Culture

Innovation is what keeps our wheels turning. Our second core value is to “Never stop innovating,” so we can continue to offer products and services that meet our customers’ needs. Brad Morgan, staff software engineer on our security team, embodies this core value by working towards micro innovations in his personal and professional life every day…

Our customers are at the heart of what we do, which is why “Love our customers” tops our list of core values. In this edition of our Core Values series, we’re excited to highlight Alexia Case, senior marketing manager, executive and strategic programs. Alexia embodies “Love our customers” daily through managing Okta’s Customer Experience Center,…

Some business’ core values have become very well-known, or even iconic—remember Google’s original code of conduct, “Don’t Be Evil”? It’s pithy and impactful, yet also vague and conceptual. This statement has since been altered to a more democratic, “You can make money without doing evil.” After all, there’s something to be said for having guiding…

Talia Israel’s story is unique-- she has worked on almost every part of an Okta customer’s journey. After working with Okta while at several different companies and a very successful implementation, she joined our Customer Success team as an Adoption Program Manager. The funniest part of the role she didn’t realize would occur? People thinking she…

When we opened our first Okta office in London, nearly three years ago, it was a 100-square-foot room with eight desks. But times they are a changin’. We recently moved into our brand new office in the centre of London, which seats up to 100 people — a clear sign of our continued growth in EMEA. Because we could not have reached this milestone…

Competitive sack races aren’t usually top of mind when you think about enterprise cloud startups. But when it comes to ensuring our people find their workplace as productive and enjoyable as possible, Okta’s director of people Aisha Stephenson goes the extra mile. For our latest installment of the Day in the Life series, we sat down with Aisha to…

Community is important at Okta. Not just the community we’ve built within our company walls or the Okta Community, but this epicenter of innovation – the wider Bay Area – that almost all of us call home. To say thank you to that local community, we’ve been working closely with a few charities to give back and wanted to take a minute to share a bit…

Standing still does not seem to be an option for employees at Okta, who are constantly pushing themselves to help their customers. In our latest Day in the Life installment, we spoke with Eric Knittel, director of professional services at Okta, to learn more about how he helps Okta drive customer success on a daily basis. Eric may not physically…

It’s never just business as usual at Okta, which is why we’re featuring members of our talented team to give you an inside look with our Day in the Life series. Our latest installment features David Silverman, Okta’s director of business development. We recently spoke with David to find out more about how he helps drive growth and change at Okta…

As the second installment to our ‘Day in the Life’ series, we recently spoke with Ryan Carlson, Okta’s director of product marketing, to get a taste for his day-to-day life at Okta, as well as what he finds most unique about the company and his role within it. If you like what you see and think you might have what it takes to join our growing team…