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)