About

David Schellhase serves as Okta's Lead Independent Director and has been a director since 2025; he is a member of the Audit and Compensation and Governance Committees. He served as General Counsel at Slack, Groupon and Salesforce, bringing deep experience in public company governance, regulatory compliance and board-level legal oversight.

He advised on technology-focused corporate matters both as an in-house executive and as Of Counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and currently serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Ballistic Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, School of Management Science and Engineering.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School.

Roles

Okta, Inc.
Lead Independent Director · Current role
2025–present
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Of Counsel
2022-2025
Slack Technologies, Inc.
General Counsel
2016-2021
Groupon, Inc.
General Counsel
2011-2014
Salesforce, Inc.
General Counsel
2002-2011
Honest Work Corporation
Chief Operating Officer · A software company; served until its acquisition by Twitter, Inc. in April 2016.
2015-2016

External Roles

Ballistic Ventures
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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Stanford University, School of Management Science and Engineering
Adjunct Lecturer
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Director Compensation

FY 2026
Fees earned or paid in cash
$23,837
Stock awards
$530,049
Total
$553,886

Also at Okta, Inc.

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