{"id":14011,"date":"2019-01-23T01:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T01:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/okta-appoints-former-charles-schwab-exec-to-board-of-directors.html"},"modified":"2019-01-23T01:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T01:29:41","slug":"okta-appoints-former-charles-schwab-exec-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/okta-appoints-former-charles-schwab-exec-to-board-of-directors.html","title":{"rendered":"Okta appoints former Charles Schwab exec to board of directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okta, <\/a> the Nasdaq-listed cloud identity management company, has recruited former Charles Schwab chief marketing officer Becky Saeger to its board of directors. The latest appointment comes one month after the company named<\/a> Shellye Archambeau, former chief executive officer of MetricStream, to its board.<\/p>\n

Saeger becomes Okta\u2019s third female board member. Michelle Wilson, <\/a> a former senior vice president and general counsel at Amazon, <\/a> joined the company\u2019s board in 2015. According to data collected by Women on Boards<\/a>,\u00a0women hold just over 17 percent of corporate board seats, up from 16.0 percent in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cA board is there for a few reasons,\u201d Okta co-founder and CEO Todd McKinnon told TechCrunch. \u201cOne is to oversee a company\u2019s management and strategy. A company like Okta is in a fast-growing industry and there is too much of a tendency for groupthink. You need someone around you to question the basis of what you\u2019re\u00a0<\/span>thinking about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

McKinnon has spoken openly about his commitment to diversity. In a letter<\/a> to employees in early 2017, for example, he denounced President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0temporary ban on refugee admissions to the U.S. \u201cDiversity of thought and experience are fundamental values at Okta, that includes religious beliefs, gender diversity, sexual orientation and political views,\u201d he wrote. \u201cNo matter who you voted for, our opposition to this policy is not just about our business \u2014 it is also about our belief in the American freedoms and protections that have made our country so innovative and accepting of those most in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okta\u2019s C-suite, though majority male, includes chief customer officer Krista Anderson-Copperman, executive vice president and chief of staff Angela Grady, and chief people officer Kristina Johnson.<\/p>\n

Saeger,\u00a0who McKinnon chose for her marketing and financial services acumen, also sits on the board of E*TRADE, an online broker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited about the notion that as this company grows and evolves, the brand can become more visible and more meaningful,\u201d Saeger told TechCrunch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Headquartered in San Francisco, Okta debuted on the stock exchange in April 2017, closing up 38 percent<\/a> on its first day of trading.<\/p>\n

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