Connecting Physical and Digital: Sustainable APIs for the Era of AI, Super and Quantum Computing

Sergio Giraldo

IT Lead - ING

Throughout my career, I have been leading teams and individuals to achieve their highest performance. I am a proven leader experienced in integrating enterprise vision and strategy with technical teams and consistently deliver value to our customers, external or internal.

I rely on my skills in software development and architecture, innovation and creativity methods, agile and lean approaches, data science and machine learning techniques plus a myriad of strategies to motivate and coach.

I am a continuous (almost obsessed) learner, always aware of new and innovative matters, which I can temper with my experience.

Andrew Humphreys

Senior Director Analyst, APIs and Integration - Gartner

Andrew is a Senior Director, Analyst for Gartner focused on Integration and API strategies. Throughout his career he has demonstrated sustained technical leadership working with customers to deliver successful projects using leading-edge software technologies and products. He has a combination of broad architectural skills and deep specialist knowledge in the areas of API Management, messaging, SOA, integration and BPM. His combination of technical knowledge and real-life project experience results in continuous requests to support various customer activities, including external speaker engagements, invitations to contribute to external publications, executive briefings, architectural / QA reviews and providing technical leadership in the delivery of projects.

Vesa Vähämaa

Head of Group IT, Software - Finnlines Plc

Head of Corporate IT, Team Leader and Enterprise Software Architect. Experience to manage and design high availability and high volume IT-solutions. 20 years experience to manage IT projects in client side. 14 years experience to supply IT projects to client. Ability to get result fast and efficient way together with the team. Encourage team member to take responsibility and reward work well done. Very good knowledge of business processes between shipper, carrier, agents, port operators and authorities. Excellent knowledge of data models, processes in Financials systems. Excellent knowledge of data models&processes in shipping business of ro-ro and passenger services business and business processes of stevedore company in harbor. Experience also to design&build data warehouse solutions.

Jean Burellier

Principal Engineer, Platform Team Lead - Sanofi

Being associated with the industry since 2012, I have worked as a Developer, Leader, Architect and now Principal Engineer to build, architect and improve solutions based on APIs and real time communication.

I have been thanked for my work around automation of processes allowing the companies to greatly increase the efficiency of their workflows while improving the developer experience and the quality in the final product. My colleagues know me as a good communicator who likes to use an interactive approach for understanding the requirements and solving problems of varied scope.Working with a plethora of roles - both technical and business - such as lead architect, staff engineer, project manager and CxO but also legal team I have been able to develop keen eyes for various technicalities which helped me in maximizing our products impact's for our customers.

Lukáš Ďurovský

Staff Software Engineer - Thermo Fisher Scientific

I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific with 10 years of experience crafting clean, efficient, and secure software solutions. My passion lies in building robust and scalable systems, particularly within the realm of distributed systems architecture. I'm a strong advocate for clear and maintainable code, believing that well-written code is essential for long-term project success. My focus on efficiency extends beyond code optimization, encompassing the entire software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance.

Beyond technical expertise, I value the importance of secure APIs in today's interconnected world. I actively seek to stay abreast of emerging security threats and best practices to ensure the integrity and protection of sensitive data. I'm constantly learning and experimenting with new technologies and methodologies, always eager to share my knowledge and collaborate with others within the software development community.

Vlad Stirbu

Post-doctoral Researcher - University of Jyväskylä

Over 15 years of experience in IT industry, having worked as researcher in teams that developed web based solutions for smart spaces and augmented reality, and software engineer and architect in teams that develop medical grade IoT systems. His focus is on APIs and distributed systems. Recently he developed a keen interest in bridging compliance and software development practices.

Marjukka Niinioja

APItalista & Founding Partner - Osaango

Founder of Osaango Ltd (www.osaango.com) which offers services in the API and Data Economy.I'm a business and technical consultant, speaker at API conferences, co-author of API Economy 101 book, as well as the “Mother” of the lean, open and business-oriented APIOps Cycles www.apiopscycles.com method.I have more than 10 years of experience with the API and data economy across manufacturing, process, forest, retail, energy, ICT, construction and traffic industries.I also teach API and data economy and have created open university online and remote courses on the subject with universities as well as KONE and Cisco Solutions (www.osaango.academy)

Olli Kilpeläinen

VP, Data Platform & Ecosystem - Betolar

Olli is a data and digitalization enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in high-tech domain both from software engineering and business perspectives. He has shipped products in several domains including consumer electronics, internet of things and platforms, virtual reality, media software, developer tools and industrial IoT. Now he's digitizing and reducing CO2 emissions in the construction and mining industry through data, AI, customer-centricity and ecosystems.

Alexander Günsche

Senior Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services

I am a solutions architect and transformation strategist with 20 years of industry experience. I have successfully developed IT businesses and delivered enterprise transformation projects. I am equipped with an agile mindset, hands-on mentality and the constant ambition to stay ahead of the game. As an engineer, I strive for customer success and technical excellence. As a leader, I am eager to enable and motivate people towards common goals.

Ayush Goyal

Senior Software Engineer - Grafana Labs

Kristof Van Tomme

CEO & Co-founder - Pronovix

I am the CEO of Pronovix, a company that specializes in building developer portals using Drupal, an open source content management system. For over 17 years, I have been leading a team of experts in API documentation, web development, developer engagement, and API gateway integrations.

My mission is to gather and share knowledge from the API, developer evangelist, and technical writer community, and to create the best possible developer portals for our clients. We help organizations to solve discoverability problems, sell API products, build communication hubs, and gain visibility through open APIs. I am also the co-founder of API the Docs, a conference series for API practitioners, and a Write the Docs meetup organizer, where I promote best practices and innovation in documentation and user experience.

At Pronovix we've amongst others built: Developer Hubs, Gateway agnostic developer portals, API documentation, API gateway integrations, developer engagement systems (to improve API build quality), Apigee devportals, and API repositories to solve discoverability problems in large multi-divisional enterprise companies.

Sergey Konstantinov

Staff Software Engineer, Group Tech Lead - Bolt Technology (Estonia)

Tech Leader | 15+ Years' Experience | API Visionary | Currently Group Tech Lead at Bolt Market (9 European countries), holding Estonian and UK work permits.

Professional Highlights:

— Led global startup teams, managing 50+ engineers, ensuring operational efficiency during COVID peak demands. Industries: APIs, mapping, transportation, deliveries, and warehouse management (B2B and B2C).

— Proficient in building distributed microservices, cloud-based services, and spatial data structures.

— Built successful superapps, authored an API design book (https://twirl.github.io/The-API-Book/), secured patents, and enhanced SOX compliance.

— Contributed to large-scale integrations (e.g., Yandex.Taxi into Uber app), served as a W3C Technical Architecture Group member, recognized speaker at global tech events.

Technical Proficiency

— Languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, C++, C#, Python, Rust, Ruby (language-agnostic, adaptable to emerging technologies).

— Infrastructure: Deployed production code using Docker, DEB packages built with TeamCity, Jenkins to Kubernetes, EC2, and bare metal servers. Worked with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, OpenStack-based clouds.

— Databases: Skilled in relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL, TiDB) and NoSQL (Mongo, Redis) databases for robust and scalable solutions.

— Additional Skills: Limited experience with React, Next.js, data analysis (YQL/YDB), Kafka, Amazon SNS/SQS, Looker

Andrii Melnychuk

Developer Experience Lead - Upvest

From the early school years I had will to help people, troubleshoot and improve things around. Accounting my passion in technology and software development I've ended up in University studying Electronics and Communications Engineering.

After graduation I found myself well in position of Tier 3 Support engineer of Ericsson BSC CPU software. It was great time of experience gaining in GSM/LTE Structure, writing assembler code and learning about support structure and its functions. It was a great experience to support product with more than 2 Billions of users around the globe, while being part of the team that ensured 99,999% reliability.

At some point due to inertia on process changes in big companies and my will to improve everything around I decide to move forward and ended up in ThinkTank. Where I managed to optimise processes and build up needed tooling for team to significantly improve team efficiency by automating up to 70% of routine manual work done by the team. Worked with great people and supported awesome customers among which were AIG, Ernst and Young, Deloitte, Accenture, KPMG, US army and many many others.

My next challenge was relocation to Estonia where I've started and from a scratch and built globally distributed API Technical Support Team in Wise. It was really challenging and fun, I managed to become comfort in chaos of a startup environment with the team that grew from 700 to 4000+ employees. I'm really proud of the fact that I managed to build API Technical Support Team with the engagement that was 24% above company average. I'm happy that I had a chance to be the part of the revolution. Where I've developed myself exponentially.

Now I'm building Developer Experience in Upvest.

Maria Daniela Cristian

Business Development Manager - Fortum

As Business Development Manager at Fortum, she drives initiatives like the business development of new services, harmonizing IT and business ecosystem, and fostering a data-driven culture. Maria bridges business and IT, infusing data-by-design practices into the organization. Her goal? Transforming data into a strategic asset.

Allan Knabe

CEO & API Product Manager - apiable.io

Fascinated by Technology, keeps abreast of new trends and loves his gadgets. Continues to actively invest in education with on and off the job learning. Enjoys bringing an entrepreneurial flair to drive product strategy, thinks in an Agile/Lean way. He is a bridge between technical and business worlds and uses his diplomatic skills wisely, seeking first to understand and then be understood. Allan has embarked on a new mission to help make API programs great, so far so good!

Paul Asjes

Developer Experience Engineer - WorkOS

Full-stack developer working to build great interactive experiences for a variety of platforms. Enjoy new technologies, fast prototyping and open source code. Love building web apps with technologies like React and node.js. Enjoy thinking about and tinkering with product design and user experience.

Dan Erez

Lead Architect - ZIM

Experienced Software Architect and Team Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in micro services, AWS, Java , node.js, Vue.js. Strong engineering professional with a M.Sc. focused in Computer Science from The Open University.

Hyacinthe Hounkpatin

Founder & CEO - NGC Inc / Netaculde

Daniel Hervás

Lead Engineer - Reckon Digital

I'm a full stack software engineer, with experience primarily in startups and fast-paced environments, where I've tried to have as much responsibility, impact and product involvement as possible. I've worked in both contract and full-time positions. And I do my best to read and reply to everyone who messages me so don't hesitate to reach out.

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.

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.

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.

Hugo Guerrero

Chief Software Architect, APIs & Integration Developer Advocate - Red Hat

I'm an information technology professional with 20+ years of experience in software development. I have worked as a developer, consultant, architect, and software development manager with major clients in the private and federal public sectors.

Currently, I'm an open source developer advocate. In this role, I help the marketing team with technical overview and support to create, edit and curate product content. The content is shared with the communities through webinars, conferences, and other activities. I also develop workshops and support material to help the internal and partner enablement.

Software development is my passion and I have been able to make it my life. As a passionate traveler, history, and food enthusiast, when I'm not at work I love to grab my suitcase and travel around the world in search of the tastiest food.

Jonas Lagoni

Lead Software Engineer - Postman

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist - SmartBear

Frank has over 15 years’ experience in the technology industry, with his roles spanning from software engineering to enterprise architecture. His mission is to inspire, engage with and support the API community and SmartBear customers across the end to end API Development Lifecycle and Management space. Prior to joining SmartBear, his most recent roles have been focused on API led Digital Transformations and architecture modernization within multi-national enterprises.

Jaakko Rintamäki

Development Manager, Mobility Data - Finntraffic

A workaholic and multi-tasker in the development of public transport and transport services. Over the years, I have served several employers and been involved in hundreds of projects. In the course of the work, the areas of interest have varied slightly, but traffic and movement information, information system development and cooperation between actors have long been the core of what I do. Outside of work, interests mainly vary within audiovisual culture.

Benjamin Bandali

Account Director Nordics & Benelux - Gravitee.io

Benjamin Bandali's role as an Account Director at Gravitee APIM is enriched by a diverse background that spans the entire sales cycle, from pre-sales at Oracle and Cisco to customer success roles at Gravitee and SnapLogic. This unique journey has equipped him with an unparalleled understanding of every facet of the sales process, enhancing his ability to connect with customers and deliver impactful solutions for Gravitee within API Management, Access Management, and asynchronous/synchronous security-focused architectures.

His transition from a skilled technical developer to a strategic sales leader is a testament to his adaptability and depth of understanding in the tech industry. At Gravitee, Benjamin excels not just in sales, but in fostering lasting relationships built on a foundation of trust and technical acumen.

Benjamin's expertise extends to APIM, integrations/IPaaS, networking, cybersecurity, databases, domains where his past roles have endowed him with significant insights working with market leaders, enabling him to create comprehensive and efficient systems that enhance business operations. His significant contributions to funding initiatives, including Series F, G, and H at SnapLogic, and Series A and B at Gravitee APIM, demonstrate his skill in aligning technical solutions with strategic business growth.

Recognized as a leader, Benjamin has consistently demonstrated his ability to build and nurture teams, instilling a culture of innovation and strategic alignment. His leadership has been pivotal in scaling operations and driving success across organizations.

In the Nordics and Benelux region, Benjamin stands out not just as an Account Executive but as a comprehensive sales strategist and a customer-centric leader. His commitment to delivering exceptional solutions spans the entire sales cycle, driving growth and customer satisfaction in the SaaS and cloud technology sectors.

Merja Kajava

Founder - Aavista Oy

Merja Kajava is the founder of Aavista, a data platform for future mobility. She is the chair of MaaS Alliance's Data Model subgroup in the Technology & Standards WG.Merja has global project experience ranging from technical leadership to practical machine learning, cloud data platforms and API ecosystems.

Rogier van Boxtel

Director, Pre Sales Consulting - Axway

Manager with a broad experience in software sales and post sales in the enterprise software market.

Janne Uggeldahl

Chief Commercial Officer - Platform of Trust

✔ I help build data flows with proper governance rules
✔ I'm passionate about ecosystems
✔ I'm an Agile leader always looking for better ways-of-workingTechnology is not just about technology - it's always people and team performance. The main driver for me is to deliver high quality services while keeping my people happy without sacrificing customer satisfaction. The most exciting times in my career have been working with high-performing teams striving towards Agile and DevOps. I have a passion towards systems thinking and organization design. I have a strong hands-on background in IT and DevOps varying from customer service management to online banking. I feel most at home as a product manager, even a leader.I'm comfortable in working agile between business and IT, and I’m passionate about providing my clients with a stellar user experience. I find myself best at home at the intersection of technology and customers, where one has to understand both customer needs and possibilities of technology in order to create top-line digital customer experiences. Lately I've been learning a lot about data exchange as a service (DEaaS) and the de-centralized data mesh approach.I enjoy spending my free time with my family & two little daughters. You might also spot me at a Padel court nearby practising my vibora.Specialties: Open Banking, ecosystems, data mesh, developer experience, disruptive technologies, agile methodologies, devops, B2B sales, customer service management, troubleshooting, on-boarding training, after-sales support, Zendesk

Lukasz Gornicki

Executive Director - AsyncAPI Initiative

I have 3 hats that all at ones are always on my head:

- Because of background and strong relationship with Technical Communication community I'm always sticking my nose into documentation related topics. I also love to talk about it at conferences, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saZ8fMQ2gE0 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikq-9B_5x1M
- I also consider myself an open-source fanatic, that believes everybody should contribute to open source and especially big corporations
- I'm always into new technologies. When there is something new that can improve old stuff, I always push for the change and try to break old patterns

Eli Arkush

Principal Solutions Engineer, API Security - Akamai

Eli Arkush is a cybersecurity solutions engineer professional with over 18 years of experience in various fields: network security, application, web & mobile security, observability, secure identity & authentication, and API security. Eli's career journey includes early stage, mid-size startups all the way to large publicly traded corporations. He enjoys working with customers from various verticals: retail, financial services, automotive, energy, media and gaming.

Eli holds BSc in Computer Science, MBA and attained the CISSP certification from ISC² organization.

Bhavik Dand

Software Engineer - Akto

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of web development. Skilled in HTML, CSS, JS, advanced JS frameworks like Angular, Node.

Ayush Agarwal

Software Engineer - Akto

Gift Egwuenu

Developer Advocate - Cloudflare

Gift Egwuenu is a Developer Advocate at Cloudflare with over 6 years of experience in the web development industry. She is skilled at building tools and products that help businesses scale and is committed to empowering developers through her work in developer relations.

Gift is also a respected speaker and content creator, sharing her insights on web development, Jamstack, and career development in the tech industry. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and traveling.

Olli Nilsson

Technology Manager - Veikkaus Oy

With nearly 30 years of experience in the IT industry, I have had the privilege of leading, planning, building, and maintaining a diverse range of IT systems across various platforms and industrial domains. My journey has been multifaceted, allowing me to assume different roles throughout my career, from analyst and developer to systems designer, architect, project manager, and director.

Despite my long experience, the API Management scene is relatively new for me. I have been running our API Management project for a year now in Veikkaus and our MVP is ready for production very soon.

Declan McAleese

Field Engineer, EMEA - Solo.io

Declan McAleese is a Solo.io solution engineer based in the UK, helping organizations rise to their cloud native app networking and security challenges. Prior to Solo.io he’s been a cloud native platform architect, systems integration engineer, consultant, and software developer.

Timo Rüppell

VP of Product - FireTail.io

Timo is VP of Product at FireTail and a bona fide expert when it comes to API security. A former researcher in theoretical high energy physics and a self-professed science geek, Timo transitioned from simple stuff like quantum gravity and supersymmetry to product leadership in search of real challenges. Now he focuses on the really hard stuff like writing maintainable Javascript and developing innovative approaches to API security. A Helsinki native, with roots in Hamburg, Timo is happy to take questions in English, Finnish, German or Galactic Basic.

Elesh Mistry

Lead Solution Engineer - Gravitee.io

Elesh has over 10 years of experience in Data Integration and API management, specializing in customer implementations worldwide. With extensive expertise in event-driven use cases, Elesh is thrilled about Gravitee's ability to mediate event sources, providing customers with a unified platform for all their subscription and publishing needs.

Alex Walling

Chief Strategy Officer - Rapid

As Chief Strategy Officer, Alex is responsible for Rapid’s go-to-market team globally. After holding several different roles at RapidAPI, Alex’s ability to speak about the product and company strategy from a technical perspective is vital to the sales strategy. Alex joined the RapidAPI team after meeting the team at a hackathon they were sponsoring and immediately recognized the value that RapidAPI was providing to developers all over the world.

Tom Akehurst

CTO and Co-Founder - WireMock

Tom has been building enterprise software since 2003 for UK and US businesses in transport, hospitality, publishing, broadcasting, utilities and retail, in addition to local and national government. Beginning his career as a Java developer, he quickly recognized the value of agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery and was early to adopt these techniques. While leading an engineering team building part of the technology behind Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ Magic Band, he created WireMock as a way to solve the productivity bottlenecks caused by unstable environments and late delivery of upstream APIs. These days Tom is the CTO and Co-Founder for WireMock Cloud, which increases developer productivity in an API dependent environment.

Hanna Sillanpää

Head of Digital Solutions PU - Abloy

Hanna is a digitalization enthusiast with broad experience of product management, integrations, and usability. She has been working 15years on IT industry with different SaaS solutions before changing gear and moving to security industry. Today she is the head of ABLOY’s Digital Solutions Product Unit.

Ishraq Khan

CEO & Founder - Kodezi

I am the founder & CEO of Kodezi. I have strong technical skills and an academic background in programing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Previously owned TeachMeCode.

Currently building Kodezi, Backed by RTP Global and Watertower Ventures (1M+ in funding), Kodezi is a generative AI solution that auto-corrects your code in real-time. We’re on a mission to 10x productivity in programming!

Tommi Kostilainen

CTO & Founder - TekstiAI

Duncan Doyle

Product Manager, EMEA - Solo.io

Duncan Doyle is a Product Manager at solo.io, focusing on microservices, APIs, API management and API Portals. Prior to joining solo.io, Duncan held product, technical marketing and consulting positions at Red Hat. He has a passion for helping customers build enterprise solutions with open technology.