- Leading independent identity provider Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) announced it welcomed Sagnik Nandy as President of Technology and CTO. These are the details.
Leading independent identity provider Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) announced it welcomed Sagnik Nandy as President of Technology and CTO. Nandy will join Okta’s executive management team and report directly to CEO and co-founder Todd McKinnon. And as President and CTO, Nandy will lead Okta’s engineering and business technology functions and be responsible for the strategic planning of product development activities.
Nandy built an industry reputation for effectively leading development teams and delivering engineering solutions at scale. And he joins Okta after more than 15 successful years at Google, most recently as Vice President of Engineering overseeing several critical components of Google’s core advertising business. Prior to working in Ads, he helped build Google’s measurement and analytics offerings, taking several products from inception to market leaders. Nandy had earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from UC San Diego and a B.E. from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS, Pilani).
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“Okta’s vision is to enable everyone to safely use any technology. We’re driven to bring simple and secure digital access to people and organizations everywhere, and with Sagnik at the helm of our technology team, we’re deepening our investment and further asserting the importance of identity. As an engineer at heart and by trade, I have a special appreciation for Sagnik’s impressive background and depth across enterprise software development, cloud infrastructure, and business-critical systems. Beyond his technical expertise, he’s a strong team builder and understands the importance of people and culture. Sagnik is the right leader to further extend Okta’s technology and market leadership and drive our next phase of innovation — we’re thrilled to welcome him to the team.”
— Todd McKinnon
“Identity is the most important and powerful component of an organization’s technology and security strategy. Okta occupies the critical position as the gateway to digitization for companies large and small across the globe, and the opportunity this creates is tremendous. Okta is uniquely able to address the most pressing technology and business problems organizations face to deliver delightful customer and workforce experiences. I’m excited to build on Okta’s already strong foundation and lead the talented team responsible for the future of development and innovation at the company.”
— Sagnik Nandy
