Innovator of the Year
Best API Debut
Best in API Infrastructure
Best in API Management
Best in API Middleware
Best in API Security
Best in Automotive APIs
Best in Business Software APIs
Best in Communications APIs
Best in DevOps APIs
Best in Enterprise APIs
Best in Finance APIs
Best in Health APIs
Best in Home APIs
Best in IoT APIs
Best in Microservices APIs
Best in Microservices Infrastructure
Best in Payment APIs
Best in Data APIs
How it Works
API World 2021 is the world’s largest API & microservices conference, and the 2021 API Awards are the definitive awards for the API & microservices industry.
The 2021 API Awards are given out for 20 categories, and the Advisory Board for API World, made up of industry veterans, will select category winners after the public nomination process concludes.
The API Awards celebrate innovation, adoption and reception in the API & microservices industry and by the developer community.
The 2021 API Awards nominations are accepted now through Monday, August 23, 2021, and winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Winners will be presented virtually with awards at the 2021 API Awards ceremony on October 27th at 3:00 PT at API World 2021. Recipients receive (2) VIP Passes to API World 2021, a commemorative award, and media promotion and industry recognition.
Nominations are public and any technology, product or service that is or interacts with an application programming interface (API) or microservice is eligible for nomination. Nominees for the Innovator Award must be a person or team responsible for a significant innovation in the industry.
Categories
Innovator of the Year
Best API Debut
Best in API Infrastructure
Best in API Management
Best in API Middleware
Best in API Security
Best in Business Software APIs
Best in Automotive APIs
Best in Communications APIs
Best of Data APIs
Best in DevOps APIs
Best in Enterprise APIs
Best in Finance APIs
Best in Health APIs
Best in IoT APIs
Best in Media APIs
Best in Microservices APIs
Best in Microservices Infrastructure
Best in Payment APIs
Timeline
Monday, August 23, 2021
Nominations close: Judging begins
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Winners Notified
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
2021 API Awards
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT
2021 API Awards Ceremony @ API World 2021
2021 Advisory Board
Vinayak Adkoli
Product Manager
SAP Labs LLC
Zohar Babin
EVP Platform & Growth
Kaltura
Mighael Botha
CTO – Americas
Software AG
Daniel Carrión
VP of Engineering
Inspide
Rod Cope
CTO
Perforce Software
Nuwan Dias
VP and deputy CTO for API Management and Integration
WSO2
Uwe Friedrichsen
CTO
codecentric AG
Gaurav Gargate
Head of Microservice Infrastructure
Box
Iddo Gino
CEO & Founder
Rapid API
Todd Greene
CEO & Founder
PubNub
Bernard Harguindeguy
CTO
Ping Identity
Avinash Harsh
CEO
WEAVR
Anusha Iyer
CTO and Co-founder
Corsha, Inc.
Vijit Jain
Director – Partnerships
CometChat Inc.
Justin Karneges
CEO
Fanout
Sahas Katta
CEO
Smartcar
Tobias Kunze
CEO
Glasnostic, Inc.
Sharon Mantin
CEO
Imvision
Joao Martins
CTO
Yapily
Intesar Mohammed Shannan
Founder & CTO
apisec inc.
John Musser
CEO
API Science
Jerome Ng
Engineering Manager
GitLab
Matthew O’Riordan
CEO
Ably
Bill Oakes
Head of product marketing for API management
Broadcom
Victor Olex
Founder and CEO
SlashDB
David Oneill
CEO
APImetrics
Alejandro Oses
CEO
Rootstack
Vince Padua
EVP, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Axway
Michael Palermo
Lead Developer Advocate
HERE Technologies
Mark Piller
CEO
Backendless
John Pritchard
Sr. Director
Adobe
Navdeep Sidhu
VP Product Strategy and Business Development
Software AG
Andreas Silén
CTO
Roaring.io
Mike Stowe
Director, Developer Marketing
RingCentral
Vijji Suryadevara
CPO & Head of Engineering
Phizzle
Andrea Tassistro
Founder & CEO
Foodetective
Tanel Tähepõld
Founder
Actual Reports OÜ
Joel Varty
President
Agility CMS
Tanya Vlahovic
Distinguished Architect
eBay
Tony Wang
cofounder
Agora.io
Rob Zazueta
Principal Consultant
Rob Zazueta Technical Consulting
Rob van Kruijsdijk
Education Director
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