Okta Welcomes Kendall Collins as Chief Marketing Officer
March 25 2021 - 03:00PM
Business Wire
Seasoned technology executive to lead and scale
Okta’s marketing organization, bring identity to every customer
experience
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent identity
provider, welcomes Kendall Collins as Chief Marketing Officer
(CMO), reporting to Susan St. Ledger, President of Worldwide Field
Operations. Kendall will join Okta’s leadership team and lead
global brand marketing, demand generation, solutions marketing,
market strategy, operations, and sales development. Kendall
succeeds current CMO, Ryan Carlson who is now working on an
emerging project inside of Okta. Kendall has served extensively in
executive product and marketing leadership roles in cloud and
enterprise technology. His expertise in developer platforms will
help drive identity as foundational to the customer experience both
within Okta and for its thousands of customers.
“We are delighted to welcome Kendall to Okta as our new Chief
Marketing Officer,” said Susan St. Ledger, President of Worldwide
Field Operations. “Kendall is a strong, growth-focused leader with
deep knowledge of cloud platforms and global brand growth. He also
has a unique understanding of the needs and requirements of
developers, having led teams that build products and mobile
experiences. He has the experience and expertise to accelerate our
brand and position in global markets.”
“Identity sits at the heart of digital transformation and is
becoming a strategic pillar of every organization’s business
strategy as we adapt to the new world. I’m thrilled about the
opportunity to lead Okta’s global marketing team into its next
phase of growth. This new generation of CTOs, CIOs, and CMOs are
realizing the unique power of identity, and the Okta Identity Cloud
has emerged as a centerpiece alongside AWS and Google Cloud. No
other cloud more deeply enables the power of technology choice,
flexibility, and security,” said Kendall Collins. “I’m excited to
partner with our amazing community of customers, developers, and
digital leaders who are building the next generation of seamless,
secure, and delightful workforce and customer experiences.”
About Kendall Collins
Kendall Collins brings decades of experience in B2B and SaaS
marketing building teams, products, and brands. Most recently,
Collins was an Executive in Residence at Accel. Before that, he
served as the GM of Enterprise Technology at WeWork, and the Chief
Marketing Officer of AppDynamics, which was acquired by Cisco.
Prior to AppDynamics, he served as Cloud CEO and Global CMO
executive at Salesforce.com and held roles at Siebel Systems,
Oracle, AT Kearney, and Procter & Gamble.
Kendall graduated with a B.S. in Commerce from the University of
Virginia, a concentration in East Asian Studies, and studied at
National Taiwan University.
About Okta
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.
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