Okta, Inc. announced that Anthony Bates, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genesys Cloud Services, Inc., has been appointed to the company?s board of directors, effective June 21, 2024. Mr. Bates serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Genesys Cloud Services, Inc., where he has worked as CEO since 2019 and Chairman since 2021. Mr. Bates previously served as Vice Chairman of the board of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.

(?Social Capital?), a special purpose acquisition company, from 2017 to 2019. From May 2017 through June 2018, Mr. Bates held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Growth at Social Capital. From June 2014 until December 2016, Mr. Bates served as President of GoPro, Inc., a maker of video and photo capture devices.

From June 2013 until March 2014, Mr. Bates was the Executive Vice President, Business Development and Evangelism of Microsoft Corporation, a software company. Mr. Bates was the Chief Executive Officer of Skype Inc., a provider of software applications and related Internet communications products, from October 2010 until its acquisition by Microsoft in 2011, subsequent to which Mr. Bates served as the President of Microsoft?s Skype Division until June 2013. From 1996 to October 2010, Mr. Bates served in various roles at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking equipment provider, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business.