Cameron Burks

Cameron Burks is the Vice President for Global Workplace and Safety at Okta. Okta is a leading independent identity partner, focused on enabling secure and seamless access to technology for individuals and organizations. He is the company’s leader directing enterprise physical security and safety, in addition to corporate real estate, capital projects and workplace operations.

Prior to Okta, Cameron was the Vice President of Global Safety & Security and Workplace Solutions at Roku, and before that, the Vice President of Global Safety & Security at Adobe. Previously, he was the Deputy Chief Security Officer at Chevron Corporation.

Cameron transitioned to the private sector from the U.S. Department of State. He was a career member of the Foreign Service and a Special Agent with the Diplomatic Security Service.

Cameron was appointed as the U.S. embassy Regional Security Officer in Bangladesh and Moldova and served in temporary assignments in Japan, Haiti and Iraq. In these positions, he was the senior American diplomat responsible for leading the protection of personnel and facilities. 

While in Washington, DC, Cameron was the Senior Special Assistant and Chief of Staff to the Director and early in his career, served on the Secretary of State’s protective detail and conducted federal criminal investigations around the world.

Cameron is a Senior Fellow at the National Security Institute of George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. He was elected as Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Member of his city of Lafayette, California from 2016 - 2020. Cameron holds a Bachelors in Sociology from the University of Oregon and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from the California State University, Sacramento.