All About APIs

APIs are ubiquitous and an integral part of the modern API stack. However, there are limitations to the traditional request-response model, specifically when dealing with changes of state asynchronously in a non-ugly (read: polling) way. Enter webhooks!

The digital banking industry has evolved significantly over the past few years. A major part of this transformation has involved banking institutes and Fintechs working together to provide services to their customers. This collaboration has been possible through APIs and governing standards. However, adoption of APIs with a proper understanding of compliance can be a major challenge in this multi-stakeholder setup.

In this episode of the All About APIs podcast, we speak with David Biesack, Chief API officer at Apiture, a company focused on enabling financial institutions to give the best digital banking experience to their customers. As Chief API officer, David is responsible for the digital enablement for financial institutions through APIs working with different stakeholders to drive API education internally and enabling adoption externally.

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David Biesack is Chief API Officer at Apiture and has served as Lead API Architect since the company's founding in 2017. David applies his passion for building great APIs and a compelling developer experience to the design and architecture of Apiture's open banking API ecosystem. David has over thirty years of industry experience creating reusable, robust, and elegant enterprise software systems. He strives to make software better, stronger, faster at solving complex customer problems.

Prior to joining Apiture, David worked at SAS for 28 years, most recently leading SAS' API Center of Excellence and SAS' adoption of RESTful API design. David has a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University and an MS in CS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

David is a contributor to Financial Data Exchange. He has presented at API and finance conferences and has authored numerous API blogs and articles.

David's secret ambition is to narrate BBC nature documentaries.

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During the course of this season of the All About APIs podcast, we have been exploring the different aspects of API-led product growth - why it’s important, how to approach it and the key challenges to achieving it.

In this episode, we speak with Deepa Goyal, Product Strategist at Postman about metrics that matter in an endeavour to define, analyse and optimise what success looks like for different stakeholders within an API-first business. We look at 3 different types of metrics - business, infrastructure and user metrics, and establish the need for a common language for collaboration to bring together the business, product and engineering teams.

Welcome to episode 3 of All About APIs, where we talk to seasoned Executive API Consultant, James Higginbotham, about establishing, growing and maturing API-first programs and deploying an API-first architecture. 

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. 

Welcome back to episode #2 of the All About APIs podcast. This week, we talk all things DevX with SPS Commerce's Principal Software Engineer, Travis Gosselin.
DevX. What is it and what is its place in the realm of API-led product growth? Take a listen to learn more, and let us know what you think! 

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Travis is an accomplished software developer, architect, and speaker. A tech enthusiast and blogger, Travis finds his niche in architecting and working with teams to compose highly automated service-oriented systems both in the cloud and on-premise.