Mike Amundsen is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and consultant specializing in network architecture, Web development, and the evolving relationship between technology and society. He works with organizations around the world to design sustainable API ecosystems and guide teams through digital transformation.

In recent years, Amundsen’s writing and talks have focused on AI-augmented API design, composable service platforms, and the future of human–machine collaboration—continuing his long-standing exploration of how systems evolve and how meaning emerges in connected environments. His current book project is "AI-Driven API Design" for O'Reilly.

Amundsen is the author of several influential books, including RESTful Web API Patterns and Practices Cookbook (2022) and Design and Build Great APIs (2020), and a contributor to Continuous API Management (2018, 2020). His earlier works, such as RESTful Web Clients (2017) and Microservice Architecture (2016), remain essential reading for modern software practitioners. He contributed to the O'Reilly book, "Continuous API Management" (2018). His "RESTful Web Clients", was published by O'Reilly in February 2017 and he co-authored "Microservice Architecture" (June 2016).