Sidhanta Panigrahy is the Director of Business Technology at Okta.Inc., with 19+ years of enterprise systems leadership experience, currently pursuing his MBA at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He is leading an 18+ team member at Okta. He specializes in large-scale digital transformation initiatives, having led over 10+ major enterprise system implementations, including Oracle ERP, Salesforce CRM, and cloud migration projects across Fortune 500 companies.
At his last engagement, Barracuda Networks, Sidhanta was a Senior Director of Business Applications and managed a $3M+ budget and led a 40-person global team, delivering a technical debt clean-up initiative that achieved 40% operational efficiency improvements and $ 1 M+ annual cost savings. His expertise spans AI-enhanced ERP systems, cybersecurity governance during mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, and multi-platform integration strategies.
As a published researcher, Sidhanta has authored multiple peer-reviewed papers on AI applications in cybersecurity and malware classification. He also reviewe many AI journals. He serves as an angel investor and advisor with Silicon Catalyst, bringing both academic rigor and practical implementation experience to emerging technology investments.
Previously at PwC, he architected many Fortune 100’s companies digital transformation strategies and was among the first to implement Oracle Fusion Cloud applications. His unique combination of hands-on technical expertise, strategic business acumen, and research credentials positions him as a thought leader at the intersection of AI innovation, cybersecurity, and enterprise digital transformation.