| Website | kerrest.com |
| @fkerrest | |
| Birthplace | New York, NY (USA) |
| Stanford University, Bachelor of Science | |
| Computer Science | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA | |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation |
Frederic is passionate about enterprise technology and has spent the last 12 years helping companies improve their operations by embracing software solutions.
In early 2009, Frederic joined Todd to start Okta with the vision of empowering businesses to transform their web applications into an intelligent, integrated Cloud Area Networkâ„¢.
From 2007 to 2009, Frederic attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management where he was the 2008 MIT Patrick J. McGovern, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award recipient and Managing Director of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. During this time Frederic also worked at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, where he evaluated investment opportunities and worked with existing portfolio companies to strengthen their offerings and distribution strategies.
From 2002 to 2007, Frederic worked at Salesforce.com in a variety of Business Development roles, where he was responsible for creating the first ever software-as-a-service OEM and mobile distribution channels. Frederic helped the company grow from $30M to $750M+ in sales while delivering over $20M in subscriber revenue, and was a 2004 & 2005 Peak Performer Sales Award recipient.
Prior to Salesforce.com, Frederic worked in a number of enterprise software development and management roles, where he wrote enterprise software for Sun Microsystems and Applied Materials, and co-founded and served as director of technology at an award-winning high-tech consulting firm in Latin America.
Frederic earned a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
