Summary
Ted Epstein is a founder and CEO with 12+ years leading API and enterprise architecture innovation, currently building RepreZen’s product and open-source portfolio to simplify and standardize API design. He’s the lead architect of RAPID-ML, an open IDL that brings collaborative data modeling to REST APIs, and serves on the OpenAPI Initiative governing board shaping the industry standard. Ted blends domain-driven modeling, Eclipse-based DSL engineering, and practical microservice and integration architecture to accelerate API lifecycles and governance. He co-organized API-Craft NYC and is a frequent conference speaker, demonstrating a knack for translating formal modeling ideas into developer-friendly tooling and business-ready products. Notably, his work bridges legacy SOAP/RPC patterns and modern hypermedia/REST approaches, enabling enterprise teams to modernize interfaces without losing proven integration practices.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer