Mon, Aug 10, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
Mon, Aug 10, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
What you'll learn
Why APIs that move money play by different rules
What every API team can steal from payment products
What holds an API platform together through acquisitions
Making the API case to leaders who don't live in APIs
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Emmanuel Paraskakis
3x VP Product (Apiary, Swagger, Oracle) | 1.3M APIs | Founder, Level 250 | Agent-ready APIs & MCP
I’m Emmanuel, 3x VP Product, now a founder at Level 250.
If you built or used APIs in the past 15 years, chances are you’ve used one of my products:
I’ve led some of the most influential API tools: Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Swagger (750,000+ APIs) and Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway. Before that, I built large B2B API programs at Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely.
Today, I advise Fortune 500 CEOs and AI-forward startup founders on API Strategy, Developer Experience, MCP products, and AI agent readiness.
I'm also a member of OpenAPI and a featured speaker at apidays and other global technology conferences.
My passion is helping others build products, which is why I also teach on Maven: to share my lessons learned and help Product Managers and Engineers fast-track their careers.
Abhishek Guglani
Head of Product for Payouts - Blackhawk
I am Head of Product for Payouts at Blackhawk and a veteran fintech product leader with 15+ years of experience scaling high-impact products.
I formerly led API and Platform work at Visa and have deep domain expertise in real-time payments, card-based transfers, and developer ecosystems.
Having worked directly with the CEO of YellowPepper (a fintech acquired by Visa), I understand how to bridge early-stage agility with enterprise-scale execution. I have led the development of global platforms like Visa Direct for Cards and Click to Pay, taking products from zero to mass adoption.
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