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Okta
Company
Quick Team Stats
About

Okta is the leading independent identity provider.

The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential.

More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

Company Details
location

San Francisco, CA

founded

2009

employees

8,150+ employees

Leadership

Name
Title
Location
Megan Slater
VP, Business Platforms
United States
VP, Business Platforms
United States
Anitha Hariharan
Director, GTM Applications
California
Director, GTM Applications
California
Raja Kasetty
Senior Manager - Business Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Senior Manager - Business Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Sanjay S.
VP, Architecture, Business Technology
San Mateo, California, United States
VP, Architecture, Business Technology
San Mateo, California, United States
Gokul Selvam Sadasivam
Sr. Manager, Business Platforms
San Francisco, CA
Sr. Manager, Business Platforms
San Francisco, CA
Prashant Khabale
Sr. Manager, Business Platforms
San Francisco, CA
Sr. Manager, Business Platforms
San Francisco, CA
Sweta Agnihotri
Sr. Engineering Manager, Business Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Sr. Engineering Manager, Business Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Vijay Kalidindi
Sr Manager Salesforce
Fremont, California, United States
Sr Manager Salesforce
Fremont, California, United States

Developers

Name
Title
Location
Nagasruthi Kattula
Principal Software Engineer
Austin, TX
Principal Software Engineer
Austin, TX
Manish Sinkar
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Shridhar Puntambekar
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Shaun Hawley
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
Utah
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
Utah
Jeffrey Zhou
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
Chicago, IL
Sr. Salesforce Engineer
Chicago, IL
Ryan Hurteau
Staff Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United States
Staff Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United States

Administrator

Name
Title
Location
Harini Jeevanandam
Senior Product Analyst
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Senior Product Analyst
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Shelley Doty
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Berkeley, California, United States
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Berkeley, California, United States
Joe Asprec
Salesforce Administrator
Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
Salesforce Administrator
Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
Emmanuel Dap-og
Senior Salesforce Administrator / Release Manager
Philippines
Senior Salesforce Administrator / Release Manager
Philippines
Nord Anderson
Business Systems Administrator
Austin, Texas, United States
Business Systems Administrator
Austin, Texas, United States
Daisy Monsanto
Salesforce Business System Support Analyst
National Capital Region, Philippines
Salesforce Business System Support Analyst
National Capital Region, Philippines

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Name
Title
Location
Garima C.
Product Manager
San Jose, California, United States
Product Manager
San Jose, California, United States
Shauna Walker
Senior Product Analyst
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Senior Product Analyst
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aleksandra Milcic Radovanovic
Product Manager - Business Technology
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
Product Manager - Business Technology
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
Yuenan Jiang
Senior Product Analyst
Greater Boston
Senior Product Analyst
Greater Boston
Gayathri Upparapati
Product Manager
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Product Manager
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Pooja Chaudhary
Principal Product Analyst
San Francisco Bay Area
Principal Product Analyst
San Francisco Bay Area
Sonal Deshmukh
Senior Product Manager - Customer Experience
San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Product Manager - Customer Experience
San Francisco Bay Area
Varun Kavoori
Principal - Business Technology
Silverdale, Washington, United States
Principal - Business Technology
Silverdale, Washington, United States
Howard Ho
Product Manager - Financial Excellence
United States
Product Manager - Financial Excellence
United States
Megha Sahay
Staff Product Analyst at Okta, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Staff Product Analyst at Okta, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Leah Feinstein
Product Manager, Business Platforms
Boston, MA
Product Manager, Business Platforms
Boston, MA
Eric Cirincione
Senior Product Analyst
Lincroft, New Jersey, United States
Senior Product Analyst
Lincroft, New Jersey, United States
Gabriela Dorough
Salesforce Product Analyst
Houston, Texas, United States
Salesforce Product Analyst
Houston, Texas, United States
Anusha Kocharlakota
Product Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
Product Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
Andrew Paschall
Product Manager - Salesforce Federal
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Product Manager - Salesforce Federal
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Ankita Amrit
Senior Product Analyst - Salesforce
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Senior Product Analyst - Salesforce
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Dushyant S.
Senior Salesforce CPQ Business System Analyst
San Jose, California, United States
Senior Salesforce CPQ Business System Analyst
San Jose, California, United States
Abhishek Gawande
Staff Business Systems Analyst
San Francisco Bay Area
Staff Business Systems Analyst
San Francisco Bay Area
Danny Tang
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Liviu Munteanu
IT Business Systems Analyst
Romania
IT Business Systems Analyst
Romania

Architects

Name
Title
Location
Ken Neff
Senior Enterprise Architect
San Jose, California, United States
Senior Enterprise Architect
San Jose, California, United States
Bharatkumar N.
Principal Salesforce Analyst/Solution Architect
San Francisco, California, United States
Principal Salesforce Analyst/Solution Architect
San Francisco, California, United States
Mayuri Bhadane
Salesforce Architect
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Salesforce Architect
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Here is a quick look inside the Salesforce Center of Excellence at Okta.

This is an Enterprise SaaS player with 57% YOY headcount growth and $1.6B in revenue, meaning it's an organization that is operating at scale and still undergoing significant growth.

As a company of 8,000+, roughly 25% of total headcount is on the Sales side (2K+) with an in-house Salesforce team of 40+ driving the effort forward.

Firstly, let’s take a look at the core Salesforce / GTM Systems team.

A core group of 5 Business Technology Leaders are charged with Salesforce

  • VP, Business Technology (ex-Salesforce)
  • Sr. Engineering Manager, Biz Tech (ex-LinkedIn)
  • Sr. Manager, Salesforce (ex-Workday)
  • Sr. Manager, Business Technology/CPQ
  • Director of Business Technology as the newest addition in January 2023


Under this group is an incredibly well structured layer of Individual Contributors across 5 primary functions.

  • (3) Salesforce Architects
  • (6) Salesforce Developers
  • (9) Salesforce Business Analysts
  • (6) Salesforce Administrators
  • (12) Salesforce ‘Product Analysts’


A slightly unique aspect of Okta’s Salesforce team is the ratio of

Product Analyst : BSA : Administrator : Developer.


Most of these Product Analysts bring 6-10 years of Salesforce experience, some from Administrator backgrounds and others coming from top-tier Consulting Firms.
These individuals play an all-around role driving Salesforce product strategy forward as a ‘traditional Product Manager’, leading dedicated workstreams, directing the roadmap, and overseeing squads of Developers and Business Analysts handling execution.


How is a company with 2,000 Sales Reps able to function with only 6 internal Salesforce Admins?

Understandably, this is perhaps the first questions you'd ask when looking at a composition of this team. While this may demonstrate an underinvestment in Salesforce resources in some organizations, this actually speaks to the efficiency of Okta's team.

It's clear this is an organization willing to invest in their Salesforce team - the heavy hitters in the leadership group, (3) dedicated Salesforce Architects, and overall team size are evidence. And the critical piece of this resourcing model that allow them to function with only 6 Salesforce Administrators is the Product Analysts. These individuals are critical, stakeholder facing, and strategic members of any Business Technology team but it's not a role you find in a lot of companies. They allow for proactive IT planning, bridge the gap between business and technology teams, and create a layer that allows for thoughtful, intentional prioritization of inbound requests from the user base.

An org with 2,000 users that lacks this layer ends up being consumed by inbound tickets because differentiating between the urgent + important and the noise is nearly impossible. This function allows the Biz Tech group to be intentional about how resources are allocated, focusing on the highest impact areas at all stages of the journey.

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