Okta powers identity for the internet

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.

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.

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.

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.