Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar is a technology executive with over two decades of experience leading high-performing engineering organizations across cloud, SaaS, and data management. He currently serves as Vice President of Engineering and India Site Leader at Okta, where he directs one of the company’s most strategic innovation centers, a hub responsible for securing billions of identity interactions globally.

Operating at the intersection of identity, security, and artificial intelligence, Kumar is a hands-on leader driving Okta’s vision to establish identity as the foundational security layer for the agentic AI era. His approach is grounded in a strong technical and operational background built at several of the industry’s leading enterprises. Prior to Okta, he served as Global Vice President and India Site Head at Cohesity, and held senior engineering leadership roles at NetApp, EMC, and HP.

Beyond his core engineering responsibilities, Kumar is dedicated to advancing the broader technology ecosystem. He is a strong advocate for building inclusive, innovation-driven workplace cultures and actively focuses on developing the next generation of technology leaders in India.

An alumnus of NITK Surathkal and IIM Bangalore, Kumar combines a deep engineering foundation with strategic business leadership to scale complex systems and the teams that build them.