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Greg Salmon

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Head of Engineering at Watershed
📍 Walnut Creek, California, United States

Greg is the Head of Engineering at Watershed, building products to address climate change. He previously spent over a decade at Okta, rising to EVP of Software Development. People who have worked with him describe him as an "incredibly dedicated and talented" leader.

Greg appears to have a unique life philosophy, inspired by author Terry Pratchett. He took a dedicated career break to focus on his health and well-being, believing in doing what seems like a good idea and committing to it fully.

He is a co-inventor on multiple patents, including one for creating custom indexes in a multi-tenant database environment.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Walnut Creek, California, United States
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Climate Tech
His current role is focused on leading the engineering team at Watershed, a company building products to help businesses manage their carbon footprint.
Scaling Engineering Teams
As a former EVP at Okta and now Head of Engineering at Watershed, he has deep experience in growing and managing large software development and reliability organizations.
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Career

Work history

12-2023
Head of Engineering
Watershed
5-2022 - 12-2023
Health and well-being
Career Break
5-2020 - 4-2022
EVP, Software Development and Site Reliability
Okta, Inc.
8-2017 - 4-2020
SVP, Software Engineering and Site Reliability
Okta, Inc.
11-2016 - 7-2017
SVP, Software Engineering
Okta, Inc.
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Education
1986 - 1988
BSc
University of the Witwatersrand
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