Okta Community Catalyst Program

Welcome to the Okta Community Catalysts Program

The Okta Community Catalysts program encourages elite contributors to lead the way by lending their expertise, knowledge, and best practices to our growing online Community. Ultimately, they will help our Community flourish. And, in doing so, Community Catalysts will be recognized and rewarded for their time and effort.

What are we looking for?

Key characteristics of an Okta Catalyst include:

Expert
You have a strong understanding of Okta and its products and solutions.

Advocate Leader
You are an advocate for Okta, represent the spirit of the Community, and seek opportunities to innovate, leaving a path for others to follow by sharing knowledge and best practices.

Helpful
You contribute to meaningful conversations in the Okta Community by answering/asking questions and contributing to Okta’s product roadmap by submitting Ideas/Feature Requests.

Empathetic
You exemplify a supportive style to help others succeed in maximizing the use of Okta’s products and solutions.

Okta Community Catalysts Member Benefits

What’s in it for me to join? Member benefits enable you to:

  • Elevate your personal brand and reputation with special community badge,profile personalization, and Okta swag.
  • Enhance your expertise with exclusive access to Okta Learning and certification programs, discounts to Okta events, and access to Okta products and solutions.
  • Stay connected with Okta experts and your peers with private discussion group, exclusive live webcasts wtih subject matter experts, AMA's, virtual meetups, member spotlights, and more.
  • Influence Okta product roadmap and Community direction by participating in beta testing and special round table discussions.

Meet our 2025 Okta Community Catalysts

Don Furline
IT Security Engineer, Gemological Institute of America
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John Paul Tran
Information Security Analyst, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
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HenkJan de Vries
Identity Management, Atlas Identity
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Jijo Joseph
Global lead for IAM practice, Digitaiken
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Marques Stewart
Sr. Director of Infrastructure, Achievement First
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Matthew Harshbarger
Application Developer, State of Iowa
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Joe Williams
Identity Hub Service Manager, El Lilly and Company
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Hengfeng Ge
CTO, Shanghai FreeLink Technology
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How do I become an Okta Community Catalyst?

Okta Community Catalyst status is awarded for a one year period. New and renewed Community Catalysts will be hand picked by the Okta Community team based on their contributions in the last 12 months.