Ketty ZAKARIASY

As Principal Consultant, I specialize in guiding businesses through the complexities of API strategy, design, governance, security and implementation. My role is to help organizations unlock the full potential of their API ecosystems, ensuring alignment with business objectives while fostering innovation and scalability. Key Responsibilities: - API Strategy & Consulting: Partnering with clients to define, develop, and implement API strategies that drive digital transformation and innovation. - Client Advisory: Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, offering guidance on API governance, lifecycle management, and best practices. - Technical Leadership: Leading teams through the design and implementation of API solutions that are secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs. - Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with cross-functional teams, from developers to C-suite executives, to ensure successful API adoption and integration. - Innovation & Growth: Identifying new opportunities for clients to leverage APIs, improve processes, and generate new revenue streams. Expertise: -API Governance, Lifecycle Management, and Security -API Design, Development, and Integration -Digital Transformation & Strategic Consulting -Cross-functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement At SO-API Consulting, we believe that APIs are not just connectors, but key drivers of business success. My mission is to help businesses harness the power of APIs to build scalable, secure, and future-proof ecosystems.

Mobilize Financial Services is an international company that specializes in automotive financing, insurance and related activities for Alliance brands (Renault, Dacia, Nissan, ...). I helped setting up the company API Strategy & Governance to obtain the following results: - Reduced new business time to market by adapting API-first strategy: design-first, reusable API Catalog. - Strengthened API Governance with four subsidiaries by creating API design design review sessions, and sharing new needs & new standards - Decreased API Consumer time to connect by providing API tools & documentation : design, cookbook, monitoring tools, etc -Increased API basic knowledge inside IT & Business team by conducting several API acculturation sessions - Facilitated integration of newcomers in API Team by providing onboarding program & customized mentorship

Consulting firm specializes in Middleware solution, I worked as consultant at Renault Credit International - Increased API consistency & API maturity in four subsidiaries by writing and maintaining API Guidelines (best practices of design & security) - Designed 27 business-oriented APIs that permitted the deployment of online vehicle sales over two countries - Helped Editor Software AG API Management Platform to become one of the API Management leaders by working closely with R&D teams: test new functionalities, raise bugs, request new features

- Helped 7 backend developers to understand the importance of well-designed API and advocated for API Best Practices - Implemented APIs that were dedicated to use by Single Page Web Page

Skills: Python (Programming Language)