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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I am a digitalization enthusiast with a combination of software engineering and business background with 15 years of experience in high-tech product and service creation in several industries.I have shipped products in several domains including consumer electronics, internet of things and platforms, virtual reality, media software, software developer kit and industrial IoT. Currently I work on digitizing smart buildings to enable cities becoming better places to live by building a new platform and API business for user-centered services.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mehdi Medjaoui

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

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.