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As our EMEA Business Development Representative (BDR) interns reach the end of their 12-month programme, we wanted to highlight all they have done for us this year. From connecting with decision-makers to learning from the broader sales organisation, the interns’ positive impact can be seen companywide. Read on to see how the EMEA Oktern Class of…

A job shouldn’t be reserved for the hours of 9-5. Success requires focus, continual learning and no limit to hard work. Whether it’s on the slopes or in the office, that’s sales-development-representative-turned-sales-engineer Akin Edwards’ philosophy. We were excited to sit down with Akin to hear more about his unique career path and passion for…

Before joining Okta I was Vice president of Sales at companies both large and small and I can tell you personally that it isn’t easy to hire, retain and grow a sales team. Well, at most companies anyways — but we are on the upswing at Okta. We just wrapped up a week of celebrating our top performers at our annual 125% Achievement Club and after…

When we recently asked Garrett Stanton, Okta’s director of sales, to define Okta, his one word response was “Rome.” And not going to lie, we were a little confused by that answer. However, when Garrett gave his reasons -- drawing parallels between the opportunity and inspiration that characterized ancient Rome and the opportunity for identity in…

Last week, I welcomed Adam Aarons and Hector Aguilar to the Okta team and offered some thoughts, culled from my time as an engineer, on what constitutes a great engineering team. It was meant as a bit of advice (for what it was worth), to Hector, our new VP of engineering – because admittedly, I’m an engineer at heart. I ran engineering at…