Kin Lane
Chief Community Officer (CCO) at Naftiko
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKin Lane is a veteran API strategist and storyteller with 13 years dedicated to making sense of the technology, business, policy, and people aspects of APIs. As the longtime API Evangelist and current Chief Community Officer at Naftiko, he leads open-source efforts to modernize API consumption for cloud-native developers while helping enterprises apply pragmatic API lifecycle governance. His experience spans roles from API governance lead at Bloomberg to chief evangelist at Postman, bringing a rare blend of hands-on platform experience and policy-minded stewardship. Kin is known for publishing deep research, white papers, and guides that translate complex API ecosystems into actionable practices and for curating API news via @apireport. Based in New York, he pairs practical engineering roots dating back to web development startups with a consistent focus on developer experience and interoperability. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to bridge public sector partnerships and commercial platforms, evidenced by work with government programs and enterprise API programs.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Geekdom, Masters, Geekdom at School of LifeI didn't., I didn't. at Illinois Valley High school1990, Seamanship, Firefighting, Technology, 1990, Seamanship, Firefighting, Technology at Piney Point Maritime Academy
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Github Skills (38)
json-schema10
data-api10
swagger10
schema-org10
api10
openapi10
data-services9
json-api9
minimum9
portal9
protocols9
rest-api8
api-management8
hypermedia8
discovery8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
api-evangelist/orchestration
Sep 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:2867 pushes in 1 year 10 months
streamdata-gallery-topics/management
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:711 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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