The only way we can really build a security-first culture is if we operate as one team. And not only just between IT and security, it’s really building security champions across every part of the business. Every single employee should feel accountable for hardening our security posture.
Timestamps
*(02:37): Alvina’s journey to becoming a CIO | *(26:29): How Alvina is building a human firewall |
*(05:01): How Okta uses Okta | *(30:31): 2030 Goggles |
*(10:38): How Alvina thinks of her role in the current environment | *(33:10): How we can get more diversity in security |
*(18:17): Alvina’s take on security as a team sport | *(35:29): Quick Hits |
*(22:22): Alvina’s advice for speaking to the board about security | *(38:09): Mike’s takeaways from his conversation with Alvina |
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Alvina is the Chief Information Officer at Okta. She is responsible for enabling a seamless customer and employee experience, and leads our Business Technology Organization. She is focused on evolving Okta’s operating model through people, process, technology and data.
Prior to Okta, she spent six years as Zuora’s first ever CIO enabling business growth from $30M to $300M, and taking the company through a successful IPO in 2018. Labeled “The subscription economy CIO,” she enabled digital enterprises to thrive in a Subscription Economy. Alvina has advised a multitude of companies on how to launch and monetize recurring revenue products and services to differentiate their business. She also formed a Subscription CIO Exchange to gather a new breed of technology leaders enabling business transformation through disruptive technology and challenging the status quo.
Prior to Zuora, Alvina spent 17 years at Dell where she was an integral part of their expansion from hardware to an end-to-end software and solutions provider. Alvina has a combination of Fortune 50 and high-growth start up experience which makes her an invaluable part of the Okta team.
When she’s not working, Alvina is an active member of her community, having co-founded the Silicon Valley CIO Women’s Network, as a member of the Girls in Tech Board of Directors, and on the board of BUILD. Alvina has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and lives in Menlo Park, California with her husband and three children.
Mike Anderson serves as Chief Digital and Information Officer for Netskope. Over the past 25 years, he has built and led high-performing teams across various disciplines, including sales, operations, business development, and information technology. He joined Netskope from Schneider Electric, a global fortune 500 company, serving as SVP, CIO and Digital Leader for North America. In 2020, Constellation Research named him a member of the Business Transformation 150, an elite list that recognizes the top global executives leading business transformation efforts in their organizations. The National Diversity Council also recognized him as a Top 50 CIO for diversity and inclusion in 2020 and 2021. Before Schneider Electric, Mike served as CIO for CROSSMARK, where he digitally transformed the business capabilities for the 40,000 employee service provider to the retail and consumer goods industry. Also, he has held executive leadership roles at Enterprise Mobile, a Microsoft joint venture that is now part of Honeywell, Insight, Software Spectrum, and InVerge, a web services pioneer he co-founded in 1999. Mike serves on numerous technology and industry advisory boards and volunteers his time working with nonprofits focused on mental health and suicide prevention and those that benefit the development of our future workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Alvina is the Chief Information Officer at Okta. She is responsible for enabling a seamless customer and employee experience, and leads our Business Technology Organization. She is focused on evolving Okta’s operating model through people, process, technology and data.
Prior to Okta, she spent six years as Zuora’s first ever CIO enabling business growth from $30M to $300M, and taking the company through a successful IPO in 2018. Labeled “The subscription economy CIO,” she enabled digital enterprises to thrive in a Subscription Economy. Alvina has advised a multitude of companies on how to launch and monetize recurring revenue products and services to differentiate their business. She also formed a Subscription CIO Exchange to gather a new breed of technology leaders enabling business transformation through disruptive technology and challenging the status quo.
Prior to Zuora, Alvina spent 17 years at Dell where she was an integral part of their expansion from hardware to an end-to-end software and solutions provider. Alvina has a combination of Fortune 50 and high-growth start up experience which makes her an invaluable part of the Okta team.
When she’s not working, Alvina is an active member of her community, having co-founded the Silicon Valley CIO Women’s Network, as a member of the Girls in Tech Board of Directors, and on the board of BUILD. Alvina has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and lives in Menlo Park, California with her husband and three children.
Mike Anderson serves as Chief Digital and Information Officer for Netskope. Over the past 25 years, he has built and led high-performing teams across various disciplines, including sales, operations, business development, and information technology. He joined Netskope from Schneider Electric, a global fortune 500 company, serving as SVP, CIO and Digital Leader for North America. In 2020, Constellation Research named him a member of the Business Transformation 150, an elite list that recognizes the top global executives leading business transformation efforts in their organizations. The National Diversity Council also recognized him as a Top 50 CIO for diversity and inclusion in 2020 and 2021. Before Schneider Electric, Mike served as CIO for CROSSMARK, where he digitally transformed the business capabilities for the 40,000 employee service provider to the retail and consumer goods industry. Also, he has held executive leadership roles at Enterprise Mobile, a Microsoft joint venture that is now part of Honeywell, Insight, Software Spectrum, and InVerge, a web services pioneer he co-founded in 1999. Mike serves on numerous technology and industry advisory boards and volunteers his time working with nonprofits focused on mental health and suicide prevention and those that benefit the development of our future workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.