Platforms, Products, and People: The Power of APIs

Anand Tamboli

CEO of Anand Tamboli & Co. -

Anand is a serial entrepreneur, global keynote speaker, award-winning author, innovation expert, and transformation specialist. He is passionate about sharing his experience and loves to inspire. Anand specializes in contemporary topics that intersect technology and people. Being a polymath, Anand can often shed new light on a topic that you think has been "done to death." Anand helps people in leveraging technology, adapt, and develop an innovative mindset. Anand has extensively worked with several Fortune 500 multinationals and has thorough cross-industry experience.

Dasith Wijesiriwardena

Lead Consultant - Telstra Purple

Dasith is a solutions architect, full stack .NET developer with distributed systems focus, keen problem solver and an improving cricketer. He's got close to 2 decades of experience designing and building software solutions and loves all things technology. After leading the development of an ERP solution for the construction industry and working on trade printing software for a while he now works as a consultant for Telstra Purple (Readify) working with clients of all sizes. As a consultant over the last few years, he's worked on a broad technology stack, which consists of all things from Serverless to IoT. He is a recovering competitive fps gamer who still talks about things like mouse sensitivity and ping over a frothy beverage.

Jon Scheele

Founder and CEO of Blue Connector, and Organizer of Apidays Singapore -

Jon Scheele provides IT strategy, data analytics, security, interoperability and industry specific consulting and training to management and workgroups at leading companies in the financial services and telecommunications industries. Jon also trains, coaches and mentors to develop high performing teams and identifies how to apply emerging technologies to meet evolving customer needs.

Adeel Ali

Co-founder & CEO - APIMatic.io

Adeel Ali is the founding CEO of APIMatic, an SDK-first developer experience platform for APIs. Adeel holds a Ph.D. in the domain of web-based APIs automation. He is constantly driven by the desire to do things better, whether that is making APIs easy to consume, or running a business. Besides APIMatic, Adeel loves reading, traveling, and playing cricket.

David Freeman

Founder of Sonrai -

With over 20 years of industry experience, David’s focus is on building API programs, developer programs and monetizing company assets through APIs. Before starting Sonrai, David was a general manager in Telstra and executed Telstra’s API Strategy by building a strategic API platform using Apigee OPDK, and in 2017 led a team to build Telstra’s public and monetised APIs developer program on Apigee SaaS. Recently, through Sonrai, David has been helping medium and large Australian companies on their API journey with building API platforms, APIs, developer portals and improving API programs.

Akhil Bhaskar

APJ Compute Leader - AWS

Rajesh Bavanantham

Domain Architect - NGINX (Part of F5)

Highly experienced in IAM(OKTA/Azure AD/Auth0),API Gateways(KONG/Apigee), API security(OIDC/OAuth2) Enterprise integration pattern, Microservices, SOA design, JEE,Springboot development & design.My unique experience in Microservices architecture design, security, agile methodologies & delivery using patterns would bring huge value and culture to the organisations. My keen & positive attitude towards any new technology makes my learning curve very agile and my extensive experience in service and integration delivery add key value to the Organisation. My key skills relies on delivery focus design, cutting edge design , no compromise in quality delivery, inspiring leadership to guide team members towards successful delivery and make the environment fun and productive. I have outstanding devops experience, which would help organisation to keep up in right cutting edge devops path.

Mathangi VijayShankar

API Chapter Lead - Medibank

14 years of Lead, Design and Development experience in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Mulesoft 4.3Hibernate, SOAP Webservices, Restful WebServices, Swagger, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Bamboo, Rabbitmq, Kafka, Microservices, JUnit, Mockito, Service Oriented Architecture, Agile, Scrum, JIRA, TDD, BDD, Oracle, Git, Gradle, Maven
Mulesoft Certified Developer - Level1
Tech Lead for API Delivery and Devops practices

SathyaKhala Anantharajan

Specialist Iteration Manager - IAG

Sathya is a Delivery Lead passionate in building highly engaging teams to deliver Business APIs that enables core systems for digital transformation. Has a variety of experience across industries and roles such as Iteration Manager, program/ project Management and Software Testing along with practicing and advocating Agile.

Ivan Niccolai

Engineer - Google

Ivan Niccolai is a Specialist Customer Engineer for Google Cloud in Australia & New Zealand, focusing on Apigee. In his role, Ivan is responsible for evangelising Google Cloud’s Apigee offering to customers and partners in the region. Prior to joining Google Cloud in 2019, Ivan spent fifteen years in security advisory and as a published industry analyst. As a 15+ year veteran in the IT industry, Ivan has worked with customers across many industries, with particular depth in financial services, higher education, and logistics. Ivan resides in Melbourne, Australia

Warren Vella

Solutions Engineer - Confluent

Warren Vella is obsessed with integration, which started off as a 13-year adventure at the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), where he supported and architected critical energy market integration platforms. After moving from operations into enterprise architecture, he joined Confluent as a Solutions Engineer, helping customers solve their integration challenges.Warren has worked on various platforms like API Gateways, ETLs, ESBs, Message Queues, iPaaS and Data Streaming Platforms. His mission? To educate the world on removing the bottleneck of integration.

David Peterson

Principal Solutions Engineer - Confluent

Storytelling allows me to take the complex and make it interesting and understandable -- drawing people together and helping them to engage. Connecting the dots that are faint or invisible. My ability to find new patterns and solutions stems from my love of exploring new things and then soaking up everything I can.

Claire Barrett

Director - APIsFirst and Co-lead of Women In APIs

Claire Barrett is director and founder of APIsFirst based in the UK, and co-founder of The API Collective. She has over 25 years' experience consulting to medium and large organisations with globally recognised brands, on justifying, executing and communicating technology and API-enabled change.

Matthias Biehl

API Strategist - Software AG

As API strategist, Matthias helps clients discover opportunities for innovation with APIs, AI, and digital ecosystems. Together with his clients he creates actionable digital strategies, provides both strategic and practical guidance and shares best practices. As an API practitioner, Matthias has lead large-scale API initiatives in both business and technology roles. He has stayed a techie at heart, publishes a blog at api-university.com, is the author of several books on APIs, and regularly speaks at technology conferences.

Shreshta Shyamsundar

Distinguished Technologist - Infosys

A globally trusted thought leader and specialist with proven ability in the field of establishing enterprise-wide high-performing software engineering practices extending to Quality engineering, DevSecOps, Site reliability engineering, Cloud expansion and optimisation to deliver business capabilities at scale thus improving the quality of work for software developers and quality engineering community alike across industry segments.

Joey Wong

Customer Engineer - Google Cloud

Ashish Kumar

Director - Field Engineering - APAC - Solo.io

Ashish has spent a large part of the decade building APIs and also designing Go To Market for them. Being part of the field engineering team at solo.io, these days Ashish focuses on creating application networking fabric that brings together APIs and service mesh with Istio.

Claudio Tag

Chief Architect – IBM Automation – APAC - IBM

Claudio Tag is the IBM Automation Chief Architect in Asia Pacific, leading the Technical Sales team in the region, and has vast experience in Digital Transformation and the world of Cloud. He is passionate about technology, and how it has shaped business change in the 21st century. Making the "complicated" "business as usual" has been Tag’s focus in his 10+ years career in technical sales.

Through his work as C-suite trusted advisor and domain expert for IBM's and Red Hat’s ground-breaking technologies, Tag has gained significant insight into today's senior IT stakeholders’ motivations. He has led several technical sales teams across geos and technology domains: from process automation to private cloud, from containerization to open source software.

Tag also worked in various IBM labs, and presented his work at several conferences around the world, focusing on Public and Private Cloud, Kubernetes, Automation, Integration, Microservices Architectures, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. He is an open source evangelist, thought leader in Agile Integration and Cloud Orchestration & AI Operations, and author of three IBM Redbook publications.

Bernd Beilke

Senior Integration Specialist, Automation - IBM

Bernd is a Technical Architect for IBM's portfolio of Integration Products including API Connect and Datapower. He has been working for IBM Australia for 6 years now after leading the Technical SME team for Portal and Web Content Management in IBM EMEA.

Thomas Wills

APIs and Microservices Service Owner - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Tom is the technology owner of APIs and microservices for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, living in Melbourne, Australia. Tom has extensive experience in APIs, cloud, enterprise and solution architecture, and innovation, in financial services and the public sector in Australia and internationally.

Nilesh Gule

Enterprise Architect - DBS Bank

Nilesh is a Vice President at DBS Bank, where he leads the design and implementation of scalable and innovative solutions using hybrid cloud, big data, and emerging technologies. He has over 2 decades of experience as a software developer, architect, and leader in various domains such as BFSI, healthcare, and retail. He is a Microsoft MVP for Azure since 2018 and the first Docker Captain in Singapore for his excellent contributions to technical communities.

Nilesh is passionate about learning, adopting, and experimenting with new technologies, and sharing his knowledge and insights through blogging, speaking, and organizing events. He is a certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps, and Data Engineer Associate, and a co-organizer of the Microsoft Azure Singapore user group. He lives by the motto of coding with passion and striving for excellence.

Ian Chew

Founder & CEO - Greenie Web

The internet is responsible for up to 1.6 gigatons of CO2 emission - more than the entire pre-COVID aviation industry combined. With rapid digitization by industry & tech adoption in the developing world, its projected to increase by 5 - 7 % a year. Most startups, expertise and capital are devoted to traditional decarbonization. Greenie Web is a Climate-Tech SaaS that fills the gap by tackling this entirely new category of digital decarbonization.In doing so, our work:
1) Enables enterprises achieve their net zero goals
2) Smoothens the energy transition by reducing internet-related energy consumption
3) Provides a low-carbon method to digitize traditional industries & build Web 3.0

Jordan Walsh

Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect - Postman

Jordan Walsh is a Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect at Postman. He has over 15 years of experience in the technology industry, and has worked on a variety of projects, including web products, mobile applications, and APIs. He is passionate about creating products that solve business problems, delight users, and generate revenue all at the same time.As a Solutions Architect @ Postman, Jordan helps customers adopt and use Postman to design, develop, and test APIs. He is also responsible for developing and delivering training and education materials on Postman.Jordan is a strong advocate for the use of APIs and believes that they are essential for the future of the technology industry. He is excited to share his knowledge and experience with the APIDays community and help them learn more about APIs and how to use them effectively.

Erik Wilde

OAI Ambassador @ OpenAPI Initiative - API Strategist and Content Creator at Getting APIs to Work

With over 10 years of experience in the API field, I am passionate about helping organizations on their digital transformation journeys, making sure that vision, strategy, and technology are aligned, and that they are driven by well-aligned business and organizational initiatives. As an OAI Ambassador at the OpenAPI Initiative, I promote the adoption and use of open standards and best practices for API design and management, and with Getting APIs to Work, I provide consulting and training services for API programs.I have a strong background in digital transformation, API design, and API governance, and I have contributed to many publications, patents, and standards. I have also worked with various industries and sectors, such as healthcare, education, finance, and government, to help them leverage the power and potential of APIs for innovation, integration, and automation. My mission is to help organizations get APIs to work in a truly transformative way, by ensuring that they have the right APIs, and that they design and manage them in the right way.

Jeremy Snyder

Founder and CEO - FireTail

Jeremy is the founder and CEO of FireTail.io, an end-to-end API security platform. Prior to FireTail, Jeremy worked in M&A at Rapid7, led sales at DivvyCloud, one of the earliest cloud security posture management companies, and also led AWS sales in southeast Asia. Jeremy started his career with 12 years in IT and cyber operations. He has an MBA from Mason, a BA in computational linguistics from UNC, speaks 5 languages and has lived in 5 countries.

Andrew Saunders

Architect - API Governance & Platforms - NAB

Andrew Saunders is a Senior Architect leading all things API at NAB. Andrew has been integrating distributed systems since the mid 90's and is a long term strategic thinker with a ceaseless desire to improve and simplify everything.

Leon Andrews

Principal, APIs and Product Engineering - Terem

Leon’s entire career since gaining a Masters degree in Information Systems & Technology in 1996 has been spent on genuinely disruptive digital solutions. With a background in humanities and a passion for art and design, he likes to apply a human-experience lens to everything he works on.Starting with the NetChannel UK Web-TV platform during the 1990s dotcom boom, he moved to Australia in 1998 and focused his career on job board, recruitment and HR systems.Leon designed and implemented Australia’s first commercial web service with 1999’s Jobnet Autoload product, and worked on pioneering SaaS recruitment platform HRX (now PeopleScout) until 2011.
Using these experiences as a foundation for a career in consulting, he now specialises in whole-of-business digital integration and API Management. He currently heads up Terem's API and Platform Engineering business in Sydney, advising businesses on API strategy from the smallest startup to the largest government agencies.

Dr. Adrien Oliva, Ph.D

Post-Doc in Multi-Cloud Genomic Research - CSIRO

I am a bioinformatician with over a decade of experience, I did a PhD on the study of evolutionary relationships and the impact of pangenome. Currently, I am engaged in cloud-based projects at CSIRO, focusing on the development and deployment of innovative platforms that combine my passion for bioinformatics with cloud computing technologies.

Erik Tveitnes

API Lead - REA

Liam Ford

Principal Engineering Manager - NAB

Liam Ford currently holds the position of Principal Engineering Manager at National Australia Bank. In this role, he leads a highly skilled Integration Design and Governance team and is responsible for ensuring that integration standards are adhered to, and appropriate patterns are utilized.Additionally, Liam and his team provide Design Services to customers, which includes designing integration patterns, establishing standards and governance, and creating designs for APIs, events, and microservices.Liam brings over 20 years of experience in Java Web Application Development across various industries. He is a certified developer in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Apache Kafka.Certifications:CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka
Confluent Fundamentals Accreditation
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Ramachandra Prabu

Vice President - Lead, Web & Hybrid Frontend UI/UX Architecture and Engineering - DBS Bank

I am a Senior Technology Leader and Executive Decision Maker who has been helping drive business change for stakeholders across multiple continents through my 18 years of experience in modern front-end web, hybrid and mobile frameworks, architecture, agile methodologies, public clouds, and DevOps. I have worked in banking, financial services, education, and healthcare sectors in international settings across Singapore and India. My expertise lies in UI/UX architecture, digital transformation, team management, and project delivery.

I have an outstanding track record in building automatic pipelines with quality gates, continuous integration, and continuous development with DevOps engineering. Additionally, I have a proven competence in providing architectural solutions for banking and financial domain projects and am proficient in public cloud computing. I have honed my skills in leading and working with high-performing, multi-cultural, and cross-functional teams in delivering and deploying multiple remote and on-site projects. My core programming language technical skills include Javascript, Angular, React, HTML & CSS, EXTJS, and Java.

My professional certifications include TOGAF - Enterprise Architecture Certification and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate. I am an expert in delivering internal and external presentations to technology and business experts, contributing to informed decision-making processes.

My key functional strengths include UI/UX Architecture, Front-end Web Development, Mobile, Micro front-ends & Hybrid Frameworks, Architectural Solutions, Public Cloud Computing, Strategic Planning & Digital Transformation, Project Management & Delivery, Agile Methodologies, CICD & DevOps Engineering, Executive & Team Leadership, and Stakeholder Relationship Management.

Tobias Polley

Managing Director - predic8 GmbH

Tobias Polley is CEO, architect, consultant and trainer at predic8 in Bonn, Germany. He spends most of his time with developers and architects helping them to become more productive. To enable faster time-to-market, he helps leverage cloud technologies. Together with his customers, he architects, sets up and secures Kubernetes clusters, API gateways as well as CI/CD chains for cloud native applications.Tobias contributes to several open source projects. He maintains the open source API gateway Membrane Service Proxy which helps companies secure their applications.
Focusing on cloud infrastructure, the interest in distributed systems comes in handy. He is amazed by (in)effective security measures competing with bureaucracy and clearly favors one over the other.Tobias enjoys doing Yoga with other Ashtangis as well as Middle Eastern cuisine.

Tim Pettersen

Head of Developer Experience - Atlassian

I’m currently a Senior Engineering Manager in Atlassian’s Ecosystem Platform organisation, leading a group of 8 teams across 3 countries. Our mission is developing Atlassian Forge, an innovative serverless platform tailored to the software ecosystem use-case. My previous career at Atlassian is rich in platform engineering, developer advocacy, and evangelism. I’ve played key roles in developing three generations of Atlassian’s sever and cloud ecosystem platforms, and working closely with the over 1,500+ partner organisations and tens of thousands of developers that build kick-ass apps on top of them.Though an engineering manager by trade; I prefer to think of myself as a product leader, and have worked both independently and in close partnership with product management and other functional leaders to define strategy and vision for the platforms that I’ve contributed to. I have a strong track record for innovation, and was a founding engineer on several key Atlassian product and platform offerings; including Atlassian Forge, Atlassian Connect, and Bitbucket Server (neé Stash).From a technology stand-point I’m passionate about the web, developer experience, and API design; and have a strong background in cloud architecture, Java, Node.js, browser technologies, and web security. I’m also a passionate writer and speaker, and have keynoted and presented on a wide variety of technical and engineering management topics at dozens of international software conferences including GlueCon, O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference, LinuxCon, GOTO Conf, Dreamforce, JavaOne, GDC, Git Merge, Atlas Camp, and the Atlassian Summit. My articles have been published on DZone, SiliconAngle, Hackernoon, and the Atlassian developer blog; and have been read by hundreds of thousands of developers.Though I enjoy engineering management for its own sake and have a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, I’m ultimately an engineer at heart. I'm at my happiest in a technical product or platform domain with developers as the primary audience of whatever my team is working on.

David Manolitsas

Software Developer - Marlo

Software Developer currently working at The Marlo Group, primarily working on Java Spring Boot APIs and Python application development. Experienced across all stages of agile software development, including planning, development, testing and deployment.

Dugald Morrow

Developer Advocate - Atlassian

A software engineer with a proven track record in a variety of disciplines including management, architecture, development and analysis.Experience has ranged from large scale, real time, distributed, mission critical systems to small technology startups.

Peter Marelas

Chief Architect and Head of Technical Specialists, APAC - New Relic

Analytical thinker and problem solver that enjoys working with teams to achieve a common goal, mentoring colleagues and sharing knowledge and lessons learnt with global audiences. I strive to establish credibility with colleagues and customers quickly and forge long lasting and trusted relationships. I possess strong communication and facilitation skills and am comfortable presenting to small and large audiences, spanning technical and management roles. I am passionate about technology and can acquire new concepts and skills quickly and excel under demanding situations.

Marie-Claire Ross

CEO of Trustologie -

“You can’t talk your way into trust; you have to behave your way into it.” Marie-Claire RossAs human beings, we want to be with other humans and be part of something bigger and better than we can create on our own. We love being part of an energetic team that has plenty of solutions and excited discussions.Yet, remote work has made us feel disconnected and depleted.I believe that employees are calling out for a new leadership style. One where they feel trusted. Our deepest need is to be visible, feel heard and that we belong. We want people to trust us to do a good job, to value what we do and involve us in their future plans.I believe that building trust in leadership teams, and amongst leaders, has a multiplier effect on the success of an organisation. Without it, growth stalls. Leaders make slow decisions, are disinterested in others or work in their silo. You could say I am like a torch bearer. I help leaders expand their leadership capabilities to shine light in lots of different directions so that people feel safe. Creating a trusted team environment where people thrive - working together to solve problems, kick goals and be accountable.After eight years of research and implementation, I have created the SUCCEeD Together Trust Framework® that helps leaders more easily identify and understand trust issues so they can talk about, and solve them. HOW I WORK❶ With leadership teams using my proprietary SUCCEeD Together Trust Framework® Assessments
❷ Keynote speaker
❸ Workshop Facilitator & Trust Leadership CoachingWHAT PEOPLE SAY “Marie-Claire’s workshop was phenomenal. Everyone has been given some very good tools and questions to improve trust. Absolutely phenomenal.” Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas UNIQUE EXPERIENCE>Author of the book, TRUSTED TO THRIVE: How leaders create connected and accountable teams.>Co-founded Digicast Productions and built it to a 15 person firm.>More than 20 years of experience working with CEOs and senior leaders at companies such as ATO, Petronas, Novartis and Pitcher partners.>Wrote the book Transform your Safety Communication reaching No. 3 on Amazon.>Designed and developed over 120 training videos for over 30 companies including modules on site safety, toolbox talks, manual handling, sales training, company processes and new starter inductions.✭Access my free Special Report, “Building a Cohesive Leadership Team” - visit https://www.marie-claireross.com/building-a-cohesive-leadership-team.✭

Tereze Gaile

Technical Architect - MuleSoft

Tereze Gaile is a Technical Architect based in Wellington, New Zealand and she is also the global Sustainability SME at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company. She plays a critical role in helping organizations connect their systems, applications and data to accelerate their digital maturity. Tereze has defined MuleSoft’s point of view on sustainability, is the lead author of the ‘Sustainability Guide for Salesforce Technology’, spoken at a number of conferences and partnered with multiple international organizations to drive their digital net zero journey. She is also the co-founder of multiple technology focussed DEI groups like Codename MAXINE and Women Who Mule. She has worked at both small and large consultancies like Deloitte as a technical business analyst, developer and integration architect. Her specialist areas include integration, MuleSoft, API-led connectivity, cloud computing, technical architecture, green code / sustainable software engineering, digital sustainability and circular economy complimented by multiple professional certifications:
* MuleSoft Certified Developer - Level 1 (Mule 4)
* MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect - Level 1 (MCA)
* MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect - Level 1 (MCIA)
* Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
* MuleSoft Certified Developer - API Design Associate (RAML 1.0)
* Salesforce Certified Administrator
* Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies (Cambridge Judge Business School)
* Green Software for Practitioners (Linux Foundation)Outside of work, Tereze is an avid hiker and has a deep love for the natural world. On occasion she can also be found at her local crossfit ‘box’.

James Moschou

Founder of Criteria -

Currently building Criteria, the collaborative platform for designing customer-centric APIs.Love to help other API product managers and engineers deliver better experiences for developers and customers.

Samrat Seal

Portfolio Product Owner - Telstra

With over 20 years of experience in product ownership and delivery management, Samrat is a passionate and visionary leader who leverages emerging and disruptive technologies to create innovative and secure solutions for customers across various industries. He is currently a Portfolio Product Owner at Telstra, where he is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of cloud-native service orchestration, API, and secured integration products.Samrat has a proven track record of building complex and high-visibility missions, using agile methodologies, DevOps & DevSecOps practices and human-centric design principles. He has extensive knowledge and skills in cloud computing, service orchestration & integration, API management, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence, and he has secured a Master of Cyber Security degree to further enhance his expertise and leadership in this domain. Samrat is driven by the mission of empowering customers and stakeholders with value-added and secure business outcomes throughout their digital journey.

Sreeni Thimmareddy

Chapter Lead, Network & Service Orchestration - Telstra

Sreeni is an experienced architect with 20+ years of experience in Solution Architecture & Governance, Technology Strategies in the core areas of Integration & BPM. Also have extensive experience in Infrastructure design and migration of applications from on premise to Cloud Technologies.Well experienced in designing and delivering complex IT solutions involving large teams and multiple stakeholders in the delivery of full life cycle of projects using Agile methodologies, DevOps practices with a strong focus on program governance and design authority. Industry Domains: Telecommunications, Banking, Insurance and Retail
Functions: Chapter Lead, Domain Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Lead Architect BPM & Integration (ANZ Practice), Integration Architect, Solution Architect, SME for Middleware Products

William Mckee

Software Developer - McDepth

William currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand where he studies at Massey University and works as a sole-trader doing web developer for small business including Wear New Zealand and Hot Yoga Works.He enjoys PC gaming, travel, engaging with others at conferences/meetups/hackathons and Typescript.

Leoren Tesaluna

Senior Platform Engineer - Wesfarmers OneDigital

Justin Bugeja

Cloud Engineer - Wesfarmers OneDigital

Ambitious technologist with a special interest in cloud innovation. Strong business acumen and experience in a diverse range of programming languages. Currently working as an AWS Cloud Engineer at Wesfarmers.

Carlos Rodriguez Iturria

Principal Director and Practice Lead - Data Integration, API and Security - foryouandyourcustomers

I am extremely passionate about people, technology and the most effective ways to connect the two by sharing my knowledge and experience.Working collaboratively with customers and partners inspires and excites me, especially when the outcome is noticeable valuable to a business and results in true innovation. I enjoy learning and teaching, as I recognise that this is a critical aspect of remaining at the forefront of technology in the modern era.Over the past 15+ years, I have developed and defined solutions that are reliable, secure and scalable, working closely with a diverse range of stakeholders. I enjoy leading engagements and am very active in the technical communities – both internal and external. I have stood out as a noticeable mentor running technology events across major cities in Australia and New Zealand, including various technology areas such as, Enterprise Integrations, API Management, Cloud Integration, IaaS and PaaS adoption, DevOps, Continuous Integration, Continuous Automation among others. In recent years, I have shaped my role and directed my capabilities towards educating and architecting benefits for partners using APIs and Cloud Native technologies. I get especially excited when I am able to position both as a way to exceed my customers’ expectations.

Wayne Allan

Group Product Manager - Platforms - VistaPrint / 99designs

A Software Developer turned Product Manager, I love working with great people to build great experiences!What I've learn't so far…Non-technical
- Product Management: Strategy, User research, Product architecture, OKRs, Market sizing, Prioritisation, Partnerships, Go to market
- Product Development: Lean, Agile, RASCI, Prioritisation, Custodianship
- Software Development: Continuous Delivery, Automated Testing, Paired Programming
- People Management: Hiring, Mentoring, Managing, Difficult conversationsTechnical
- Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ReactJS, Webpack, Bootstrap, NodeJS, Yarn
- Application: Java (Advanced), Ruby (Intermediate), C# (Intermediate), PHP (Intermediate)
- Database: MSSQL, MySQL, DB2, Hibernate, Active Record
- AWS: EC2, Cloud formation, SQS, SES, S3, RDS- Build: Buildkite, Maven, Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity, MSBuild, PowerShell
- Test: RSpec, JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, Concordion, Sonar Code Analytics
- Deploy: MSDeploy- Servers: Tomcat, WebSphere, JBoss, Apache, IIS, RESTful services
- OS: Linux, Windows, OSX, Solaris
- Scripting: Shell, Batch, Powershell
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Vagrant, VirtualBox- Source Control: GIT, Mercurial, BitBucket GitHub
- Dependancy: Gems, Artifactory, Nexus, NuGet
- Collaboration: Confluence Wiki, GitHub, Trello, JIRA Issue Tracker
- IDE: Intellij, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Sublime, Vim- Images: Sketch, Framer, GIMP, InkScape, Photoshop
- Audio: Cubase, GuitarPro, MIDIReferees on request.

Nikhil Patinge

Director - WoVG Data Integration (API Capability) Service - the Department of Government Services

I am a people leader and digital & data analytics subject matter expert with more than a decade of experience in executive and technology management positions. I am passionate about unleashing the power of data through analytics and digital transformation for better decision-making and enhanced customer experience. I lead high-performing teams to deliver it by developing technology products and service design.I currently head the Whole of the Victorian Government's (WoVG) API Capability Program, which constitutes a central Data Integration Platform and engagement services, providing departments and agencies across Vic Gov the capability to access cross-jurisdictional data and content in turn improving the effectiveness and overall experience of delivering services to citizens and businesses.

Dominic Lovell

Solutions Engineering Manager - Akamai

Dominic Lovell is the Solutions Engineering Manager for Akamai Technologies across Australia and New Zealand. Dominic has a strong technical background in web development, cloud and cybersecurity. Prior to Akamai he ran the development team for one of Australia's largest ecommerce brands.

Akshay Adsul

Customer Success Engineer - Solo.io

Experienced DevOps Specialist with extensive experience in the IT industry across the globe. Currently based in Sydney. Skilled in CI/CD using DevOps tools, Automation, Kubernetes, Administration of IBM Middleware Stack and Environment/Infrastructure Management for Cloud and on prem servers. Eloquent communication skills with a flair for conducting Training’s and Mentoring new hires.

Edna Randiki

Head of Technology and Data Risk - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

A talented and industrious Risk and Technology Professional with extensive and proven expertise and a reputation for delivering results. Thinks and operates strategically, with acute commercial acumen and the ability to deliver effective solutions and objectives across multiple industry sectors. Specialties: Business and IT Strategy, Audit, business process modelling, Prince 2, PMP, program management, change management, data management, design, disaster recovery planning, ITIL, COBIT, policy analysis, presentation skills, systems development, technical support, business analysis activities, business case development, program governance, gathering business requirements

Melania Torres-Sturt

Cloud Governance Service Owner - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Dr. Mik Kersten

CTO of Planview, Author of Project to Product -

Dr. Mik Kersten is the CEO of Tasktop Technologies, creator and leader of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project and inventor of the task-focused interface. As a research scientist at Xerox PARC, Mik implemented the first aspect-oriented programming tools for AspectJ. He created Mylyn and the task-focused interface during his PhD in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. Mik has been an Eclipse committer since 2002, is an elected member of the Eclipse Board of Directors and serves on the Eclipse Architecture and Planning councils. Mik's thought leadership on task-focused collaboration makes him a popular speaker at software conferences, and he was voted a JavaOne Rock Star speaker in 2008 and 2009. Mik enjoys building tools that offload our brains and make it easier to get creative work done.

Kate Monckton

Cyber Partner - Deloitte

I came into cyber security and privacy from a pretty non traditional background. My degree is in German and Philosophy and I started my career in strategic sales and marketing consulting. But thanks to a series of fortunate events, I ended up in an industry I believe in, working with people who inspire me.I’ve worked for and with amazing global tech companies and more recently spent over ten years in various senior cyber and privacy leadership roles at the National Broadband Network (NBN Co)In my current role as a Partner in the Deloitte cyber team I look after the Sydney Data and Privacy team, I am the Technology, Media and Telco Sectors Lead and Sydney Market Leader. I am the mum to two young children and feel passionately about driving and loudly supporting sustainable change that enables everyone to love what they do at work and at home.

Vikas Yandamuri

Director - Cloud Security | Data Security | Cloud Integrations | Cyber Risk - Deloitte Australia

★ Enthusiastic cyber security professional with expertise in Solutions architecture, Technical Pre Sales, Product Management , Defining Go-To Market , Product and Business strategies.★ Extensive experience in Cloud Access security broker (CASB) and Data centric audit, protection (DCAP) platforms, cyber security,cloud security,data security , multiple cloud SaaS applications, web applications and telecommunications (ICT) industry.★ Security solutions architect/ Cloud security integration specialist translating complex customer,partner and business requirements into technical specifications for appropriate solution architectures.
★ Security solution design for 80+ Integrations for Cloud to Cloud applications and Cloud to on premise applications★ Expertise in product management & in defining product creation, evolution, sustenance delivery of data security products and platforms in various phases of the product life cycle★ Proven track record in:
✔ Incubating new products and solutions
✔ Expanding and maturing existing solutions
✔ Managing the entire product development cycle from Idea to Launch.
✔ Chartering the long & short-term product and platform strategies
✔ Identifying & managing alliance/partner solutions

Adam Malone

Head of Customer Engineering (APAC) - Hasura

Hi, I'm Adam and I'm passionate about all things digital.Having grown up seeing the global transition to a world where the internet was ubiquitous, I decided to align my career to my passions of:- Digital innovation
- Driving accelerated success through technology and alliance partnerships
- Technology-driven, user-first transformation
- Privacy, security, and an open internetWith over 10 years of experience in digital technologies and platforms as well as a background spanning sales, solutions, consulting, and development, I know what success looks like and how to get there.I enjoy:
- Using both my industry and sector experience as well as my passion for technology and its application to guide technology transformations
- Solving business problems more smartly and efficiently using technology
- Developing relationships between customers, vendors and partners to mutually grow ecosystems
- Building a better world as we grow symbiotically reliant on technology

Paul Cardamone

Enterprise Solutions Architect - Integration - Software AG

Experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in Integration, Oracle Database, Databases, XML, Solution Architecture, and Enterprise Architecture.

Joe Nightingale

Enterprise Solutions Architect - Integration - Software AG

Jack Skinner

CTO / Founder / Partnerships Lead / Principal Consultant - FrontGate

I'm the founder of FrontGate, Partnerships Lead at Everest Engineering and Independent Principal Consultant at CTO For Hire. That is to say I'm a wearer of many hats. When not working with APIs, I'm usually found posting photos of his puppy on ~~Twitter~~ and changing my hair colour just to keep it fun.As an independent consultant I specialise in building world-class teams delivering great products and services for their customers. You can think of me as your CTO for hire. As an experienced technology leader, I consult to small and medium sized technology businesses (think ~5 to 30 people). I focus software teams on what really matters, delivering great quality products and services to their customers.

Gautam Rewati

Solutions Engineer - Couchbase

Gautam is an accomplished Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer with Machine Learning Operations skills with over a decade of industry experience in the design, architect, management and delivery of a variety of software solutions and services to the clients internationally, with primary focus on Solution Architect and design, DevOps, CI/CD, Automation for highly sophisticated and performant enterprise grade systems including Training, Deployment and Scoring pipelines for Machine Learning Models. Cloud Computing. His rich experience and desire to continuously learn and grow drives him to research, apply practical knowledge gained over the years to design and deliver best projects on par with industry standards.Gautam is a focused individual with the ability to work collaboratively within diverse teams in multi-stakeholder client facing settings and is recognised as a highly professional and knowledgeable. He is seeking exciting new career opportunities to expand his horizons and continue to grow.

Tom Howard

Software Delivery Manager - Digizoo

As a seasoned engineering leader and consultant with over 25 years of experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge in IT architecture and software engineering. My expertise lies in advising large organizations and providing technical guidance to medium-sized organizations looking to re-engineer their systems and procedures. I have a proven track record of managing technical engineering teams, delivering value to stakeholders, and leveraging my deep understanding of technology, business strategies, and product management to provide insightful leadership.In my recent roles at Greater Bank and Pacific National, I have demonstrated my ability to drive significant digital transformation projects, implement modern software delivery processes, and improve system security and efficiency. I have successfully navigated complex challenges, providing strategic foresight and mitigating risks to keep projects moving forward.I am passionate about reducing unnecessary costs to business processes and have consistently demonstrated this through my work. I am seeking opportunities to act as an advisor to executive boards, providing recommendations for service improvements and project development. My goal is to add value to technical teams and help organizations navigate the complexities of digital transformation.

Paul Bradley

COO & Co-Founder - Excelsa

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Mobile Content, Telco, Mobile Applications, Software as a Service (SaaS) and APIs. Strong information technology professional graduated from Imperial College London.