Okta Brings Aboard Cloud Platform Veteran Craig Weissman as Chief Architect
February 07 2020 - 2:16PM
Business Wire
Cloud pioneer brings more than 20 years of
experience to leading identity provider
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced the hiring of Craig
Weissman as Chief Architect, effective immediately. Weissman brings
a proven track record of more than 20 years leading enterprise
software development and cloud architecture, having played a
pivotal role as Chief Technology Officer at Salesforce before
co-founding cloud hospitality provider, Duetto. Weissman will join
Okta’s engineering team, working alongside fellow Chief Architects
Jon Todd and Karl McGuinness to further grow the most robust
identity platform for enterprises.
“The importance of an independent and neutral identity continues
to grow rapidly for organizations adopting technology and building
digital experiences for their customers,” said Todd McKinnon, Chief
Executive Officer and co-founder, Okta. “Craig’s combination of
technical expertise and industry experience is really one of a
kind, and we’re thrilled to add a true pioneer in cloud
architecture and development to the team. Craig is joining a strong
group that will continue to evolve our platform today and spur
innovation well into the future.”
“What strikes me most about Okta is the broad potential to
transform the relationship between users and technology through our
identity platform,” said Weissman. “Okta has become an identity
leader, with thousands of organizations and millions of users
relying on its technology every day. But the opportunity in front
of us is even larger as identity has become more and more inherent
in the way we interact with technology, both in our personal and
professional lives. I’m excited to contribute to a platform that
will deliver on every identity use case.”
About Craig Weissman
Craig Weissman joins Okta from Duetto, the SaaS company he
co-founded and advises to bring data-driven cloud technology to the
hospitality industry. Prior to Duetto, Weissman worked at
Salesforce for nine years, the last three as Chief Technology
Officer, where he was instrumental in building the leading
enterprise cloud platform. Weissman has more than 25 years of
experience as a software architect and executive, with a long term
focus on SaaS and cloud architectures.
About Okta
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the
enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to
securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the
right time. With over 6,500 pre-built integrations to applications
and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and
securely use the best technologies for their business. Over 7,400
organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom,
Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the
identities of their workforces and customers.
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