Summary
Dan Temkin is a senior technical product marketing leader and founder with deep expertise in API management, enterprise integration, and API security, currently shaping product and go-to-market strategy at Kong after a long tenure driving IBM’s API Connect portfolio. He combines two decades of hands-on integration architecture and pre-sales experience with product leadership—authoring features like API Discovery and Governance and helping secure top analyst rankings for IBM. Known for translating complex technical problems into clear business value, he mentors global teams and crafts demos, workshops, and customer-facing assets that accelerate adoption and deal velocity. As founder of Gambit Pathways LLC he consults on API strategy and integration architecture, bringing a pragmatic, customer-centered approach to enterprise transformation. Based in Madison, WI, he blends enterprise-scale delivery experience with a knack for making intricate API governance and security topics accessible to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Millikin University
English