October 27 & 28, 2021
1 000+
attendees
650+
companies
50+
sessions
50+
speakers
At apidays, the health and safety of our community, speakers and partners always comes first. As the COVID-19 situation remains uncertain, we will continue to present our 2021 events in a digital way. Looking forward to seeing you at our apidays LIVE series.
In the 2000s, you’ve surfed through websites for your digital channels. In the 2010s, you’ve used phone apps for your mobile channels. In the 2020s, you enjoy APIs embedded in every website and mobile application.
Apidays is the leading industry tech and business series of conferences in APIs and the programmable economy.
CIOs, CTO, CDOs, SVPs, VPs, Heads of Innovation, Heads of API, API Architects, Developers, Software Engineers, Infrastructure & Cloud Managers, IT Managers, Product Managers, Consultants & Analysts
Learn from the best about Business Models, Design & Documentation, Lifecycle Management, Security & Identity Management, Testing & Monitoring, Banking APIs and Open Banking, Developer Marketing, Digital Transformation, GraphQL, Microservice Architecture, Mobile & IoT APIs
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In the 2000s, you’ve surfed through websites for your digital channels. In the 2010s, you’ve used phone apps for your mobile channels. In the 2020s, you enjoy APIs embedded in every website and mobile application.
At apidays London, we will see that beyond openness for regulation, the true business goal of API mindset is to conquer channels leveraging your ecosystem to achieve maximum business potential.
On the business side, we will talk about:
On the technical side, we will discover how to build these APIs brightly focusing on:
Assistant Professor at London School of Economics
Dr Will Venters is an Assistant Professor in Information Systems and Digital Innovation within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He speaks and keynotes regularly at practitioner conferences on various digital business issues, particularly around digital ecosystems, AI, digital innovation (particularly Agile and Sprint methods) and cloud computing; has briefed European governments and numerous company executives; and undertakes wide ranging consultancy in IT strategy and digital transformation. His research interests include digital transformation, digital platforms and ecosystems, AI, and agile innovation approaches. He has a first-class degree in computer science and a PhD in information systems. His research work has been published in major refereed journals including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology, the Journal of Management Studies, and the Information Systems Journal. He is regularly quoted in the media including Forbes, BBC, Daily Telegraph and FT. He co-authored the Palgrave book “Moving to the Cloud Corporation” and is the author of a blog on digital technology www.binaryblurring.com and is an associate editor of the Journal Information Technology and People. www.willventers.com
DevRel at Stoplight
I'm a bike nomad who creates API Design tools for Stoplight.io, write articles and books about pragmatic API development and systems architecture, and run a reforestation charity called Protect Earth that's planting native trees in the UK to chip away at the climate crisis.
CEO of Railsbank
3x FinTech entrepreneur focused on building great ideas. What gives me a buzz is working with inspirational like minded people focused on a common goal.
Great great grandson of Sir George Verdon (one of the founding fathers behind what is today called ANZ bank).
Broad range of experience from tech guy to trader to investor with deep industry experience in capital markets, banking, foreign exchange, credit, international payments and technology.
Arnaud Lauret, API Governance Lead at Postman, and Author of "The Design of Web APIs"
Arnaud Lauret, the API Handyman, is the author of The Design of Web APIs and is API & Architecture Leader at Natixis, a French financial group. He helps people understand and build APIs.
Founder & CEO of TESOBE
Pioneering Open Banking since February 2010, Simon is the CEO of TESOBE and founder of the Open Bank Project, the open source API platform for banks. Simon studied electronic engineering in Manchester in the early 80's where he focused on real time programming and digital systems - and he subsequently worked as a software developer, architect, sysadmin and DBA on numerous web / mobile platforms both large and small.
A hacker at heart, Simon is also a composer and enjoys interdisciplinary creative collaborations. Simon is a keen supporter of open source and open data believing they are a sustainable force for social good.
Head of APIs at Adyen
MSc in System Analysis and Control, Software Development. 17+ years in various technology roles.
Currently focusing on API strategy, believe in API-first design, promote OpenAPI/Swagger/Stoplight/Postman and everything else that leads to great developer experience.
Founder of Open Banking Excellence (OBE)
ABOUT
I’m the founder and former CEO of the UK’s first EMI to be awarded issuing licenses by Mastercard and Visa. Pioneering at the time – thanks to ‘the’ most extraordinary team.
Now I’m the proud co-founder of Open Banking Excellence (OBE), a rapidly growing global community of Fintech’s, Big Tech’s, Regulators and Services Providers.
Our OBE community brings together thousands and thousands of engaged Open Banking and Open Finance pioneers, around the world, looking to learn from each other, collaborate and shape a new growth trajectory through contribution and exceptional content.
OBE is the industry’s campfire. A safe place to spark discussion and have an adult debate.
This adage is fitting and true: “When you bring great people together AMAZING things happen!”
Director at Platformable
Australian-born Mark Boyd is the founder of the data startup Platformable, based in Barcelona, and is a writer and analyst who has been working on API strategies and resources for government, businesses and non-profits for the past 10 years.
Co-founder & CGO at Sensedia
Marcilio is the Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Sensedia - a leading integration solutions provider with more than +120 enterprise clients across a range of sectors. Master in Software Engineering by the University of Campinas and an Associate Professor at the University of Campinas and Metrocamp. Marcilio has also been a Research Lead at the Innovations Lab at University of Campinas.
API Product Leader and Speaker
Ali is a speaker and product leader in the API space. Most recently, she ran the API Testing & Virtualization team at SmartBear. Her career has spanned institutional finance, energy, cyber security, and has led her to building the software that makes those other platforms possible. Her product management SuperPower is asking weird questions at the right moment.
CTO at WSO2
Asanka is a technology visionary who connects people and technology through digital transformation programs that create consumer-centric applications. As WSO2's Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for advancing the company's corporate reference architecture and promoting its thought leadership vision. Collaborating with customers, partners, and industry analysts, he drives WSO2's technology mission. With over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable distributed systems, SOA, microservice architectures, and business integration solutions, Asanka is a contributor to the Apache Software Foundation and a sought-after speaker at global events and tech meetups.
Co-founder and CEO of Ozone API
Chris is an experienced industry expert in building cross-functional teams, technology platforms, and digital products for global brands. Recently led the development of the UK open banking standard, including the creation of the collaboration and governance model to meet both regulatory compliance and commercial requirements. Strategic innovator and fintech founder, providing PSD2/Open API technology solutions and advisory services to banks, third parties, and regulators in the UK, Europe, and Globally.
Senior Product Manager at Atlassian
👉👉👉👉And I believe in living it up, wear my heart on my sleeve & love to strike a good conversation.👈👈👈👈
I am a decisive, adaptive and energetic human with years of Software Engineering experience in varied domains. When I get the time, you'll find me teaching Computer Science in uni or speaking at conferences.
A firm believer that art and tech need to intersect. So you'll notice my creativity in tech stems from my interest in paintings and dance. This allows me to be innovative, experimental and take the path less traveled!
Information Security Specialist at Quant-X Security & Coding GmbH
Xenia is a mathematician and information security specialist with a strong background in algorithm and system development. In 2019, she founded her own company Quant-X Security & Coding GmbH where she works with 3 small teams: Information Security, System Development and Quantum Algorithm Development.
CEO of APImetrics
David has worked in mobile and cloud computing solutions since their inception, building API gateway products and more recently bringing AI and ML to API and Microservice performance analysis with APImetrics.
Founder of Nerdy Diva
Digital Evangelist, API & Ecosystem Strategist at Software AG
ABOUT
As API strategist, Matthias helps clients discover their opportunities for innovation with APIs & ecosystems and turn them into actionable digital strategies. Based on his experience in leading large-scale API initiatives in both business and technology roles, he shares best practices and provides both strategic and practical guidance. He has stayed a techie at heart and at some point, got a Ph.D. Matthias publishes a blog at api-university.com, is the author of several books on APIs, and regularly speaks at technology conferences.
Senior Director of Research at SlashData
Christina Voskoglou is passionate about bridging the chasm of understanding between companies and customers - be it consumers or developers - through data and research, making the world a slightly better place in the process. Christina has a long track record of designing customer intelligence initiatives from business problem definition, to infrastructure and processes specification, to building analytics teams and defining a targeted customer outreach strategy based on data insights.
CEO & API Product Manager at apiable.io
ABOUT
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!
Senior API Product Manager at Murex
ABOUT
During my previous professional experiences, I worked on critical large project (Air military defence, financial risk management, open Banking) so that I have developed competencies in
Large system analysis , Legacy modernization , Cloud and digitization transformation.
I love working on open API (currently open Banking) , as it is mixing business (Fintech ecosystem , business model) and technical skill (Cloud, security ...). It is a key roles in the organization , that allow me to bring my expertise and to share it with many people from many profile and culture.
Every new project is a new challenge !
Tech Storyteller | Freelance Writer | Podcast Host | Tech Analyst
Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
I currently manage and direct an enterprise architecture team to set technology standards, solutions, and strategies. In the past, I managed a thirty billion dollar pension system and a development team for the state of Indiana.
I have broad experience in financial services and startups. I developed my first commercial website in 1997. As an entrepreneur, I established multiple businesses and managed the entire business life cycle. I also worked with over two thousand companies that range from Fortune 100 to new startups throughout the years.
I also teach programming classes as an adjunct professor at a local college for over ten years.
Cloud Engineer at Google
T-Shaped professional with 17 years of experience, passionate about driving the product at every stage from inception to completion. Having started the career as a developer, I’ve now grown into a role of technical evangelist and researcher with a special focus on driving strategic initiatives and involvement in thought leadership. I am a forward thinker with a balance of optimism, creativity, and technical practicality. My day-to-day work involves conceiving ideas and communicating the technical aspects in a subtle manner across business units at different levels; bit it marketing, technical geeks, developers, customers or sales.
Strategic Vision
Specialized in studying the products in-depth, digging into the core of technology and identifying areas for business growth to boost the company's long-term product portfolio.
Thought Leadership
Involved from Idea inception, patent filing to implementation. An active blogger on the topics of containerization, virtualization, security, cloud computing; promoting the product among users and industry experts.
Team Leader, Engineering at Rocket Homes
I am a customer-focused, dedicated individual who enjoys working in new areas that offer the opportunity to adapt to new techniques and methodologies. I rise to the challenge of direction change and am comfortable in work environments that require calculated decision making and risk taking. Thoughtful and well organized, I take an analytical approach to completing work tasks and will develop a plan of action before jumping in. I have demonstrated abilities to succeed in a team setting and seek out innovative thinking and originality from other team members.
Director of Strategic Partnerships at CurrencyFair
Board-level General Manager, Intrapreneur and Change Agent. Responsible for three complete Retail Financial Services business model and proposition transformations. Inventor and successful launcher of more than 50 consumer and B2B product / service propositions for leading multi-channel brands both in the UK & globally.
I am a commercially astute General Manager, with a proven track record in delivering P&L performance, market-entry strategies and consumer & B2B propositions with cut-through.
I am an expert in driving immediate step change in business performance using firstly commercial instinct to quickly evaluate key commercial levers (distribution, marketing, pricing, customer experience, proposition) then through rigorous research and insight (segment unmet needs, branding, positioning strategy, price benchmarking) to create compelling, market-leading, propositions. I have also been an advisor on Innovation to UK Parliament, HM Treasury and the Home Office.
My industry expertise includes Retail Banking, Savings & ISAs, Consumer Finance, Currencies & Money Transfer, Investments & Direct Platforms, Retirement Solutions (Equity Release, Funeral Plans, Care), General Insurance, Life & Protection, Mobile & Online Payments, e and m-Commerce, SME & Commercial Banking, Credit & Prepaid Cards, Corporate Banking & Asset Finance. I have also created and launched propositions in Retail, Utilities, Media, Travel, Transport and Telecoms.
Core Strengths: General Management; Commercial P&L Management; Innovation & Proposition Development; Customer Insight; Customer Experience; Segmentation Strategy & Development; Partnership Relationship Management; Deal Negotiation & Business Development; Mergers & Acquisitions; Business Strategy & Strategy Planning; Pricing; Distribution Strategy; Brand Strategy; Tender Management; Programme Management & Transformational Change.
Partner at Knight Group
Alissa Knight is a recovering hacker of 21 years, blending hacking with a unique style of written and visual content creation for challenger brands and market leaders in cybersecurity. Alissa is a cybersecurity filmmaker, screenplay writer, influencer, content creator, and community manager as a partner at Knight Ink that provides vendors go-to market and content strategy for telling brand stories at scale in cybersecurity.
Alissa is a published author through her publisher at Wiley, having published the first book on hacking connected cars and recently received two new book contracts to publish her autobiography and a new book on hacking APIs.
As a serial entrepreneur, Alissa has started and sold two cybersecurity companies to public companies in international markets, has started a venture capital fund at M&A Knight Capital, and is currently writing a screenplay for her new TV series.
Director of Field Engineering - EMEA at Solo.io
Denis is the Director of Field Engineering at Solo.io, a company building application networking solutions for the edge and service mesh. Denis is a passionate engineer who has spent his career in technical roles working directly with customers and users to help them adopting emerging technologies.
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. Conference speaker, technical writer, open source lover and contributor. Formerly organized Ruby Zagreb meetups. Check out some of the talks I gave or some of the blog posts I wrote: damir.svrtan.me
Co-founder and CEO at Ozone API
ABOUT
I believe open banking, open finance and open data will change the world. It excites me and all of my professional focus is on trying to make that happen.
I spent the first part of my career (20+ years) in banking and payments. Having great fun building high growth businesses, divisions and teams at places like Barclays, MasterCard and HSBC.
The second part of my career (the last 5 or 6 years) has been EVEN more fun having moved out of big banks and turning my attention to building fintech start ups. I feel privileged and am really excited to be working with a great team to build Ozone API and make that belief a reality.
Business Innovation Manager at KBC Bank
I'm a result-driven connector with international business experience. Flourishing in changing and demanding environments, keen on continuously improving & learning. I combine being a strong analytical & conceptual thinker with excellent social and communication skills. Quick-witted & adaptable to change, like thinking out of the box, creative mind. I'm a trustworthy team player and stakeholder manager.
Founder & CEO of Goldex Technologies
I am an entrepreneur with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry in London investment banks and with particular knowledge of multi-asset electronic trading technology, institutional brokerage and sales.
Other than being 100% focused on the growth of Goldex, the subject of Women in Business takes a big part of my heart. As a woman whose professional career has been in Finance, I am now trying to encourage younger women to take the same route and to also set up their own businesses. Yes, whilst the odds for female founders are not in our favour (as statistics clearly show in regards to funding), we must not allow this to stop us from achieving our professional dreams.
Founder & CEO of Embedded Finance & Super App Strategies
Simon is an entrepreneur and senior independent advisor to Boards and Leadership Teams on business model transformation, platform and ecosystem strategy, corporate innovation and venture building. He works with companies around the world to create and execute impactful Embedded Finance and Super App strategies. Simon is a regular keynote speaker, a member of the World Economic Forum's 'Accelerating Digital Transformation' executive working group, a guest lecturer at Singularity University, author and presenter of the New Growth Playbook and co-author of 'Fightback - how to win in the digital economy with platforms, ventures and entrepreneurs'.
Simon is based in London and works with an international network of specialist associates and fintech partners.
Chief Evangelist, Open Source & API Management at Perforce Software
Technical Sales (EMEA) and Solutions Consultant at Akana by Perforce
Having successfully completed his university education (degree in Psychology) and following an initial career in developmental cooperation (4 years, with posts in Sri Lanka and Ethiopia), Olaf in 1997 decided to become an ICT professional. He started his career with Compuware, where he grew from software developer to software architect. In 2007, he became a senior consultant with Capgemini Netherlands, where he became an expert on system integration within the public domain, being actively involved in the realization of service and messaging standards to be used by Dutch government organizations (Digikoppeling). Olaf became a TOGAF certified architect in 2010. In 2012, he accepted a position with Enable-U, where he was dedicated to system integration challenges in general and application services governance in particular. From December 2014 onwards, he has been with US-based Akana, a leading API Management solution provider (Akana has since become part of the Perforce Software portfolio). Acting as a technical sales for the Akana API Management product in EMEA, Olaf has significantly contributed to Akana success in the region, adding several new logos and expanding the Akana footprint with others. Olaf is now recognized as one of the thought leaders in the API management space, with a particular focus on Open Banking and PSD2, offering blog posts and webinars on a regular basis.
Olaf is currently living in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with his wife and 8-year old daughter. He is an avid bike racer, indoor climber and drummer and knows how to enjoy a good meal with friends and relatives.
Head of Security Research at Traceable AI
Inon has 8 years of experience in application security. He started his career in a red team in a government organization for 5 years, and then moved to the Silicon Valley to learn more about startups, modern applications and APIs. Today he provides consultation to various companies, and leads the research for a startup in the field of API security.
API Security Evangelist at Traceable AI
Head of Developer Relations at GraphCMS
Technical Architect at Government Digital Service - Cabinet Office
Head of API Ecosystem at CREALOGIX Group
Head of API and Data Model Governance at Amadeus
ABOUT
Build an API Designer community in your company to stay in the 4th technology revolution : Digitization. Start with an API suites for REST/JSON. Model your Business with a Resource oriented design similar to IOT, but at company level : Smart API everywhere for everything.
Founder & Co-Lead of API Program at Deutsche Bank
Chief Information Security Officer at Noname Security
Karl is a cybersecurity leader and innovator who serves as the CISO for Noname Security. He has over 25 years of experience leading innovative and diverse teams of technology and security professionals in financial services, retail and federal government.
Previously, Karl served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for PennyMac Financial Services and City National Bank. He has a track record of providing CEOs, CTOs, and investors in cybersecurity on strategies for product, market, and customer success.
APIs & Integration Developer Advocate at Red Hat
Hugo Guerrero works at Red Hat as an APIs and messaging developer advocate. In this role, he helps the marketing team with technical overview and support to create, edit, and curate product content shared with the community through webinars, conferences, and other activities. With more than 20 years of experience as a developer, consultant, architect, and software development manager, he also works on open source software with major private and federal public sector clients in Latin America.
Head of Solutions at Sensedia
Gibson has over 16 years' software development, agile methodology and architecture experience and is head
of solutions, EMEA. He is an expert in Application Programming Interfaces, supporting multiple industries
including retail, pharma, health, insurance and banking.
Lead Software Architect at Sensedia
Filipe Torqueto is a software architect/developer with 10+ years of experience in the software development processes. With solid knowledge in the spring framework ecosystem, software development using Java, container based applications using kubernetes environment and CI/CD processes and has experience in public cloud (AWS and GCP) using some tools like EKS, GKE, SQS, Google PubSub, DynamoDb and others.
Currently working with APIs, microservices and cloud applications. Practitioner and enthusiast of the Domain Driven Design and the GO programming language.
Solutions Architect. EMEA at Sensedia
Chair of Financial Technology (FinTech) & Professor of Information Systems at University of Manchester
Head of Open Banking Operations at BBVA
Héctor Arias has held comprehensive responsibilities designing, building and running the BBVA's open banking and banking as a service platforms in several countries and globally, spanning: - API products: retail payments, B2B payments, lending, accounts, KYC, KYB, debit cards, FX. - Embedded finance business models, hence beyond regulated relationships such as PSD2. - Technology architecture on top of, and within the core banking systems. Hybrid cloud infrastructures. - Partnerships with Fintechs and Big Techs. P&L ownership for strategic relation- ships. - Business operations and governance (i.e. organization&processes supporting the biz operations). In his 20+ years experience in financial services he held positions in business strat- egy, innovation, business development and engineering. He also worked for IBM and feels particularly proud of coding the very first online banking in Spain. Héctor holds a MSc in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Vigo and a BA in Economics from the UNED. Additionally received a PDD from IESE.
Freelance Architect & Developer
Chris Wood is a freelance architect, developer and writer based in the UK who has spent many years freelancing and loves to discuss his war wounds.
Technical Marketing Manager Cloud Services at Red Hat
Co-founder & CEO of Resurface Labs
My comfort zone is right at the intersection between people and technology. My technical and leadership skills were honed at Intel, Dell, and Quest Software, but my true passion is listening and learning from customers. After 15 years of experience in the APM market, I started Resurface with the idea that real customer empathy should inform and infuse everything we deliver.
Head of Growth Strategy at Datastax
Head Architect of API Program at Discover Financial Services
Senior Product Manager at Software AG
Systems Lead and Open Sustainability Program Lead at Platformable
Distinguished Engineer at Solace
Tom is a Solace Distinguished Engineer, helping organisations visualise, architect, design, implement and deploy Event Driven Architectures in industries such as Financial Services, Gaming and Manufacturing. With a background in Enterprise Architecture, asynchronous techniques and high performance computing, Tom leads Solace’s Distributed Ledger practice and has helped customers understand and implement event distribution and sourcing strategies.
Senior Director of Solutions Engineering at Axway
Principal Consultant at And Digital
These 3 Ps are my keys to delight customers, develop more valuable visions, and build new product leaders. It's how I help companies build the right solutions, at the right time, in the right way.
As a Tech Psychologist, I'm passionate about the 'why' behind the tools I use and the companies I help. I proudly promote Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) theory, Behavioural Psychology, Lean Startup principles, GV Design Sprints, and Scrum.
Above all I push to understand the customer's true problems to deliver loveable solutions.
Master Inventor at IBM
Chris Phillips has worked in Integration for over a decade and advises customers on risk and challenges they have with their platforms. He is an IBM Master Inventor and seen as a world expert in Integration, especially in API Connect where he wrote the deployment white paper.
Cloud Engineer at IBM
Kapil Pau has spent the last two years working in Integration, as part of the Cloud Pak for Integration team. During that time, he has become a subject matter expert in Openshift, Kubernetes and Operators, gaining experience in building complex, enterprise, cloud native applications, using languages such as NodeJS and Golang.
Open Finance Director at G2 Startups
Head of Enterprise & Partnerships at API3
Giovanni Lesna is the Head of Enterprise and Partnerships at API3 working with Fortune 2000 companies to make their Web 3.0 ambitions a reality. He has an MBA in Digital Business Transformation (UB), a Masters in Blockchain Technologies (UB) and is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). Prior to Web3.0, his domain of expertise is in traditional financial and capital markets where he worked with the largest bank in Africa as a Consultant. Additionally, Giovanni has worked within 4th industrial revolution (4IR) technology verticals, passionate about 4IR and its ability to unlock human evolution.
CEO at Moesif
ABOUT
Derric Gilling is the CEO of Moesif, the leading API analytics and monetization platform. He enjoys helping API first businesses, developing usage-based pricing models, and product-led growt. Gilling is a frequent speaker on API strategy at developer conferences, including API World, Developer Week, APIDays, and DevRelCon along with publications including O'Reilly.
EMEA Solutions Architect at Noname Security
Director of Developer Advocacy at DataStax
Cedrick leads the Developer Advocate Team at Datastax. Speaker, trainer he is firstly a passionate java (but not only) developer. In 2013 he created the open source feature toggle library called FF4J which he has been actively maintaining. With 15 years in the industry as tech leach, solution architect or presales he can discuss a wide range of technologies and architectures.
Founder & Chairman of apidays
ABOUT
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.
Architect, IBM API Connect at IBM
ABOUT
Chris Dudley is an architect on the IBM API Connect product development team. He lead the creation and development of the API Connect Developer Portal and has more recently also been working on high-availability patterns and API Analytics. He has worked for IBM for over 20 years and been part of the API Connect development team for the last 7 years. Away from APIs Chris is trialling a new shovel based exercise routine looking after his wife's new Percheron draft horse.
VP Technology Partnership at Solace
While working on many IoT and FSI projects across the Asia Pacific and Europe, Aiken is also an evangelist and architect in distributed architecture, hybrid cloud solutions, and edge computing with a focus on banking, stock/FX exchange, and payment platforms. Aiken has 30 years of hardware and software design, development, and project management experience. He worked mostly in the UK before joining the Asia Pacific team with BEA and then Oracle. He was a Principal Architect with BEA and led the APAC ACE team with Oracle. In the UK, Aiken worked on applications for human genetic research before working on the UK National Health Service (NHS) IT projects.
Distinguished Engineer at Solace
Richard is a seasoned software professional with deep knowledge and experience in middleware technologies and building distributed systems. He brings significant experience in helping organisations to design and build complex distributed architectures and realise business value from their data and technology investments.
Data Architect, Financial Services at Datastax
Sree has over 20 years of diverse experience in IT across Engineering, Product Management, Consulting, and Sales functions.
Sree has worked across many industry verticals (Banking & FinTech, Grocery, Retail, Supply Chain, and Healthcare) and has a passion for solving business problems leveraging technology (Cloud, Data, and SaaS products).
VP Customer Success & Presales at Open Legacy
Ori is a dynamic $ales and Business Development professional, with extensive consultative selling, consulting, customer facing and management experience. Excellent team player, with the unique combination of strong commercial drive and good technical understanding
Presales Senior Manager for EMEA North at Boomi
Business Analytics Leader, Enterprise Architect and Programme Manager with many years experience of Large Complex programmes and with a focus on system integration and driving transformational Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data solutions.
Distinguished Engineer at Solace
Jamil is a Distinguished Engineer at Solace, a provider of Event Broker and Event Mesh Technology, and works with companies in their pursuit of digital transformation using event-driven and multi-cloud architecture. Prior to joining Solace, Jamil held engineering roles within front-office trading, in investment banks such as Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Nomura International. Jamil is also an ‘Alibaba Cloud MVP’.
CEO of Finexos
Areiel Wolanow is a senior business leader with over 30 years of experience in business transformation solutioning, sales, and execution. He brings deep experience leading large, globally distributed teams, and has successfully built entire consulting practices from scratch, led programs of over 100 people through the full delivery life cycle, and managed budgets in excess of US$35M.
Areiel is a subject matter expert in DLT, financial inclusion, and alternative banking and insurance models. He has addressed the G20 and other major world forums, advises central banks, financial regulators, and the UK Parliament on blockchain and financial inclusion, and is the inventor of patented technology for self-sovereign secure information management. In addition to his core focus on banking and insurance, Areiel also has considerable business transformation experience in the telco and public sector industries. He is also an experienced delivery leader and published author on Agile software delivery disciplines.
In his position at IBM, Areiel regularly received top performance ratings and a number of service excellence awards, as well as having served in IBM's coveted Corporate Service Corps. Areiel has a solid background in international business and has worked on projects in over 40 countries, including the UK, USA, China, Singapore, India, Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Denmark, Poland, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, UAE, and Turkey. He is a US citizen, a permanent resident of the UK, and available for engagements worldwide.
Director, Technical Evangelist at Traceable AI
Dan Gordon, Director of Technical Evangelism, is passionate about how we develop software together. His Dev, Ops, DevOps, then DevSecOps experiences come from companies such as GitLab, Electric Cloud, HP, and Opsware. With over 20 years of IT leadership, product management, and messaging, he’s brought to market several award-winning DevOps tools. He is guided by his time in the trenches as a developer, system and network security administrator, security systems architect, and IT leader, but also draws from his experience leading the software delivery and Agile transformations of several product organizations.
Strategy & Consulting – Banking & Fintech at Accenture
Graham leads Accenture's FinTech Innovation Lab and is part of the Open Banking and Credit Communities of Practice.
After starting out in the North of England, he has now migrated south to London and built up a wide range of experience in successfully mobilising and delivering large scale technology based transformation programmes. He has a 'customer first' approach to change, a desire to push forward with new and effective ways of working and a keen interest in the effective application of emerging technology.
Graham runs a variety of user-centric product deliveries, achieving successful customer outcomes through leadership of multi-disciplinary teams e.g. Design Agencies, DevOps, Innovation Studios, Customer Channels, Data Science, Scrum Teams incl. Engineering and Automation Testing and BAU operational teams.
Previously, Graham has gained a depth of experience in different industries and skill sets from managing a successful Builder's Merchant, running operations for a boutique Business Coaching firm and working in the motor trade - an industry that still holds a personal appeal given his interest in all things automotive. He is qualified as a PMI Project Management Professional, a SAFe Certified Agilist and a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master.
Lead Product Owner - Open Banking & Enterprise Integration Technology at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Over the course of his career, Koen has developed a taste for change, strategy and digital innovation. After focusing on the Internet and Mobile, he started specialising in APIs when PSD2 was in the make. As the Lead Product Owner for Open Banking & Enterprise Integration Technology, Koen and related teams are responsible for ABN AMRO’s API platform, supporting the business lines in formulating their vision and enlarging the developer community.
Chief Commercial Officer at Konsentus
A highly focused, business orientated commercial Executive with extensive UK and international experience in the payments industry. Excellent knowledge of traditional and emerging payment technologies, regulation (e.g. PSD2, open banking, GDPR etc.) and their application to support client value propositions. Proven success in executive management, sales, business strategy development, programme management and product marketing in a high technology environment for small/medium/large enterprises. Successful track record of managing P&L, revenue budgets and geographically dispersed teams.
Chief Commercial Officer at Nuapay
Brian Hanrahan is the CEO of Nuapay SAS & CCO of Sentenial Group, He has a twenty year track record of delivering innovative products and leading them to market success. He is focused on modernising payments and sharing the opportunities created by open banking and embedded finance with Nuapay's clients and partners.
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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.
Auth0 provides a platform to authenticate, authorize, and secure access for applications, devices, and users. Development teams rely on Auth0’s simplicity, extensibility, and expertise to make identity work for everyone.
DataStax is the open, multi-cloud stack for modern data apps. DataStax gives enterprises the freedom of choice, simplicity, and true cloud economics to deploy massive data, delivered via APIs, powering rich interactions on multi-cloud, open source and Kubernetes. DataStax is built on proven Apache Cassandra™, Apache Pulsar™ streaming, and the Stargate™ open source API platform. DataStax Astra is the new stack for modern data apps as-a-service, built on the scale-out, cloud-native, open source K8ssandra™. DataStax powers modern data apps for 500 of the world’s most demanding enterprises including The Home Depot, T-Mobile, Intuit and half of the Fortune 100.
Sensedia focuses on modern integrations solutions and offers world-class products, such as the Sensedia API Platform, Adaptive Governance, Events Hub, Service Mesh and Cloud Connectors. The company also provides Strategy & Professional Services around full life cycle API management. Sensedia is recognised by the Gartner Magic Quadrant as Visionary and by the Forrester Wave report as a Strong Performer, both regarding our full life cycle management products.
As we move into the API economy, there are huge opportunities for new and innovative solutions. In order to unlock value with new business models and winning experiences you need the help of an API management solution that enables automated API creation, simple discovery of assets, self-service access for developers, and built-in security and governance. IBM would like to be your partner on this journey, sharing our expertise and experiences to help maximize the value of APIs for your enterprise. More information: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/api-connect
Noname Security has the most powerful, complete, and easy-to-use API security platform that enables enterprises to discover, analyze, remediate, and test all APIs. Noname finds and inventories APIs; detects attacks, suspicious behavior, and misconfigurations using AI-based behavioral analysis; prevents attacks and integrates with existing remediation and security infrastructure; and actively validates APIs before deployment.
We continue to think about integration, initiate business transformation, and enable rapid innovation for the Internet of Things, enabling companies to stand out from their competitors with business models. We give them the freedom to connect and integrate any technology, from the app to the edge. We open data silos and make data divisible, usable, and valuable, so our customers can make the best decisions and unlock new growth opportunities. Learn more about Software AG at www.softwareag.com.
APIs are driving your digital business, whether you know it or not. This opens up your enterprise, applications, and systems in new ways – introducing new risks and opportunities. The world’s leading organizations trust Akana to secure, design, and manage their APIs to reach their full digital potential while minimizing risk. Together, we believe that APIs continue to be a key driver for business innovation and bring you the tools to support your strategic initiatives. www.akana.com
Axway gives heritage IT infrastructure new life, helping more than 11,000 customers worldwide build on what they already have to digitally transform, add new business capabilities, and drive growth. With our Amplify API Management Platform —the only open, independent platform for managing and governing APIs across teams, the hybrid cloud, and third-party solutions — we help companies move forward faster, reach new markets, and create brilliant digital experiences. Our MFT and B2B integration solutions have been trusted for 20 years. Axway (Euronext: AXW.PA) employs over 1,800 people in 18 countries. Learn more at axway.com.
expert.ai is the premier artificial intelligence platform for language understanding. Its unique hybrid approach to NL combines symbolic human-like comprehension and machine learning to transform language-intensive processes into practical knowledge, providing the insight required to improve decision making throughout organizations.
Whether you’re building a SaaS application, video-on-demand platform, or modern websites, GraphCMS gives you instant GraphQL Content APIs to create, enrich, federate, and deliver your content across platforms.
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, eventing, and microservices technologies.
Modern applications are extremely hard to secure and protect. Microservices, APIs, and cloud services are complex and continuously change. Traceable enables security to manage their application and API risks given the continuous pace of change and modern threats to applications. More information: https://www.
The Amadeus for Developers program facilitates the connectivity between the innovation ecosystem and Amadeus, in order to foster co-creation, quick exploration of new ideas, and cross-industry collaboration. Visit https://developers.amadeus.com to discover more!
Apiwiz is an integrated Low Code ApiOps Platform engineered to streamline API Lifecycle Management for better Productivity with Governance. Explore more at www.apiwiz.io
Fiddler Everywhere, by Progress, provides developers a modern solution to test and debug network traffic and web APIs for successful outcomes. To learn more, visit: https://www.telerik.com/fiddler
/Data is the leading analyst company in the developer economy, tracking global software developer trends based on more than 30,000 software developers annually. To learn more, visit: www.slashdata.co.
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