Okta Strengthens Go to Market Leadership with Executive Appointments - Seite 2

“Okta has an exciting opportunity ahead as organizations around the world understand that modern identity is critical to their security, operations, and efficiency,” said Todd McKinnon, Okta’s CEO and co-founder. “With Eric and Ed taking on new roles and Christine joining the company, Okta’s go to market team is well positioned to capitalize on our customers’ interest in identity and our industry-leading innovation to drive growth.”

About Eric Kelleher

Eric has spent over 25 years leading software companies through growth, and has led SaaS customer teams for more than 20 years. During his 11 years at Salesforce.com, he helped shape the SaaS playbook for cultivating a successful enterprise subscriber base, and helped 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. In his time at Okta, he has helped the company scale from $150 million to over $2 billion in ARR. Eric has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford.

About Ed Daly

Ed has over 25 years of experience in the high technology and software industries building and leading teams across sales, marketing, services, and customer success. He has extensive experience building teams for transformational companies and driving significant, profitable growth. Most recently, he built and led a global Customer Success team at Cisco, supporting Cisco’s growth in the cloud and subscription software business. Ed has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northwestern University.

About Christine Halvorsen

Christine has a 20+ year background with the FBI, where she led teams focused on digital infrastructure modernization, counterterrorism, and law enforcement, serving as the Assistant Director, and Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer of the Counterterrorism and Criminal Justice Information Services Divisions. Her private sector experience spans public sector technology and AI-focused leadership positions at AWS and most recently, the role of Managing Director at Protiviti.