The Evolving Leader: Strength, Skills and Strategy

The Evolving Leader: Strength, Skills and Strategy

Join us for "The Evolving Leader: Strength, Skills and Strategy" event on June 4, 2025 at Okta HQ - let's level up together!

By WiCyS Silicon Valley

Date and time

Wednesday, June 4 · 5:30 - 8pm PDT.

Location

Okta

100 1st Street #6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:05 PM

Introduction


Agenda Overview and Panelists introduction

6:05 PM - 7:15 PM

Panel Discussion

Bhawna Singh

Charlotte Wylie

James Dolph

Merisa Lee

7:15 PM - 7:30 PM

Live Q&A and Closing Remarks

Ronit Polak, President, WiCyS Silicon Valley

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Open Networking

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
  • No venue parking

The Evolving Leader: Strength, Skills and Strategy


Join us for an insightful event featuring the leadership team from Okta as they delve into the theme of "The Evolving Leader: Strength, Skills, and Strategy." This engaging panel will explore the key attributes that define effective leadership in today's dynamic landscape, including adaptability, emotional intelligence, and strategic foresight. Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on how to cultivate these essential skills and harness their strengths to navigate challenges and drive organizational success. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry leaders and elevate your leadership journey!

The panelists include:

  • Bhawna Singh - Bhawna Singh is the CTO, Auth0. With 25+ years of experience successfully building and leading talented teams of engineers to transform and scale technology. Bhawna has led multiple transformations, scaled systems from 0 to 100 million monthly users, led the global expansion of products, participated in multiple acquisitions, and spearheaded innovation to drive user growth, delivering multi-million-dollar revenue growth.Bhawna’s deep expertise in the area of high-growth, enterprise SaaS, AI & cybersecurity is frequently published in the press and podcasts.
  • Charlotte Wylie - Charlotte Wylie is the Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Security Officer at Okta, where she leads the company's technical cybersecurity services, overseeing global engineering teams to enhance security postures and programs supporting nearly 20,000 customers . With extensive experience across financial and technology industries in Australia and the United States, she specializes in delivering security transformation programs and aligning security strategies with business goals.
  • James Dolph - James is Guidewire’s Information Security Officer overseeing the continuous improvement and security maturity growth for Guidewire and its customer facing products. James is a pragmatic executive who is passionate about security (by default) and helping organizations to build deep levels of trust with customers, partners, and employees. Previously James was the Vice President of Product Security at Salesforce, overseeing Product Security, Enterprise Security, and ISV Ecosystem Security efforts. Over his career James has transformed software development lifecycles, built impressive teams of security engineers to support growing portfolios of products, and built high scale review processes for 3rd party ecosystems.
  • Merisa Lee - With a robust 27-year career navigating the dynamic landscapes of both IT and Security, Merisa Lee offers a wealth of practical knowledge. Her diverse experience encompasses people management, security engineering, and technical program management, all contributing to her current focus on Detection & Response as Okta's Senior Director of Defensive Cyber Operations. Merisa's insights are informed by her tenures at industry giants like Amazon, Meta, Cisco, Philips, Uber, and DoorDash.

Frequently asked questions

Can I join virtually?

We're working the logistics to make it available through Linkedin Live. To be updated soon!

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FreeJun 4 · 5:30 PM PDT