Technology, Software, Consulting and Engineering. She is an experienced leader of global teams, and is adept at driving change management across diverse regions.

Prior to Okta, Kristina oversaw the International Human Resources function at EnerNOC, a leading provider of energy management software. She was responsible for executing several mergers and acquisitions from early due diligence through long-term integration.

Kristina has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature and a Master’s Degree in Business from California State University of the East Bay. When she’s not working, she enjoys exercising, golfing and spending time with her family.

Diya Jolly is Okta’s Chief Product Officer. Prior to Okta, she was the Vice President of Product Management at Google where she drove large-scale adoption for some of the company’s most critical products including Google Home, Nest, YouTube monetization and Gmail monetization.

She has also served as the Vice President of Product at FreeWheel and in various product roles at Microsoft and Motorola. Diya has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Eric Kelleher is Okta’s Chief Customer Officer. He is responsible for leading the teams and programs that ensure we consistently deliver on our #1 corporate value: Love Our Customers. Eric’s teams are responsible for helping customers achieve quick time to value, adopt their subscriptions, and grow their return on investment with Okta over a lifetime.

Prior to Okta, Eric has spent over 25 years leading software companies through growth, and has led SaaS customer teams for over 20 years. During his 11 years at Salesforce.com, he helped shape the SaaS playbook for cultivating a successful enterprise subscriber base. He helped Salesforce grow from $50M to $4B in revenue. He also spent 2 years at LinkedIn where he built their first Customer Success organization, growing success for their $2B Talent Solutions business.

Eric has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford.

Shibu Ninan is the Chief Accounting Officer at Okta. He manages Okta’s accounting operations.

Prior to Okta, Shibu served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud data management. He has over 25 years of experience leading global finance teams across North America, Asia and Europe in the technology, software and cloud sectors. Shibu began his career with progessive leadership roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and KPMG. 

Shibu holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bangalore University, a Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Shibu is an active volunteer in his community and also in international outreach organizations involved with helping to support under-privileged children. He is a husband, a swim-dad, and lives in the Bay Area, California.

Sagnik is the President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer at Okta. He is responsible for leading engineering, business technology and strategic planning of product development activities.

Prior to Okta, he served as the Vice President of Engineering at Google where he oversaw several critical components of Google’s core advertising business, the backbone of the company’s growth and revenue. During his 15 years at Google, Sagnik also helped build Google’s measurement and analytics offerings and took several products from inception to becoming market leaders. He has extensive experience in Senior leadership positions and end-to-end technology development and design.

Sagnik has a Bachelor’s degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from UC San Diego.

Pace co-founded Auth0 in early 2013 with CTO and “brother-in-arms” Matias Woloski while living 7,000 miles apart. Since then, Pace has played an instrumental role in growing Auth0 into a leading identity management platform that is loved by developers and trusted by global enterprises. Auth0, now a product unit of Okta, is a trusted global brand that secures the world’s identities so innovators can innovate.  

Pace has spent his entire professional career easing the developer journey by creating industry-standard tools, content, and services for cloud-based computing, mobility, and identity. Prior to Auth0, he spent more than a decade at Microsoft, leading product management and engineering teams that provided architecture guidance and services that increased developer joy. He has also co-authored several books on cloud computing and identity management. 

Pace holds a master’s degree in computer science and a degree in electrical engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. He loves traveling and has visited more than 35 countries for business and pleasure. He currently lives in Redmond, Washington with his wife, two sons, and their labrador retriever. In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, rowing, riding bikes, spending time with his family, restoring his 1970 Karmann Ghia, writing his blog, and reading history and philosophy.

Steve Rowland is the Chief Revenue Officer at Okta. He is responsible for driving Okta’s revenue growth streams. He brings over 20 years of experience in high-growth technology organizations across the globe.

Prior to Okta, Steve was the Vice President of Americas Sales at Splunk. He has also served as the President at DataStax leading all go-to-market functions. Prior to that, he has served in various leadership roles at Apigee, Blue Coat Systems, Workbrain corporation and BMC Software.

Steve has a Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University. He lives in Atlanta with his family, and loves hiking, waterskiing and wakesurfing.

Jon Runyan is Okta’s General Counsel. He oversees all of the company’s legal affairs worldwide. He is also a key executive contributor to a number of cross-functional strategic initiatives throughout the company.

Prior to joining Okta, Jon served as external corporate counsel to the company during its formation. He was also a partner at Goodwin Procter as a member of the firm’s Technology Companies Practice. Prior to Goodwin Procter, Jon was an associate at Gunderson Dettmer.

Jon as a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University, an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a JD from U.C. Hastings where he was a member of the Hastings Law Journal. When he’s not working, Jon enjoys hiking with his family, golfing and fishing. He’s also an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Chargers.

Susan St. Ledger is President of Worldwide Field Operations for Okta, overseeing all aspects of the customer journey from brand awareness to deployment, customer and partner success and renewal and expansion. She oversees global sales, customer success, marketing, and business operations.

She has three decades of senior leadership experience in high-growth technology companies, including her most recent role as Splunk’s President of Worldwide Field Operations where she grew the business from $700M in revenue to nearly $2.5B. Susan’s deep experience also includes more than 11 years at Salesforce and more than 12 years at Sun Microsystem where she successfully built and transformed high-growth software and cloud businesses. Susan started her career in several technical jobs, including her first role out of college as a software engineer at the National Security Agency.

Susan is a passionate learner and anchors her leadership principles in what she calls a high-growth mindset. Continually checking items off her “Career Bucket List,” Susan has demonstrated expertise in identifying market opportunity and business transformation needs for SaaS environments. Susan serves as the first independent board member of HashiCorp, the leader in multi-cloud infrastructure automation software. Susan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Scranton, where she was a student athlete and graduated magna cum laude. Today, Susan continues to propel her philosophy to be a student of life and a student for life.

Brett Tighe is the Chief Financial Officer at Okta. He manages the finance, accounting and investor relations teams, and guides strategic investment decisions on hiring and international expansion to drive Okta’s long term growth.

Prior to his role as Chief Financial Officer, Brett served as Okta’s Senior Vice President of FP&A and Treasury. Prior to Okta, he held various positions in finance at Salesforce.com, most notably as Senior Director of Corporate Finance and Strategy.

Brett has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brett enjoys spending time with his family, and when he’s not doing that, he enjoys fly fishing, skiing and golfing.

Takashi Watanabe is the Japan Country Manager of Okta, overseeing demand for Okta’s product portfolio and overall expansion within the country. Prior to Okta, Takashi was the General Manager of Japan at Appirio Co., Ltd., the Japan subsidiary of the Global Cloud Consultancy, where he led critical growth in key verticals including finance, e-commerce, retail, and manufacturing.

Takashi has more than 25 years of experience successfully leading the growth of technology companies of all sizes in Japan, including global organizations such as Adobe and SAP, as well as startups like Commerce One and Blue Martini Software.

Takashi earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tohoku University. He is a husband and father, music lover, and enjoys playing electric guitar in his spare time.

John Zissimos is Okta’s Chief Marketing Officer. He is responsible for the company’s creative direction and brand strategy. John brings with him extensive experience in Brand, Creative, Digital and Storytelling.

Prior to Okta, he was the Vice President of Creative, Brand, Media and Customer Programs at Google. He was also a key member of the Google Marketing Leadership team responsible for the Google Cloud Platform. Prior to joining Google, Zissimos served as the Chief Design Officer at Salesforce, where he built the company’s brand and crafted its global story across marketing, advertising, product design, events, real estate, philanthropy, and web. Before that, he spent over two decades as an award-winning advertising and design executive, film director, and photographer.

John has a Bachelor’s degree in Radio, Television and Film from Temple University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, the 3% Movement, and the Digital Ascendant. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.

Todd McKinnon is the CEO and co-founder of Okta, the leading independent identity provider, which he co-founded in 2009 with Frederic Kerrest. Under Todd’s leadership, Okta has transformed the way millions of people access technology and put identity at the forefront of security.

Todd’s experience as a leader and technology visionary spans more than 25 years, with deep roots in enterprise software and cloud transformation. Prior to Okta, he led engineering at Salesforce.com, where he grew the team from 15 people to more than 250, and the service from two million daily transactions to more than 150 million. Todd started his career at PeopleSoft, where he held a number of engineering and leadership roles throughout his 8-year tenure.

Todd earned his bachelor’s degree in management and information systems from Brigham Young University and his master’s in computer science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. A Bay Area native, Todd is an advisor to Family House and an advocate for equality and inclusion. He is a husband and father, an exercise addict, and a mountain bike enthusiast.

Frederic Kerrest is the Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Founder of Okta. He is responsible for Okta's day-to-day operations, working with employees, partners, and customers to deliver on the company's vision of enabling any organization to use any technology. As a key member of management, Frederic helps set corporate priorities to drive success for the company and its customers. He oversees corporate strategy, corporate development, strategic partnerships, and Okta’s social impact arm, Okta for Good.

Prior to Okta, Frederic worked in sales and business development at Salesforce.com, and in venture capital at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Frederic is the author of Zero to IPO, a guide to building startups based on his own experiences and those of some of the world’s most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs. The book was an outgrowth of his award-winning podcast of the same name, which features Silicon Valley founders, investors, and entrepreneurs sharing insights from their experiences building businesses. He serves on the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Executive Advisory Board and advises early stage software companies. Frederic is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of System1 Biosciences, a neurotherapeutics company.

Frederic earned a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he was the 2008 MIT Patrick J. McGovern, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award recipient.

Ms. Archambeau is the former Chief Executive Officer of MetricStream, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk, compliance and quality management solutions to corporations across diverse industries. She served in this role from 2002 until 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Archambeau served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales for Loudcloud, Inc., Chief Marketing Officer of NorthPoint Communications, and President of Blockbuster Inc.’s e-commerce division. Before she joined Blockbuster, she held domestic and international executive positions during a 15-year career at IBM. Ms. Archambeau has served on the board of Nordstrom, Inc. since 2015, been a director of Verizon, Inc. since December 2013, served on the board of Roper Technologies since April 2018, and in the past five years, she has served on the board of Arbitron, Inc.

Ms. Choi serves as President and Chief Operating Officer at Coinbase Global, Inc., where she has worked since March 2018, previously as Vice President of Business, Data and International. She also served as a member of the board of directors of ZipRecruiter, Inc., Naspers Limited and Prosus N.V., a subsidiary of Naspers Limited.

Previously, Ms. Choi served as the Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at LinkedIn Corporation from December 2009 to March 2018. Prior to LinkedIn Corporation, Ms. Choi held leadership roles in corporate development, strategy, and operations at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. from 2007 to 2009. She also worked in corporate development and strategy at Yahoo! Inc. from 2003 to 2005 and began her career as a Senior Analyst in Investment Banking at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. from 2000 to 2003.

Ms. Choi holds a B.A. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Dixon has been the owner of The RD Factor, Inc., a digital and information technology consulting business, since December 2016. Mr. Dixon served as Global Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of PepsiCo, Inc., a global food and beverage company, from November 2007 until April 2016 and as Senior Vice President until December 2016. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Inc., Mr. Dixon held various executive positions with The Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer household products company, since 1977, including Vice President of Global Business Services from 2005 until 2007. Mr. Dixon has served on the board of directors of Anthem, Inc., a health benefits company, since July 2011, and he has served on the board of directors of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., a specialty retailer, since February 2018. Mr. Dixon is a Trustee for The Georgia Institute of Technology and serves on the President’s Advisory Board, the College of Engineering Advisory Board and the College of Computing Advisory Board. Mr. Dixon also serves on the Devo, Inc. Growth Advisory Board, a business analytics company. He previously served on the CIO Advisory Board for International Business Machines Corporation. Mr. Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology.

Mr. Epstein is an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, which he joined in November 2011. He has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Apex Technology Acquisition Corporation since April 2019.

From September 2008 to April 2011, Mr. Epstein served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle, one of the world’s largest and most profitable technology companies. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Epstein served as chief financial officer of several public and private companies. Mr. Epstein currently serves on the boards of Twilio, a cloud communication platform company, and Poshmark, a social commerce marketplace company.

Mr. Epstein holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University.

Pat Grady is a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he has been involved with investments in Elevate Credit (ELVT), First Republic Bank (FRC), HubSpot (HUBS), Jive, MarkLogic, Medallia, Merlin Securities (now part of Wells Fargo), Namely, Okta (OKTA), OpenDNS (now part of Cisco), Prosper, Qualtrics, ServiceNow (NOW), Sumo Logic, SunRun (RUN), and Zoom.  Pat holds a B.S. in economics and finance from Boston College.

Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and The New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things, which is now available in over 16 languages. Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion, and was appointed vice president and general manager of Business Technology Optimization for Software at HP. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online's E-commerce Platform division, where he oversaw development of the company's flagship [email protected] service. Previously, Ben ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. He also served as vice president of Netscape's widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Before joining Netscape in July 1995, he held various senior product marketing positions at Lotus Development Corporation.

Ben has a BA in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from UCLA. He serves on the board of many companies, and you can follow Ben on "Ben's Blog", where he covers everything from how CEOs should hire executives to how to minimize politics in your company, and Twitter, @bhorowitz.

Ms. Saeger served as Executive Vice President at Charles Schwab from 2004 until 2011, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining Charles Schwab, she was Executive Vice President, Marketing at Visa U.S.A. Before joining Visa, Ms. Saeger was Senior Vice President and head of Account Management at Foote, Cone & Belding and Senior Vice President at Ogilvy & Mather. Ms. Saeger serves on the board of E*TRADE Financial Corporation and is a member of the E*TRADE Bank board. She is an advisor to Yext, the leading digital knowledge management company. She served on the board of directors for Turn, a leading advertising technology company, and as Chair of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). She holds a B.A. from Muhlenberg College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Saeger brings to the Okta Board of Directors valuable expertise in consumer and business-to-business marketing, strategic planning and brand development.

Mike Stankey is the vice chairman at Workday, where he previously served as the president and chief operating officer from 2009 to June 2015. In addition to his role at Workday, Mike serves on the board of directors of Code42 Software and Cloudera. From 2007 to 2009, Mike was an operating partner at Greylock. From 2001 to 2007, Mike served as chairman and chief executive officer at PolyServe.

Mike holds a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.