Below is an edited transcript for an interview with a former executive at Okta. Key issues discussed in this interview include: product-market-fit; speed of deployment; head-to-head competition against Microsoft; other competitors in the identity management space; industry headwinds and tailwinds.

In this article, we will look at Okta by unpacking its trajectory, its go-to-market strategy, key financial metrics and what could be next for this IAM leader. Founding history In 2008, as the world was entering the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, Todd McKinnon, a highly successful