With over 15 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.

DeveloperWeek San Jose is starting tomorrow! The OpenAPI Initiative is proud to present another OpenAPI Summit, and we have a stellar line-up! Come and join us Friday (Feb 20) for a full day of programming around OpenAPI, open standards, and how they produce value!

• 9.30-9.55: "Summit Welcome and OpenAPI in the Age of AI", Erik Wilde (OpenAPI Initiative)
• 10.00-10.25: "You may have OpenAPI, but is it AI-Ready?", Frank Kilcommins (Jentic)
• 10.30-10.55: "What's new in OpenAPI 3.2?", Henry Andrews (OpenAPI Initiative)
• 11.00-11.25: "10x Boost in API Development Velocity Using Practical AI Tooling", Sumit Amar (WEX)
• 11.30-11.55: "The New Developer Stack: Integrating AI into the Core of Enterprise Systems", Manideep Galala (Microsoft) & Aditya Tangirala (Venmo)

• 1.00-1.25: "Bridging SDKs, OpenAPI, and AI: A Unified Schema for LLM-Safe API Chunking", Aditya Rohit (Swytchcode)
• 1.30-1.55: "AI-Driven API Design with OpenAPI", Emmanuel Paraskakis (Level 250)
• 2.00-2.25: "APIs Weren't Built for AI: Now What?", Nuwan Dias (WSO2)
• 2.30-2.55: "The API-to-AI Pipeline: Building the Composable Backbone of AI-Ready Platforms", Kuldeepak Angrish (Tyk) & Budhaditya Bhattacharya (Tyk)
• 3.00-3.25: "From API Chaos to Clarity: The Role of OpenAPI in Standardized Tooling", Raúl Nogales (101OBEX)

We still have a few free passes to the event that we can give away! If you want to join us at DeveloperWeek, get in touch with us to claim one of these passes!

Erik Wilde

DeveloperWeek

OpenAPI Initiative

Enterprise Strategy at Jentic

Head of Enterprise Architecture at Jentic

Jentic

REST API Design and DX; OpenAPI Specification Co-Author

Microsoft

Venmo

Building AI for Integrations.

Swytchcode

15+ years in APIs | Product Consultant for SaaS and API Companies | 3x VP PM | Maven Instructor | Founder @Level250

Level 250

Author of Microservices Security In Action. Vice President and Deputy CTO - WSO2.

WSO2

Advising Customers on API & AI Strategy to Realize Business Impact

Director of Product Ecosystem @Tyk | Board chair @OpenAPI | APIs | API management | Developer Relations & Advocacy | Telling stories that matter

Founder & CEO at 101OBEX (AVAP)

101OBEX

OpenClaw has taken the AI world by storm. But the bigger signal may be this: we're entering the era of universal agents, and that makes API-First not just good practice, but an essential agent requirement.

In our latest discussion, Frank Kilcommins and I explore:

 • Why OpenClaw is different
 • Why going directly to APIs (and CLIs) matters
 • Whether this is a sign that MCP may not be as central as many assumed
 • Why enterprises must rethink in their API strategy

If agents are smart enough to consume APIs directly, the question shifts from "Do we need another abstraction layer?" to "Are our APIs designed to be agent-ready?"

▶ OpenClaw & Universal Agents: Why API-First is Now an Agent Requirement - https://lnkd.in/es_6vVTV

📅 Live Jentic Webinar — One Week from Now (March 11)

We’ll go deeper into what this means in practice and how to evaluate and evolve your APIs for agent consumption.

☑ Register here: https://lnkd.in/eesZi6aV

Sharing a short extract below. The API-First renaissance may already be underway. OpenClaw, just like MCP, is a sign showing where things are moving.

#openclaw #agents #api #apidesign #apistrategy OpenAPI Initiative Getting APIs to Work

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