Director

J. Frederic Kerrest

Co-Founder and Vice Chairperson·Okta, Inc.

About

J. Frederic Kerrest co-founded Okta and has served as a director since 2009. He served as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer from 2009 to 2023, as Executive Vice Chairperson from 2019 to 2023, and as Vice Chairperson since 2023, providing deep institutional knowledge of the company's culture, customers and technology.

He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Windproof Partners, an enterprise software growth-stage investment and advisory firm founded in May 2025. Earlier in his career he held various sales and business development roles at Salesforce from 2002 to 2007.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Master in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Since 2009
Age 49
Tenure 17 yrs

Also at Okta, Inc.

TM Todd McKinnon Co-Founder, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer BT Brett Tighe Chief Financial Officer JA Jon Addison Chief Revenue Officer EK Eric Kelleher President and Chief Operating Officer SN Shibu Ninan Chief Accounting Officer LS Larissa Schwartz Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Roles

Organization Role Dates Details
Okta, Inc. Co-Founder and Vice Chairperson 2009–present Current role
Okta, Inc. Vice Chairperson 2023 to present.
Okta, Inc. Executive Vice Chairperson 2019-2023
Okta, Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer 2009-2023
Salesforce, Inc. Various sales and business development roles 2002-2007
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Venture capital Worked in venture capital prior to co-founding Okta.

External roles

Organization Role Dates
Windproof Partners Managing Partner and Founder

Related

Source: Okta, Inc. SEC filings and official company website

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