Okta Welcomes Alvina Antar as Chief Information Officer
September 03 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Former Zuora CIO joins identity leader to
further its vision to enable any organization to use any
technology
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of
Alvina Antar as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer.
As an IT leader, Antar brings more than 20 years experience at
high-performing IT organizations at both Fortune 50 companies and
high-growth startups. At Okta, Antar will report directly to Hector
Aguilar, Okta’s President of Technology, and will be responsible
for enabling seamless experiences for Okta customers and
employees.
Antar is known as the “Subscription Economy CIO” from her years
of experience enabling digital enterprises to thrive with recurring
revenue business models. As Zuora’s first CIO, Antar built the
company’s IT department into a leading modern-day Business
Technology organization, led through a successful IPO in 2018, and
saw the company’s revenue grow from $30 million to $300 million.
Prior to Zuora, Antar spent 17 years at Dell focused on digital
transformation, global delivery, and mergers and acquisitions. At
Okta, Antar will be focused on enabling business outcomes directly
aligned to Okta’s strategic priorities through a deep understanding
of end-to-end business processes. As the internal technology arm
for the business, Antar will deliver innovative solutions and
showcase ‘Okta on Okta’ and the power of identity as our best
reference customer.
“Customer success is core to everything we do at Okta, and is
more important than ever as we work to support our customers amidst
the current health crisis. Customer success and employee enablement
and productivity go hand-in-hand, which is why we're committed to
empowering the Okta team to thrive in a Dynamic Work environment,”
said Hector Aguilar, President of Technology, Okta. “I believe
Alvina’s passion, customer-centricity, and proven track record for
success with high-performing IT organizations uniquely positions
her to succeed in this role, and I’m excited for her to bring her
expertise enabling digital enterprises to Okta.”
“From my experience at leading technology organizations, I
deeply understand the agility required to scale and the importance
of enabling business transformation through disruptive
technologies. The rise of cloud and mobile has driven the
fundamental need for a universal identity platform as the new
security perimeter across users, devices and networks. It is a
critical time for Okta as organizations around the world rely on
Okta Workforce Identity to modernize IT and ensure an optimal
employee experience in this new dynamic workplace. Equally
significant is creating a seamless, secure customer experience
using Okta Customer Identity through user registration and
authentication across websites and mobile apps. This 360 degree
view of a customer provides insights integral in driving business
transformation in the digital world,” said Alvina Antar, Senior
Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Okta. “As a long-time
customer and partner, I’m thrilled to be joining Okta’s thriving
culture and talented team to evolve Okta’s operating model into our
next phase of growth.”
Antar joins Okta amidst continued momentum including recent
product innovation and announcements. Okta announced a major
milestone in cloud reliability and uptime, offering 99.99% uptime
to all customers in every region of the world at no additional
cost. Okta also announced it joined together with CrowdStrike, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CRWD), Netskope, and Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), in a
coordinated effort to help organizations implement an integrated,
Zero Trust security strategy required to protect today’s dynamic
and remote working environments. Earlier this year at Oktane20
Live, Okta’s annual conference, Okta announced Okta Platform
Services, Okta Workflows, and Okta Devices, as well as a $10
million philanthropic commitment from Okta for Good and the launch
of the Nonprofit Technology Initiative.
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. More than
8,950 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for
America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of
their workforces and customers.
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