Andrew Candella has been an Identity Management engineer at Ciena for the past 7 years. Heading the Identity team as an Okta SME, Andrew has transformed SSO and MFA standards across Ciena. Complying with standards and best practices, Andrew has helped bring Ciena from just a few Okta integrations to over one thousand! He has become an industry leader, assisting Okta in writing tests for their certifications and being invited to present at several industry events.