Okta Extends Canadian Presence with New Downtown Toronto Office
June 28 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New office will expand engineering team and
drive local customer success
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading
independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today
announced the opening of its new Canadian office in downtown
Toronto. With the new office, Okta will tap into the area’s diverse
high-technology talent pool to grow its engineering team, and
create proximity to better serve Okta’s growing Canadian customer
base.
“We’ve always had a laser focus on our
customers and are committed to making them successful. Our Toronto
office will help us maintain that focus by placing us in the center
of Canada’s technology hub and amidst some of our largest
customers,” said Todd McKinnon, CEO and co-founder of Okta. “Not
only are many of our Canadian customers based in Toronto, the city
is also home to an incredibly impressive pool of technology talent.
Our engineering-focused Toronto team will enable us to accelerate
innovation in the Okta Identity Cloud and continue to delight
customers in Canada and across the world.”
Okta’s Canadian customers span various
industries, including finance, energy, technology, government and
non-profits. Proximity to strategic customers such as Benevity,
Canadian Energy, FreshBooks, Shopify and Teknion will enable
continued customer-driven innovation and product development.
Beyond Okta’s growing Canadian customer base,
the company’s investment in Canada was motivated by Toronto’s
rapidly growing technology community, and the city’s emerging and
seasoned technology talent. Canada’s technology sector is directly
responsible for $117 billion of the country’s economic output,
outpacing the finance and insurance industries. Ontario represents
the second largest population of high-tech workers in Canada, and
Toronto is home to nearly 400,000 full-time students. Its local
universities offer world-class technology and engineering programs,
providing a robust pipeline of engineering graduates.
“It’s great to see Okta investing locally to
harness the talent and innovation in Canada,” said John Comacchio,
CIO and senior vice president at Teknion. “We invested in Okta
years ago because of the company’s long-term vision and its
emphasis on customer success. We continue to see value in the Okta
Identity Cloud, and believe opening an office in Toronto — which is
not only where Teknion is headquartered, but a city known for its
high-quality engineering talent — will further the company’s
innovation.”
Okta’s new office is located in the heart of
downtown Toronto at 171 John Street.
About Okta, Inc.
Okta is the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud connects and
protects employees of many of the world’s largest enterprises. It
also securely connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers and
customers. With deep integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta
Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device.
Thousands of customers, including Experian, 20th Century Fox,
LinkedIn, Flex, News Corp, Dish Networks, and Adobe trust Okta to
work faster, boost revenue and stay secure. Okta helps customers
fulfill their missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the
technologies they need to do their most significant work.
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