Mayowa Adebayo
Interswitch Technology Group, Technical Program/Project/Product Manager
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Mayowa Adebayo is an accomplished Technical Program/Project Manager with over 8 years of experience in Product & Technology Delivery, delivering successful outcomes in complex IT environments. Currently serving at Interswitch Group, a unicorn company based in Lagos, Nigeria, Mayowa has built a reputation for effectively managing high-value projects while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
As a Program/Project Manager at Interswitch Group, Mayowa has overseen multiple strategic initiatives that contributed to a 70% increase in company revenue. His meticulous approach to project planning, resource allocation, and risk management has enabled teams to consistently meet demanding timelines while maintaining high-quality standards. Mayowa excels at team collaboration, project planning and stakeholder engagement, ensuring clear communication channels between technical teams and business leadership.
His project portfolio includes managing thousands of API creations and integrations across 5 different teams that led to a 110% revenue increase in a single financial year. Through his leadership, Mayowa successfully implemented project management best practices that increased team productivity by an average of 12% per planning increment.
Prior to Interswitch, Mayowa was a product owner and project manager at Mansatek where he built an acquisition roadmap and worked closely with developers to define clear project parameters. His attention to detail and ability to shield teams from unnecessary interruptions were key factors in reducing technical debt by 22%, resulting in annual savings of $156,000.
He leveraged tools like JIRA and Confluence to track progress and optimize delivery performance.
His earlier roles include product management at SBM Kiddies, where he guided e-commerce development teams to increase sprint velocity by 30%, and IT support at VIG Acquisition, where he coordinated global support teams to resolve complex technical issues.
Mayowa holds a BSc in Accounting from Osun State University and numerous certifications including Foundations of Project Management from Google Coursera, SAFe 6-Agilist.
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API as a Service: Delivering APIs as scalable and reliable products.
APIs have become the backbone of modern digital ecosystems, enabling businesses to scale rapidly and integrate seamlessly with third-party services. However, designing, deploying, and managing APIs as a service requires more than just technical implementation—it demands a strategic approach to ensure scalability, reliability, and monetization.
In today's interconnected digital landscape, APIs have evolved from simple integration points to fully-fledged products that drive business value and innovation. In this session , I will explore the strategic framework and implementation methodology for delivering APIs as reliable, scalable services that meet enterprise demands while providing exceptional developer experiences.
This session will provide a deep dive into the concept of API as a Service (APIaaS) and how organizations can treat APIs as products, ensuring they are built for performance, security, and growth. By drawing from industry best practices and using my experience to showcase real-world case studies, I will share insights on how to deliver APIs that not only function efficiently but also drive business value.
This session will deliver actionable insights on:
Strategic API Product Planning: Aligning API design with business objectives and monetization strategies, building effective API product roadmaps that balance technical debt with innovation
Structuring API teams for optimal delivery and maintenance
Scalability Engineering for APIs: Architectural patterns for building high-volume APIs (with real-world examples from fintech), implementing effective rate limiting, throttling, and quota management, leveraging containerization and orchestration for horizontal scaling, designing for regional availability and global distribution
Reliability as a Core Feature: Establishing comprehensive monitoring and observability, implementing circuit breakers, fallbacks, and graceful degradation, building effective SLAs and error budgets for APIs, managing versioning and backward compatibility
Project Management for API Products: Adapting agile methodologies specifically for API development lifecycles, managing API dependencies and third-party integrations, effective stakeholder communication for technical and non-technical audiences, documentation and developer experience as project deliverables.
Why I Think This Session Matters
As organizations increasingly depend on APIs for digital transformation and revenue generation, the need for structured approaches to API management has never been more critical. This session provides a practical framework that attendees can immediately apply to transform their API development practices from ad-hoc implementations to strategic product thinking.
In conclusion, API-driven businesses are shaping the future of technology. I hope to use this session to equip participants with the knowledge and frameworks to build, scale, and sustain APIs as reliable, high-performing services. I look forward to the opportunity to share these insights and engage in meaningful discussions with fellow industry professionals.
Mayowa Adebayo
Interswitch Technology Group, Technical Program/Project/Product Manager
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