Kin Lane

API Evangelist

Disrupting the Car Industry and Driver Experience with APIs

API Days, San Francisco 2014

Some Quick Background On Myself...
25 Years Database Engineer
15 Years Web Applications
8 Years Cloud Computing
4 Years Studying APIs

www.apievangelist.com

Focus

Technology of APIs
Business of APIs
Politics of APIs

Target

Individuals
Startups
SMB
Enterprise
Government

World Wide Web

25 Years!!

Automotive Industry

120 Years!!

$4 Trillion

Employs 5,566,000

Companies 353,486

US Aftermarket $182 Billion

Passenger

Light Duty

Heavy Duty

Buses

Domain Experts

1000 lb Gorillas

Insurance Industry

Oil & Gas Industry

Alternative Energy

Longer cycles

Ownership

Rental

Shared

Passionate Views

Apathetic Views

Telecommute

Emerging Markets

Vehicle to Vehicle

Self-Driving Cars

Parking Meters

Parking Lots

Toll Roads & Bridges

Traffic

Weather

Safety

Regulated

Vehicle Data Recorder

Big Data

Big Brother

Know When You Are Home

Know When You Are At Work

Know When You Are Not!

Big Picture!

High On Disruption!

Obstacles

Technology of APIs

Business of APIs

Politics of APIs

Pioneers

Simplicity

Easy, Low Cost Access To Resources

Working Together (Community)

Permissive Terms of Service

Data Ownership

Operational Transparency

Respect Privacy

Safety

Most Valuable Assets

The End

By Kin Lane (@kinlane)