Platforms, Products, and People: The Power of APIs in the Age of AI

Quy-Doan Do

APAC Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation - BNP Paribas

Within Investment Solutions, Doan is responsible for Data Services products in Asia Pacific (APAC). He also leads the Digital Transformation and Innovation office for CIB Securities Services in APAC and supports Client Development from a Technology standpoint for strategic clients in the region. He is based in Singapore.

Doan joined the bank in 1998 in Singapore and spent most of his career within Corporate & Investment Banking Technology notably in Paris and London. Back in Singapore since 2011, Doan had held regional management roles with Global Markets technology. He was most recently in charge of Digital & Innovation, as well as, Enterprise Architecture at CIB APAC level.

Education. Doan holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Centrale/Supelec Engineering School in France.

Saurabh Chaubey

Platform Lead Engineer - QBE

Experienced technology professional with a demonstrated history of delivering excellent customer outcomes spanning multiple industry verticals: Insurance, Investment Banking, Government & Telecommunications. Able to harness technical expertise to craft scalable, flexible, and resilient Cloud-Native Architectures and best practices in System Integration, Platform Automation and DevOps.

Specialise in designing and implementing cloud solutions, enabling migration of workloads to the Cloud and building serverless applications and microservices.

Passionate for advocating best practices and employing relevant architectural patterns. Keen to learn new technologies along with running proof of concept evaluations.

Gaurav Verma

Chief Engineer - Commonwealth Bank

Excited to be leading a small talented team building an API platform which facilitates creation of scalable, secure, consistent and easy to consume APIs. More importantly, the platform will enable external developers and partners to integrate with bank’s internal systems.

From my past life, I am beyond convinced that a DevOps culture within the team and CI/CD principles for software delivery are absolutely vital for delivering high quality software/applications at a rapid pace.

Always trying to search for best practices, learn new tools/techniques/languages/frameworks, find the next awesome thing. Huge fan of applications/tools that keep simple things simple and make complex possible.

Colleen Pender

Head of Technology, Technology Services - National Australia Bank

Sebastin Jayaraj Tamilarasan

Enterprise Integration Architect - Paxus

Possess more than 12 years of experience Information Technology professional with Integration and API Design and Development, Integration Consultant, Integration Analyst, and System Administrator experience in the IT-enabled services industry.

Hands-on experience in providing Integration, Middleware, and API-related design, development, and support services to various customers and domains which includes retail, bank, government, utilities, and entertainment.

Creative, resourceful, and flexible, able to adapt to changing priorities and maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethic.

Nikhil Patinge

Director – WoVG Digital Integration Service - 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.

Liam Ford

Principal Engineer - NAB

Liam Ford, Principal Engineer at National Australia Bank. In my role, I lead the Payment Orchestration Team, overseeing the design, development, and implementation of innovative payment solutions. My responsibilities include driving technical strategy, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring the scalability and reliability of our payment systems. 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:

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
AWS Knowledge: Serverless
Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

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.

Nina Karisik

Software Engineer - Mypass Global

A Software Engineer with a keen interest in making technology accessible for all.

As a tech speaker, coding mentor, and nominee for the WITWA Woman of the Year, I'm striving to transform 'otherness' into 'oneness' in the tech world. I'm here to turn 'bugs' into 'features' and 'problems' into 'opportunities' - in coding and in life!

Rajesh Bavanantham

Principal Architect - MLC Life Insurance

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.

Mehdi Medjaoui

Founder and Chairman of Apidays Conferences, Author of Continuous API Management - Apidays

Mehdi Medjaoui is the founder of APIdays conferences series worldwide, that he started in 2012 in Paris. He is highly involved in the API community and API Industry, and is a current author, lecturer, consultant and investor in the API space. In 2011 he co-founded OAuth.io, a SaaS OAuth API middleware for OAuth integration and implementation used by 40,000+ developers, that had been acquired in December 2017. His research involves publishing the API Industry Landscape and the yearly State of Banking APIs.

Saul Caganoff

Principal - Deloitte Australia

Saul Caganoff is Principal and CTO within Deloitte’s Platform Engineering team. He has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry, specializing in systems integration. Saul has been influential in driving Deloitte’s microservices and API strategies, design and implementation capabilities as well as in promoting APIs within the developer and business community.

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.

Sorabh Mendiratta

Principal Engineer - NAB

Multi-cloud certified, Full stack architect with more than 17 years of hands-on IT experience.

I have successfully led a number of migration, implementation, design, and strategy projects for Fin-techs/Retail customers. Helping organizations to establish and grow technical teams, deliver strategic roadmaps, stakeholder management. Experience working with multiple cross-functional, distributed teams and supporting global customers.

Enjoy being hands-on and developing Cloud native applications.

Gyanendra Nath

Product Owner - Tooling -

Technology Leader with experience of around 12+ years in Technology / Test Management / COE/ Program Management / Delivery / Localisation strategy / 3rd party Vendor Management / Stakeholder management / Client relationship & Transitions across Banking, Healthcare & Insurance Domains.

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.

JeongSuk Lee

Senior Cloud Engineer - ANZ

Experienced DevOps Engineer and Consultant with over 14 years in software engineering and cloud advisory roles. Specializes in optimizing enterprise applications and mission-critical systems. Proficient in a wide range of programming languages and cloud technologies. Holds an MBA in Financial Engineering and an MSc from EDHEC Business School. Certified FinOps Practitioner and AWS Database Specialist. Proven track record in driving operational efficiency and enhancing automation at ANZ and AWS.

Arsalan Ellahi

Principal Architect - Kiwibank

I like to empower scale-ups or incumbents with long-term competitive advantage for sustainable growth and high performing teams using fit-for-purpose architecture patterns and practice.

Experienced in FinTech, FitTech, AgriTech, Telco and Retail domains.

Aden Forshaw

CTO / Founder - ThatAPICompany

My ultimate goal is to build companies that use technology for social good. For that I’m leveraging 18+ years of hands on software engineering, team building, and leadership experience.

My aim now is to give back to the next generation of developers, and work on projects that have worldwide scale & impact.

Anand Tamboli

Founder/Director - 3DOTS Studios

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.

Kirah Sapong

Senior Software Engineer - Block

Building Web5 and tbDEX for an open and decentralized web.

Started my career journey in communications and media but loved tech and startup culture. Over the past several years I joined a number of startups spanning domains that included finance, retail, genomics, and more, until co-founding and selling my own startup before moving on to join global companies. In my spare time I enjoy tinkering with new tech and exploring UX/UI patterns across the web.

Aden de Leeuw

Director, Application Development & Integration - Defence Housing Australia

As the Director of Application Development and Integration with Defence Housing Australia (DHA), my role involves leading our software engineering, testing, and ICT architecture teams. Our primary goal is to develop robust systems that aid DHA in its core mission: offering affordable and quality housing to the Australian Defence Force.

Jacob Bednarz

Systems Engineer - Control Plane - Cloudflare

Jeremy Glassenberg

Product Lead, APIs - DocuSign

Experienced product leader of over 16 years with a proven track record of building APIs and growing developer ecosystems at successful startups such as Box and Tradeshift. I've managed and expanded communities of tens of thousands of developers, executed high-profile integrations promoted by Salesforce and Google, and led application marketplaces that were key to their companies' growth and retention. While focused on Product Management and APIs, I also manage developer relation programs and application marketplaces.

Bruno Watt

Managing Director - Hypermedia.tech

I live in the world where business and technology intersect.

Prasanna Dangalla

Senior Software Engineer - Leecare

Experienced software engineer with 10+ years in the industry. Skilled in a variety of technologies and dedicated to innovation and problem-solving. Strong ability to collaborate with diverse teams and deliver high-quality results. Seeking a challenging role to leverage expertise and drive growth.
● Expert in API Management
● A designer and developer of WSO2 API Manager

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.

Sophia Willows

Head of Engineering - Rye

Software engineer and your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.

I’m a strong engineering professional with experience in a wide variety of technologies and an understanding of all the messy details involved in building and shipping complete products, particularly when requirements are unclear and there are multiple competing target personas.

I believe that the role of engineering and business should be to improve society. I specialize in building accessible, performant, usable software systems which add value across an entire ecosystem — in contrast to simply shifting value from one party to another. My core interests are in EdTech and natural language processing due to their impact potential.

Outside of my job I volunteer with NZOI, am working with the University of Waikato to develop NLP tooling for te reo Māori, and offer advice to entrepreneurs and businesses.

Alex Barnett

Head of DevRel & Community - Postman

Alex is a results-oriented senior developer relations leader with 20 years of internet-related business experience. He's passionate about technology, developers as a customer, ecosystems & platforms development, as well as leading & developing high performing teams at world-class enterprise technology companies such as Postman, Intuit, RMS and Microsoft, as well as PaaS and web development start-ups. In various roles he has been responsible for business and technical strategy, planning and execution of developer marketing, platform evangelism, technical and business education, and technical support and partner success.

Chuck Herrin

Field CISO & Customer Advocate - F5

Chuck Herrin is Field CISO & Customer Advocate at F5. He joined the company through the acquisition of Wib Security, where he held the position of CTO.

In the 20 years prior to Wib, Chuck held a variety of CISO and technology leadership roles, including EVP and CISO for Texas Capital Bank and end to end responsibility for Security, Risk, and Compliance for AIG’s Consumer Group.

Chuck is passionate about security and particularly interested in emerging threats and the rise of generative AI, microservices, and APIs in modern applications

Derrick Hodges

Director, Solution Engineering, Australia & New Zealand - Solace

Derrick helps Solace clients across Australia and New Zealand better understand how event-driven architecture, and Solace’s products in particular, can improve their responsiveness and agility by enabling a real-time flow of information across their enterprise. Derrick has been with Solace for five years; before that he served in a variety of consulting roles with IBM, Progress Software, and most recently Oracle. Derrick holds a bachelors of science degree in communications and video imaging from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.

Yong Sheng Tan

Solutions Architect - Orkes

I am a financial technology professional excited about delivering solutions that drive efficiency from increased automation, systems collaboration, or workflow re-engineering. I have a technical background in software development across web, mobile and desktop solutions as well as a deep appreciation of enterprise architecture and cloud infrastructure. I am adept in managing software delivery lifecycles using the Agile methodology and believe firmly in elevating business value as an outcome to improve business-technology synergy.

Laura Schaufelberger

Software Engineer - ANZ

Anand Rai

Field CTO - Traceable AI

Anand Rai is a seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience in driving digital innovation.

A recognized thought leader in API security, cloud security, and zero trust architectures, Anand has held significant roles in global organizations where he has successfully led complex API security initiatives.

He is also the author of the book “Bootstrapping Service Mesh Implementations with Istio,” which offers practical insights and guidance on implementing service mesh architectures using Istio.

As Field CTO at Traceable AI, Anand specializes in API security, helping organizations safeguard their most critical assets in today’s increasingly interconnected world.

Jordan Walsh

Strategic Solutions Engineer - Postman

Jordan Walsh is a Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer 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.

Giri Venkatesan

Principal Developer Advocate, CTO Office - Solace

Giri is a Developer Advocate with extensive experience in various technical domains, including Integration and Master Data Management. He started his engineering journey in the classic EAI & B2B Integration space and has been a part of the Integration evolution culminating in modern EDA, Microservices, Spring, and other Low-code/no-code frameworks. He has a keen interest in building and promoting creative solutions and is a huge fan of open-source standards and applications. He is excited to identify and explore tools and frameworks to aid Businesses in their quest for achieving efficiency and increased productivity.

Jack Skinner

CTO For Hire & Founder - FrontGate.app

Jack is a consultant CTO For Hire, specialising in all things web and APIs. He consults to small and growing software companies on patterns and practices for scaling teams and technology. He’s spent the past decade growing technical communities as a speaker, organiser, facilitator and coach.

Addison Schultz

Developer Relations Lead - GitBook

Addison Schultz is a web developer & designer working and living in Tokyo, JP. He leads the developer relations team at GitBook, a tool for technical teams to document their products and APIs. He's been working the last 6 years on collaborative tooling, he’s worked with some of the world’s leading design and development companies, providing product teams with advice and industry advice on how teams can build better products, faster.

Erwin van der Koogh

Customer Architect - honeycomb.io

Ex-developer/tech lead, recovering management consultant, currently in the biggest challenge of my career as a startup founder of Linc.

Linc is a front-end application development platform that gives you a working, unique preview URL for every single commit in all your environments (yes, including production).

Evelyn Bayes

Customer Success Architect -

A Customer Success Architect with a passion for Open Source software, Big Data and Machine Learning!

Reece Ramsay

Technical Success Manager - New Relic

Reece Ramsay is a Technical Success Manager at New Relic, with a career history focused on infrastructure, DevOps, and observability. Throughout his professional journey, Reece has cultivated a deeply curious mindset, constantly exploring new technologies and methodologies to optimize system performance and reduce costs. His extensive experience in managing complex IT environments naturally led to an interest in large language models and their impact on infrastructure and costs.

Roy Mor

Software Architect -

Creative developer, architect and tech leader who likes building stuff, solving problems and having fun while at it.

Experienced in a variety of domains (web development, cloud services, embedded systems, test automation, data engineering) and R&D cultures - from early-stage startups to large corporates. Currently interested in building AI and LLM-powered apps and products (AI agents, RAG pipelines, bots, APIs).

Dasith Wijesiriwardena

Senior Software Engineer - Microsoft

I am a polyglot software engineer with experience in consulting environments as well as solution architecture. I have been working with Microsoft technologies for close to 2 decades. My focus is distributed systems and I have extensive experience in development across the stack. In most of my development projects I employ an Agile method of development with emphasis on good design principles, manageable codebases and scalability. These days I mostly utilize Azure and AWS offerings to design & deliver cloud native solutions.

Currently my attention is on cloud native solutions and Kubernetes on edge:
➢ Converting monolithic systems into modularized cohesive parts + microservices.
➢ Event sourcing, CQRS & Eventually consistent models and distributed systems.
➢ Event driven serverless solutions. (Azure Event Hub / Event Grid with Azure Functions or AWS SQS and AWS Lambda).
➢ Containerised workloads and orchestration (Kubernetes, Dapr + Tye).
➢ Running intelligent systems on edge using Kubernetes and modern workflows using GitOps.

Carlos Rodriguez Iturria

CTO - Synapsewerx

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.

Mamta Sarangal

Chief Architect - CC&C Solutions

Shaugh McIntosh

Head of API Strategy - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Shaugh is an experienced technology leader with a background in Software Engineering. Until this year he was responsible for all internet banking channels for Bendigo Bank, leading a large multi-disciplinary team through a digital transformation.More recently he has stepped into the role of Delivery Owner for APIs, working to accelerate the move to APIs as Products across Technology and Business.

Shreshta Shyamsundar

Distinguished Technologist - Infosys Limited

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.

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.

Nick Blyth

Managing Director - Singularity Tech

Nick founded Singularity Tech with the objective to help Australian businesses uplift their APIs, Microservices and DevOps capabilities. Over the last five years the team has helped different government agencies and ASX100 clients on their API led digital transformation journeys.

Chris Walsh

Technical Director - Step Zero

Chris has over 20 years of experience in technology. He has held roles ranging from CIO/CTO in large multinational corporations to CTO in consulting services organisations across Australia. Over the last three years, he has been responsible for Platform Engineering and APIs for the NSW Government and License Platforms.

Pooja Mistry

Developer Advocate - Postman

Pooja Mistry(@poojamakes) is a Developer Advocate at Postman, an API platform with over 20 million users. She is passionate about the intersection of technology and community, and she works to expand the reach of Postman’s API Platform to developers worldwide. Before working at Postman, Pooja led the Partnership Advocacy Program at IBM and worked to build communities around sharing technology insights in the API, APIOps, Integration, and Data and AI space. Pooja loves to learn, teach, and share her knowledge with developers. Along with being a proud plant mom, she strongly believes in helping new technologists get up and running with technology and feel confident in their abilities to make!

Dontae Tyler

CEO - OQP Solutions

Dontae Tyler is the founder of OQP Solutions, a US based cybersecurity consulting firm that empowers user and business communities to secure their digital landscapes. With over nine years of experience supporting several US federal agencies within Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of State (DOS) and certifications including CISSP, CISM, CEH and Security+, Dontae demystifies cybersecurity through practical, real-world solutions. His mission is to make cybersecurity accessible to all, challenging the status quo with innovation and passion.

Aron Marden

Principal Solutions Consultant - New Relic

Aron is a Principal Solutions Consultant at New Relic. He has been working in the technology space for over 15 years with a background in SysOps, System and Solution Architecture and a hobby developer – finding his passion at New Relic for the last 5 years, instrumenting and collecting data from systems that have no right to be instrumented and gaining answers to broad and complex questions with vast and unique datasets.

Emily Melhuish

Staff Engineer - Multitudes

I love to be involved in a range of things from blowing up circuits to riding horses to rockets. I'm an Electrical Engineer by trade but have found myself working in the realms of software and data science. From wrangling car dealer's data at Trade Me, to automating rocket engine testing analysis at Rocket Lab to working with cows at Halter, I've picked up a rather diverse skillset. With a passion for both hardware and software, I hope to combine the two to make technology smarter and more sustainable. Currently, I'm leading engineering at Multitudes.

My main goal in life is to one day have an all-electric, self-driving car that can pull the horse float. Maybe there's a rocket somewhere in there too.