Mark O'Neill is a VP Analyst and Chief of Research for Software Engineering. He guides Gartner's insights on software development, application architecture, and frameworks and tools for building software, spanning key initiatives in Gartner for IT Leaders as well as Gartner for Technical Professionals. Mark also leads Gartner's API Strategy research community. With his security and startup background, his own research focus includes API security and the new wave of API-first companies. Mark is a frequent conference speaker and webinar presenter.
Mr. O'Neill is the author of the book "Web Services Security" and other guidance on API security and strategy. He also co-founded two companies, acting as CTO at both. At Vordel, as CTO, he drove API gateway strategy, leading to its acquisition.
Throughout his career, Mr. O'Neill has worked closely with software engineering teams, enterprise architects, CIOs and security professionals, providing best-practice guidance on API security strategy, API and integration strategy, and API management.
Axway
VP Innovation
Vordel
CTO and Co-founder
Delphium Technologies
CTO and Co-founder
Applications and Software Engineering Leaders
Software Engineering Technologies
Software Engineering Practices
B.A., Mathematics and Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin
1API management including API gateways and API portals
2API security using standards such as OAuth and OpenID Connect
3API integration with iPaaS and ESB
4Banking APIs, including PSD2
5Microservices architecture, service mesh, and how it relates to APIs and SOA