API Management for Surfing the Next Innovation Waves: GenAI and Open Banking

Alaa Moussawi

Chief Data Scientist - New York City Council

Alaa Moussawi serves as Chief Data Scientist for the New York City Council, where he oversees the operations of a team of data scientists, and a team of software engineers.

Under his leadership, the data team promotes the use of data to shape legislative initiatives aimed at addressing the diverse needs of NYC's residents. Utilizing rigorous statistical and technological tools, they analyze a broad spectrum of issues pertinent to the city, ranging from pay equity to rats or school bus delays. The group's objective is to empower policymakers with insights to facilitate data-driven decision making, while emphasizing transparency and reproducibility in their models and research.

The software engineers design and implement technologies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of council staff while reducing cognitive load. By leveraging efficient algorithms and NLP/AI models, they streamline user workflows/interfaces and automate complex tasks. Their solutions, developed exclusively with open source technologies, are customized to the bespoke needs of the NYC Council. They include CRMs, workflow management suites, and various public/private websites for streamlining processes such as paperless hearings, data access through dashboards, and automation of daily tasks.

Anubha Gaur

Executive Director, DevSecOps and API Management - Quest Diagnostics

Kin Lane

- The API Evangelist

I am the API Evangelist, making sense of the technology, business, policies, and people of APIs since 2010--telling stories and governing the API lifecycle.

Steve Melan

Manager for IT Innovation and Architecture - State's and Saving's Bank of Luxembourg

Fullstack Developer, IT Architect, IT Trainer, Event Speaker and passionate by new Technologies and IT Security

Programming Languages : C#, VB.NET, COBOL, and many more …

Technologies : ASP.NET, Winforms, WCF, LINQ, ADO.NET, IBM CICS, REST API, …

Databases : IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase

Microsoft Products : Visual Studio, BizTalk, Host Integration Server, Azure DevOps Server (TFS), Internet Information Services, Surface, Kinect, SharePoint, Exchange, LogicApps, …

Cloud : Microsoft Azure, Microsoft PowerPlatform, Microsoft Dynamics365, Microsoft365

Giuseppe Abrignani

Senior Software Engineer - The LEGO Group

I am a backend software developer.

My love for coding started during first year of university, when I started collaborating with CoderDojo, being a mentor there formed me as the person I am today and helped me finding the right path for me.

I've been working in service desk for several years before realizing my dream to become a Software Developer. I love being able to shape and design solutions and imaging that people will use those products it makes me really accomplished.

My specialties includes quickly learning new skills and programming language, problem solving, mainly backend with java and related framework like springboot and Flutter/Dart, with the last two I am literally in love.

Ado Trakic

Enterprise API Architect - Capital One

Excellent track record providing innovative information technology solutions to business clients and senior level consulting in both government sector and private industry. Extensive experience in helping various organizations undergo digital transformation efforts by providing program, project management, governance, systems implementation and integration support on multi-phase, multi-year projects. Expertise in making in enterprise wide technology and business decisions. Expertise in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, software engineering, SDLC, systems security, business process mapping, modeling and re-engineering efforts.

Ronak Shah

Principal Partner Solutions Architect, Retail & Consumer Goods - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

20+ years of delivering solution, impactful results and effective hi-tech strategy in area on online services, eCommerce, application development and deployment in retail and healthcare.

Creating shared vision to deliver effective results by 360° view of technology and combining business unit’s goals with organizational goal and mission. Extensive skills and experience to analyze complex business requirement and marry with effective technology and business process solutions.

Leading multiple teams and deliver customer focused web scale digital products with integration with multiple back-end systems -- ERP, SCM, EMR, PIM, OMS.

Hamida Rebai

Principal Solutions Architect - Quebec Government

Hello, I'm Rebaï Hamida, a passionate software architect, developer, and engineer with over 12 years of experience driving the full software development lifecycle from initial concept to the delivery of next-generation applications and customized solutions. I build open-source projects, write insightful articles, and continuously share best practices in an ever-evolving tech landscape. My expertise as a Principal Solutions Architect lies in driving strategic cloud adoption and integration, with a focus on FinOps principles and operational planning. Leveraging my role to foster innovation, I ensure our cloud architectures align with the organization's service-oriented goals while managing costs effectively.
As a foundational member of a cloud value management community, I actively enrich our collective knowledge base by organizing events and workshops. This role underscores my commitment to empowering organizations and professionals through thought leadership and active collaboration in advancing cloud financial operations. Moreover, I specialize in guiding companies through comprehensive digital transformation journeys leveraging robust cloud migration strategies and AI-driven solutions to foster innovation, optimize operations, and secure a competitive edge in today’s dynamic market.
You can explore more of my work and insights on my blog: https://didourebai.medium.com.

Bharath Bhushan "BB" Sreeravindra

Senior Manager, API Experience - Capital One

As Senior Software Engineering Manager at Capital One, I lead and mentor teams of talented software engineers who create innovative solutions for the banking industry. My mission is to deliver high-quality software that meets the needs and expectations of our customers and stakeholders, while fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and excellence among my teams. I have successfully managed and delivered multiple projects involving APIs, microservices and cloud computing. I am passionate about solving complex problems, enhancing user experience, and driving business value with software.

Corey Ball

Author & Sr. Manager - Penetration Testing - Moss Adams

I am a senior manager of penetration testing consulting at Moss Adams. In addition, I am the best selling author of Hacking APIs and winner of the 2022 SANS Difference Makers Award for Book of the Year. In 2022, I helped create the APIsec University and released the API Penetration Testing course.

I have over thirteen years of experience working in IT and cybersecurity across several industries, including aerospace, agribusiness, energy, fintech, government services, and healthcare. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy from Sacramento State University, I hold the OSCP, CCISO, CEH, CISA, CISM, CRISC, and CGEIT industry certifications. I have had the pleasure of being the technical editor of the Kali Linux Pentest Bible (Wiley) and Black Hat GraphQL (No Starch Press).

David Charles

API Governance Automation Manager - Citi

Sean VanHandel

SVP/CIO - CoVantage Credit Union

Sean VanHandel, SVP/CIO of CoVantage Credit Union, delivers growth-oriented, secure technology solutions. He blends technical expertise with business acumen, focusing on scalable enterprise IT to drive results. A proactive problem-solver and collaborative leader, VanHandel mentors his team and fosters future leaders while continually evaluating and integrating new technologies.

Suman Devarasetti

Vice President, Software Engineering Director - U.S. Bank

Earnest and versatile IT Leader with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong digital skills coupled with deep functional expertise. Well-versed in multiple industries including banking, financial services, information, healthcare, retail and telecom. Over 22 years of IT industry experience in both business and technology. Product and platform centric mindset. Deeply passionate about improving financial services and creating the best place for money. Detail oriented, with an inquisitive mind, and strong structure in thinking. Technically minded. Execution focused, I get strategy but I know it’s only as valuable as its execution. Always on top of market trends in financial services and healthcare, especially Open APIs. Able to switch from creative to decision-making mode and vice versa quickly. Good at motivating and inspiring the people working. Thorough, low-ego, pragmatic, and enjoy working with and learning from different functions. Proven experience and skills in product management. Good at innovation and experimentation. Highly analytical and data-driven. Strong empathy - especially with customers, but also with colleagues and my team. Open API strategy and execution. Member of FDX working group. Enjoys keeping lots of plates spinning at once, and communicating clearly. Experienced in analysis, architecture, design and implementation of Enterprise Application Integration solutions. Able to decompose, simplify and innovate on complex business processes into implementable architectures using emerging technologies. Rich experience in SOA, Microservices, APIs, Service Management, DevOps, Cloud Computing and Distributed Object Computing. Abe to lead team members with diverse backgrounds to make them successful and achieve their career goals.

My experience and knowledge made me an evangelist on Digital Transformation, Open Innovation, Open Banking, APIs and Microservices in my organization.

My current focus is digital transformation strategies, which leverages multiple areas of my subject matter experience coupled with my ability to think innovatively, strategically and holistically.

My innovation journey includes Quantum Computing - Quantum Communication & Cryptography, Green Banking - Sustainable Environment Strategy.

Anoop Gupta

Senior Engineering Manager - Capital One

Software Engineering leader with experience in Financial Services, Investment Banking & Information Technology domains. Specializes in API Security, API Governance, Cybersecurity, Identity Access Management, Data Protection, High-Performance Distributed Computing, Privacy. Leading multiple Software Engineering teams in Capital One and worked as Individual Contributor to deliver value to more than 100 million customers across a diverse set of businesses. Designed & developed applications using OAuth2, OpenID Connect, API Gateway, Identity Provider, Microservices architecture, Distributed Messaging, Caching, Relational and NoSQL Databases, Enterprise Architecture, Cryptographic Key Management, Observability, AWS cloud services.

Ben Schein

Head of Product Management - Shake Shack

Ben Schein is the Head of Digital Product at Shake Shack, where he leads a team of Product Manager's in creating and executing the digital strategy across the brand's various digital touch points: web, mobile, in-store kiosks, and drive thru. Before joining Shake Shack, Ben led Product Management for Clorox's DTC team, where he was at the heart of establishing direct-to-consumer strategies for some of the most prominent CPG brands in the world, including Burt's Bees and Brita. Prior to Clorox, Ben held Product leadership positions at Brandless Inc., Apple, and NPR.

Leah Hurwich Adler

Senior Staff Product Manager - Apollo GraphQL

I am an Associate Director with 10 years of experience in tech and 5 years managing teams. I have a track record of building technical capabilities from the ground up, delivering MVPs and scaling them to accommodate 100s of millions of daily requests. I am a respected manager and mentor, known for advocating for strong culture as well as product solutions. I create value through seeing around corners: anticipating and resolving potential issues before they occur. Finally, I bring a product lens to highly technical problems, enabling more effective collaboration by using strong communication skills to build bridges between business and engineering teams.

Vamshi Amerishetty

Vice President of Product Management - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

I am Vice President at JPMorgan Chase, a global leader in financial services and technology. With over 12+ years of experience in product management and software engineering, I have a diverse and extensive skill set that spans Cloud, DevOps, AI, ML, SaaS, and API Management Platform. I am passionate about creating and delivering innovative and customer-centric solutions that address complex business challenges and opportunities.

Currently, I am responsible for managing the API Marketplace Customer Journey, a strategic initiative that aims to foster collaboration and innovation among internal and external partners. I lead cross-functional teams, conduct market research and analysis, define product vision and roadmap, and launch new features and enhancements. Previously, I excelled in the Fintech domain, leading products and teams in areas such as Credit Card Disputes, Payments, Refunds, and Loyalty Platforms. I hold multiple certifications in Product Management and System Architecture from reputable institutions. I am certified AWS Cloud Practitioner.

Eric Newcomer

Principal Analyst - Intellyx

I'm currently serving as CTO and Principal Analyst at Intellyx, a boutique analyst firm founded by Jason Bloomberg. It's a good combination of technology and advisory roles.

Prior to Intellyx I served as CTO for WSO2. The role was about creating the future vision and enrolling others in it, especially as WSO2 transitions from open source to cloud native Software as a Service products.

Prior to my role at WSO2:

As Global Head, Security Architecture and Strategy for the Consumer Bank at Citi, I helped protect the bank against cybercrime.

As Chief Architect, Treasury and Trade Services at Citi, I redesigned systems and introduced modern technologies, including cloud migration.

As Chief Architect for the Investment Banking IT Division at Credit Suisse, I established the first functional architecture department in the company's history

As CTO at IONA Technologies, I helped the company pivot from CORBA to Web services.

As Distinguished Engineer/TP Architect at Digital Equipment (now part of HP), I helped standardize the company's transaction processing technology and designed and promoted adoption of TP products.

Yusuke Tsutsumi

aep.dev maintainer - Cruise

Software Developer with a passion for helping other developers move faster. Especially interested in utilizing automation to remove the manual pain in development cycles. Examples include automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and stability monitoring.

Ebony Louis

Developer Advocate - Block

Rangarajan Lakshminara yanachar

Senior Manager Software Engineering - Capital One

- Specializes in modern app development with REST/GraphQL APIs, focusing on architectural innovation and integration.
- Expertise in API management, enhancing team efficiency and API security.
- Developer-centric, ensuring robust security and data-driven policy management.
- Leadership promotes business agility and resilience, grounded in diverse API development, testing, and scalable business models.
- Cloud/AWS Engineering leader with a track record in complex technical solutions.
- Managed top engineering teams, collaborating with product teams.
- Experienced in building large-scale web services and microservices.
- Proficient in enterprise architecture, ensuring scalability and availability.
- Advocate for preemptive development practices and standardization.
- Led code reviews, refactoring, and quality metrics assessment.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
- In-depth, practical AWS knowledge, adept in regulated environments.
- Deployed distributed databases at scale.
- Applied software development metrics for enhanced code quality and efficiency.
- Practiced in automation, diverse deployment strategies, and high-availability monitoring.

James Higginbotham

Executive API Consultant - LaunchAny

James is an API consultant with experience in architecting, building, and deploying APIs and cloud native architectures. As an API consultant, he enjoys helping businesses balance great API design and product needs. He also creates and delivers API and cloud native architecture training with the goal of equipping cross-functional teams to integrate their talents toward building first-class APIs for their product or enterprise systems.

Cheryl Hung

Sr. Director - Arm

Cheryl Hung is Senior Director and Head of Ecosystem at Arm. She is also a startup advisor and thought leader in open source and ecosystem strategy.

Chris Obdam

CEO and Founder - Betty Blocks

Chris Obdam is the Founder and CEO of no-code platform Betty Blocks. Born a programmer but having been an internet entrepreneur for the past 15 years. Chris is passionate about the human side of innovation, and what is possible when more minds can contribute to software development without the barrier imposed by coding.

Hannah Sutor

Principal Product Manager - GitLab

Hirsch Singhal

Staff Product Manager - GitHub

Heather Flanagan

Executive Director - IDPro

Mike Ross

Sr. Director of Technologies - Blockchains, Inc.

As a senior software executive, I have 18+ years’ experience leading global technology functions and worldwide operations in matrixed organizational structures with distributed teams. As a strategic, growth-focused engineer, I’ve also led all aspects of software product definition, development, validation, delivery, and support.

Michael Gruen

VP of Engineering - Layr

I am a versatile leader, seasoned technologist, and dynamic problem solver with over 25 years of software development expertise. I excel at building resilient, high-performing, multi-functional technology teams; scaling organizations; driving product and company vision; and applying deep technical, analytical, and security knowhow to ensure solutions exceed stakeholder expectations.

Matt Goodrich

Director of Information Security - Alteryx

Experienced and hands-on security leader with 17 years of expertise across web application development, security engineering, identity and access management, and cloud security in roles both as a consultant and an employee.

Dedicated to cultivating a security-centric culture, I am committed to positioning security as a business enabler and a product differentiator. My enthusiasm lies in engaging with customers, understanding their security objectives and challenges, and leveraging their insights to enhance our products.

Ray Voss

Co-Chair at FDX Security & Authentication Group | Executive Director / Principle Architect at JPMorganChase -

Dan Barahona

Cybersecurity CMO - APIsec.ai

Michelle Beyo

CEO & Founder - FINAVATOR

Michelle Beyo, CEO and Founder of FINIVATOR, is a leading figure in Fintech, dedicated to bridging traditional banking with emerging solutions. A "Top 50 Women Leaders of Toronto 2023," she drives revenue growth at FINIVATOR and champions open finance. Beyo is a sought-after speaker, including TEDx and Money 20/20 mentoring, empowering future leaders. Recognized on the Women in Fintech Global Powerlist, she's passionate about innovation in payments, collaborating with industry giants. Beyond Fintech, Beyo is an athlete and active fundraiser, demonstrating her commitment to positive change in diverse fields.

Nicholas Zeman

Senior Architect - Zions Bancorporation

Nicholas Zeman, Senior Architect at Zions Bancorporation, specializes in Web3 and blockchain solutions, focusing on decentralized identity, finance, and data exchange. With extensive experience in solutions architecture and integration engineering, he also brings expertise in education, curriculum development, and customer success training. His skills span coding, DevOps, cloud architecture, and product development.

Alicia Miller

Global Industry Development Lead - Verizon

ABOUTAlicia Miller is a strategy leader at Verizon, focused on bringing new technologies to market, including 5G and Mobile Edge Compute (MEC). She currently leads Verizon's participation in the 5G Future Forum, GSMA's Open Gateway initiative and CAMARA, focusing on creating interoperability across telco's in 5G and MEC and driving the industry ecosystem.

Jeremiah Mason

Chief Product Officer - Anonybit

Jeremiah Mason, Chief Product Officer at Anonybit, is a digital identity expert with 10+ years of experience. He specializes in zero-to-one product development, driving significant revenue growth and customer retention. Mason focuses on creating simple, secure, and reusable digital identity solutions, leading R&D and delivering scalable authentication products for B2B/B2B2C markets.

Dora Foto

Senior Manager, Global Internal Audit - Amazon

Dora Foto serves as a Senior Manager of Global Internal Audit and is a pioneering thought leader in risk management and regulatory compliance. With over 15 years of experience across multiple industries, she brings unique insights into how organizations can navigate the complex landscape of AI regulations while maintaining robust internal controls and governance frameworks.

In her current role, Dora strengthens corporate governance and risk management strategies, focusing particularly on emerging technologies and their impact on internal control systems. Her expertise spans financial services, technology risk assessment, and regulatory compliance, making her uniquely qualified to address the challenges of AI implementation in regulated environments both domestically and globally.

Her comprehensive knowledge of GAAS, GAAP, IFRS, GDPR, NIST, and COBIT frameworks enables her to offer valuable insights into building effective AI governance frameworks while ensuring compliance with evolving global regulations. Dora's experience in leading large-scale audit transformations provides practical perspectives on implementing AI governance structures that balance innovation with risk management.

Mark Boyd

Director - Platformable

Mark Boyd is the Founder of Platformable. He works as a writer/analyst, primarily on the Digital Government products. He is interested in using APIs to enable participation and to reduce inequality.

Dick Hardt

Creator of OAuth | Founder & CEO - Hellō

As a pivotal contributor to Perl, launching the OpenID Foundation, and creating OAuth 2.0, Hardt has 30+ years of open source and digital identity development experience. He lives in Seattle with his amazing wife and crazy cute rescue dog.

Tristan Kalos

Co-founder and CEO - Escape

Tristan is co-founder & CEO @ Escape (GraphQL Security). He was a seasoned freelance developer and Machine Learning Researcher at UC Berkeley. He witnessed the API Security problem with his eyes while working for a customer. He saw an entire company database being stolen in 2018 through an API he developed himself.

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.

Topher Marie

Founder - Strata Identity and JumpCloud

Gabriel L. Manor

Director of DevRel - Permit.io

Hari Krishnan

CTO & Co-Founder - Specmatic

Hari Krishnan is a Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Architecture Consultant, XP Coach and Trainer, with over 18+ years of experience.

He has worked across multiple tech stacks and application architectures. His domain exposure includes investment banking, network security, telecommunications, logistics and retail. Apart from building products, he has extensive experience in coaching developers, quality specialists, architects, and technology leaders. He has advised several organizations including unicorn startups and large enterprises on their transformation strategy. Hari Krishnan leads Polarizer Technologies, a consulting business that specializes in helping organizations formulate their technology roadmap to stay ahead in the digital world through engineering excellence in all aspects of software development.

He has spoken at several conferences including API Specification Conference (#ASC2022), API World, SeleniumConf, Agile2021, Agile India, TestingUY 2021, SREConf, PyCon Singapore, RubyConf India. He actively contributes to several open-source projects including Specmatic and Perfiz.

His areas of interest include distributed systems, concurrency, high performance application architecture, coaching and training.

Eric Leach

Co-Founder & CPO - Strata Identify

Entrepreneur, product leader, and cofounder with a focus on creating new market categories and building teams to tackle the challenges faced by the customers in those markets.

Nolwenn Godard

VP Climate - Mobioos

#Decarbonize. GM-level, 5th line leader hand-picked by California Governor Gavin Newsom to modernize California’s government. Driving innovation for Net Zero.

Led sweeping government transformation (including CA Climate Action, and Drought Predictive Models), leading 40+ projects serving over 30 departments and agencies with supporting $22M budget & 65 staff i.e. the Chief Data Officer, product managers, engineers, data scientists and analysts, content strategists, designers, and operational staff. In 60 days, created Governor Gavin Newsom Executive Order on Generative Artificial Intelligence, leading 65+ team members to learn everything on the topic, educate the Governor, craft the Governor’s position, and facilitate execution; created the State of California Benefits and Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence Report.

For PayPal, delivered $1B+ in incremental operating income in 4 years by replatforming the pricing platform, growing the team from 5 to 70+.

For Sofi, delivered 200% of revenue of assigned platform in 1.5 years by replatforming it.

Ajay Subramanian

Director, Informatics Data Systems - Generate:Biomedicines

Accomplished engineering leader with 20 years of experience in leading technology organizations. Track record of building and growing high-performing teams, fostering operational excellence and delivering transformative platforms and products. Strategic, systems thinker proficient in delivering business objectives through cross-functional leadership, collaboration and empowered accountable execution.

Jitender Jain

Staff Software Engineer - Walmart

Thoughtful Technology Leader with a proven track record of delivering performant, fault-tolerant enterprise software solutions and services. Experienced in leading technology teams to deliver meaningful products using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Adept at designing and building scalable, robust, event-driven architectures with a cloud-native approach to microservices. At Walmart, I spearhead the development of a centralized inventory management platform powered by AI and computer vision, collaborating with cross-functional teams like IoT and Mobile to create innovative, end-to-end solutions. Partnering with Cybersecurity teams, I ensure all solutions adhere to stringent security compliance standards while implementing best practices for enhanced data governance through collaboration with enterprise governance teams.

Renjith Ramachandran

Staff Software Engineer - BJS Wholesale Club

I am a Digital Solutions Architect with 18+ years of experience in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance digital solutions across Insurance, Telecom, Banking, and Retail/Wholesale industries. I specialize in cloud-native architectures, microservices, and enterprise digital transformation, serving millions of customers through cutting-edge technologies.

Jai Narula

Software Engineer - Chime

Seena Ganesh

Sr. Director, Visa Developer Platform - Visa

Customer focused business leader with hands-on technology expertise in building large-scale software systems; thrives in ambiguous situations by driving strategy with clients and partners through collaboration, focus and results. Expert in defining digital innovation strategy, business deal negotiation, product & architecture, building teams & execution plans, driving business satisfaction through performance benchmarks. Excellent communicator who brings business and tech to work together.

Pratham Kumar

Developer Relations Manager - APILayer

Over 50 million developers worldwide read my content on Twitter every month. I write engaging tweets and threads by adding some real media and infographics to them. I am a CSS fanatic who loves to create CSS arts and illustrations on Codepen where thousands of developers love my work.

Emmanuel Paraskakis

CEO - Level 250

My passion is creating the APIs and tools that help developers deliver great applications.
As a VP of Product Management, I’ve been fortunate enough to lead two of the most important API products in the world: Apiary with API Blueprint (since acquired by Oracle) and SwaggerHub (and the Swagger Open Source toolset), which uses OpenAPI.

Phil Leggetter

Head of Developer Experience - Hookdeck

I have broad experience in PLG, developer experience, and relations, from startup to enterprise. From hands-on execution through to strategic planning with C-level executives, I have justified multi-million dollar budgets and successfully achieved multi-million-dollar revenue targets. I have led Developer Experience and DevRel teams within startups through growth, acquisition, and accelerated growth at a publicly traded enterprise.

Manai Mohamed Mortadha

Senior AI Engineer - Netflix

AI has always been my passion. I am fueled by an unwavering fascination for its transformative potential across industries ,he intricate fusion of data with algorithms, and the artistry of training models to recognize patterns, resonates profoundly with me. It's the promise of neural networks mimicking human cognition, the intricacies of deep learning architectures, and the exhilaration of witnessing AI-driven solutions unfold that propels me to delve deeper into this dynamic field.

Derric Gilling

CEO - Moesif

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.

Usha Yellapu

VP , API Architecture and Governance - Citi

Nabila Moumen

Principal, Partner Success Manager & AI Speaker - HubSpot

Anthony Alaribe

CTO - APItoolkit

Over the years as a Software Engineer, my focus has been on blurring the line between security and performance in the software I help design or develop. The idea is not to mindlessly churning out code, but to consider about the short and long term implications of each technical decision, while keeping the business goals in mind.

Louis Abraham

Head of GenAI, Tiime - Team Lead, H Company

I work as Agent Production Team Lead at H Company, Head of LLM and Gen AI at Tiime and I am a Board member of Afer, a life-insurance association of 800,000 people handling €60bn of investments. I also created Secrecy.tech, an encrypted cloud platform for developers, and am an adjunct professor at Sciences Po.

I enjoy doing research – I am a PhD candidate in Financial Economics and work on ML research with Rob Tibshirani (Stanford) – and writing open source code on github.

Previously, I finished high school at 15, then studied mathematics and computer science at École polytechnique and ETH Zurich. I also was a competitive programmer who participated in ICPC, the most prestigious programming contest in the world. My team became Southwestern Europe champion and gold medalist and achieved France's all-time record at the ICPC World Finals.

Ezequiel Lanza

Open Source AI Evangelist - Intel

I'm passionate about helping people explore the thrilling realm of artificial intelligence. As a regular AI conference presenter, I take pride in creating impactful use cases, tutorials, and guides to assist developers in adopting open source AI tools.

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With a solid foundation in engineering and a decade of experience assisting customers and developers in the software realm, I bring a wealth of practical knowledge to the table. Currently, I'm writing my thesis as I pursue a Master's in Data Science from Universidad Austral in Argentina (Yeah, it was AI before ChatGPT:) ).

I'm usually an AI speaker at conferences like Open Source Summit, Kubecon, All Things Open, ODSC and AAAI among other relevant AI events

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Follow me on Medium https://medium.com/@ezequiel.lanza!

Shon Urbas

CTO - Pandium

Anamitra Dutta Majumdar

Principal Engineer - Intuit

Ranit Dey

Senior Software Engineer - Meta

A seasoned Software Engineering Tech Lead having 8+ years of experience in development of distributed ML systems at billions scale.

Landed bunch of impact(Billion dollar scale) in Facebook Ads and led multiple project as tech lead starting from Ads privacy to Ads optimization products.

Currently working with ROAS Facebook Ads team to build state of the art capabilities.

Tejaswini Sirlapu

Senior Software Engineer - Intel

Ray Wu

Managing Partner - Alumni Ventures

I am a seasoned investor specializing in AI, SaaS, Web3 and IoT. With over 20 years of business and investment experience, I'm devoted to identifying and nurturing the most promising opportunities worldwide.

I've been an investor in many AI, SaaS, Infrastructure and Web3 innovative ventures, including Allegro Systems (acquired by Cisco), Relicore (acquired by Symantec), Viacore (acquired by IBM), Local Motion (acquired by Avis), Digital Fountain (acquired by Qualcomm), FPI (IPO in China), Lambda Labs, Patlytics, Babylon Network, Sahara AI, Helium (Nova Labs), 0g Labs, Aurora, Bluesky, Bitwave, ETHSign, ChainML, SoSo Value, Pixelynx and more

Tim Frick

Founder & President - Mightybytes

Tim Frick founded Mightybytes in 1998 to help mission-driven organizations. He is a seasoned speaker, facilitator, and author.

Alisa Bonsignore

Founder, Strategist, Author - Clarifying Complex Ideas, LLC

Alisa develops award-winning sustainable content strategies for global clients to reduce their digital carbon footprint.

François Burra

Co-Founder - Climate Product Leaders

I'm a Product & UX strategist, consultant, speaker, and mentor with 13 years of experience in the tech industry. In 2021, I took a year off and studied climate change.

Since then, I pivoted my career to fight the climate crisis and help organizations reduce their digital emissions.

In 2023, I co-wrote a Climate Product Management Playbook called ""How to Become a Climate-Conscious Product Manager".

Pascal Joly

Sustainability Consultant and Instructor - IT Climate Ed

Data center expert turned AI sustainability advocate. Teaching sustainable AI while developing tools to measure LLM carbon footprints.

Sasha Luccioni

AI & Climate Lead - Hugging Face

Tzviya Siegman

Sustainability Lead - W3C

James Christie

Founder, Author & Presenter - SustainableUX

Dan Maher

Senior DevRel Engineer - Cerbos

Rahul Raja

Staff Software Engineer - Linkedin

Arthur O'Connor

Academic Director - City University of New York

Shivali Naik

Solutions Consultant - Snowflake

Mike Amundsen

Author of "Design and Build Great APIs", API Strategist & Advisor - amundsen.com, Inc.

An internationally known author and speaker, Mike Amundsen consults with organizations around the world on network architecture, Web development, and the intersection of technology & society. He works with companies large and small to help them capitalize on the opportunities provided by APIs, Microservices, and Digital Transformation. Amundsen has authored numerous books and papers. He contributed to the O’Reilly book, "Continuous API Management" (2018). His "RESTful Web Clients", was published by O’Reilly in February 2017 and he co-authored "Microservice Architecture" (June 2016). His latest book — "Design and Build Great APIs" — for Pragmatic Publishing, is scheduled for release in early 2020.

Mark O’Neill

VP Analyst, Chief of Research for Software Engineering - Gartner

Vice President Analyst at Gartner. Startup background as co-founder and CTO of Vordel, API/SOA Gateway pioneer, acquired in 2012. Author of "Web Services Security" book. Co-founder and CTO of Delphium Technologies, a boutique integrator focusing on identity and B2B/EDI integration, acquired in 2000. Interested in all things API and Identity.

Anthony Lusardi

Developer Relations Engineer - liblab

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.

Hugo Guerrero

Developer Advocate - Kong

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.

Sampath Rajapakse

Associate Technical Lead - WSO2

Shobha Ramu Shivaiah

Sr. Software Development Manager - Amazon

Ryan Day

Advanced Data Scientist - Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)

Ryan Day is an advanced data scientist at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). Previously, he led the digital services division for a Federal agency, advancing cloud computing, data science and API development initiatives.

Ryan is the author of Hands-on APIs for AI and Data Science, which will be published in Spring 2025 by O'Reilly Publishing.

An experienced Python and open-source developer, Ryan contributes to the FastAPI project and holds an AWS Solutions Architect certification. He is also a member of the National Association of Business Economics.

Xe Iaso

Senior Cloud Whisperer - Tigris Data

Eric Koleda

Developer Advocate - Coda

A seasoned Developer Advocate specializing in productivity and low-code.

Ananya Upadhyay

AI Developer - United Rentals

Master’s graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), specializing in Information Technology (IT)

Sai prasad Veluru

Software Engineer - Apple Inc

Vincent Gonguet

Head of Product, GenAI Llama Safety - Meta

Leading Llama Safety at Meta. Responsible for company-wide AI content standards, evaluations, red teaming. Leading model safety fine-tuning and system level mitigations for the next generation of Llama models, including open source. Responsible for transparency/watermarking company strategy and frontier risks evaluations.

Varun Varma Sangaraju

Senior QA Engineer - Cognizant

Ph.D. Research activities include thesis on fog computing (extension to cloud computing) security, zero trust security, application of quantitative methods, and performing statistical tests on collected data.

Arpita Vats

Senior AI engineer - Linkedin

I am Arpita Vats, currently working as senior AI Engineer at Linkedin.
I have my research published in top computer vision conferences like WACV, CVPR and also I have published NLP research work in ICASSP.

My research during my PhD program was focused on computer vision, LLM and NLP problems. Throughout my PhD program,
I have focused extensively on solving complex problems in computer vision and NLP. My research has involved developing
novel algorithms, improving existing models, and applying these techniques to real-world problems.

Naga Venkata Ram Prasad Pedapatnam

Staff Software Engineer - Wallmart

Graziano Casto

Developer Relations Engineer - Mia-Platform

Graziano Casto is a software engineer and passionate about agile development and product management. Formerly a developer of distributed systems in enterprise environments and a product manager, he focuses on sharing the myriad beauties of the cloud-native world. Active in international communities with talks and articles, he mainly deals with architectures, AI, platform engineering, and environmental sustainability in the software realm.
You could find more about him on his personal website: https://www.castograziano.com/

Evan Dolgow

Strategic API Partnerships - X (formerly Twitter)

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— piloting intelligent business decisions with real-time & historical data APIs
— working closely with enterprise orgs building cutting edge technology
— activating first movers by unlocking innovative 𝕏 Data use cases

Giuseppe Abrignani

Senior Software Engineer - The LEGO Group

My love for coding started during first year of university, when I started collaborating with CoderDojo, being a mentor there formed me as the person I am today and helped me finding the right path for me.

I love being able to shape and design solutions and imaging that people will use those products it makes me really accomplished.

My professional strengths lie in the rapid acquisition and application of new technical competencies, with a strategic focus on Enterprise Architecture and Distributed Systems. I love designing and integrating synchronous and asynchronous APIs, ensuring robust and scalable interactions within complex software ecosystems. My passion extends to GraphQL, where I specialize in schema design and the implementation of distributed GraphQL systems through Supergraph and federation, fostering a cohesive yet flexible service architecture

Yasodhara Rangineeni

Vice President - JPMorgan Chase & Co

Sr. IT Project Manager with a record of improving business operations and reducing costs through the innovative use of technology. Overall 18 years of experience in managing dozens of projects of all sizes including multi-million dollar enterprise wide efforts. Have managed multi-disciplinary teams of internal, vendor and off-shore resources employing Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Projects consistently delivered on schedule, within budget and with high quality.

Experienced results driven business professional offering knowledge, business analysis, client relationships and support. Ambitious, self-motivated and organized professional with efficiency in time management and the ability to function effectively in high-pressured environments.

Skilled and experienced in Project management, SDLC and Agile/Scrum Principles and Methodologies, Requirements Elicitation and Planning, Project Scoping, Client/Customer Relations, Contract Negotiation, Quality and Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Time Tracking and Management, Team Building and Motivating, MS Project and MS Office.

Nisarg Patel

Product Manager - IBM

I’m passionate about building anything and all from the ground up, and solving strategic problems through data and AI. I’m eager to learn about and become further involved in this little segment of world history marked by rapid technological transformation 🙂

Sandon Jacobs

Senior Developer Advocate - Confluent

All things event-driven!!! If you wanna talk data streaming, let's connect.

Specialties: java, scala, kafka, aws, software developer, software design, project management.