# Dan Temkin

> Dan Temkin is a Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at Kong (formerly Mashape), one of the world's leading API management platforms. With over a decade of experience in API strategy spanning roles at IBM and Kong, Temkin sits at the intersection of complex distributed systems and the business language needed to explain them. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, he shapes how enterprises think about API security, AI governance, and the economics of running LLMs at scale - authoring widely-read Kong blog posts, speaking at Apidays and AWS re:Invent, and helping translate the architecture of Kong's $424M-funded platform into decisions that matter to engineering and executive teams alike.

- **Role:** Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at Kong
- **Organizations:** Kong, IBM
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Helped grow IBM API Connect from a top-5 product to an industry leader over more than a decade, Speaker at Apidays Global, Apidays Helsinki, AWS re:Invent, and API Summit 2025, Authored widely-read Kong blog series on AI tokenomics, API monetization, and identity-driven API management

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Senior Product Manager at IBM for IBM API Connect, working to grow its market position in API lifecycle management and integration
- **pre-2020** — API & Integration Evangelist at IBM, translating enterprise integration strategy for technical and business audiences
- **2022** — Spoke at Apidays Helsinki on 'Multi-form API Management' representing IBM
- **2023+** — Joined Kong as Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, focusing on Kong Gateway, Kong Mesh, Kong Konnect, and AI governance
- **2024** — Kong secures $175M Series E funding in November; contributed to go-to-market messaging for Kong Identity and AI Manager
- **2025** — Authored major Kong blog posts on API monetization, AI tokenomics, and identity unification; spoke at API Summit 2025 and AWS re:Invent
- **2026** — Continues driving Kong's AI governance and cost management narrative, publishing on MCP governance and token budgeting

## Achievements

- Helped grow IBM API Connect from a top-5 product to an industry leader over more than a decade
- Speaker at Apidays Global, Apidays Helsinki, AWS re:Invent, and API Summit 2025
- Authored widely-read Kong blog series on AI tokenomics, API monetization, and identity-driven API management
- Contributed to Kong's go-to-market strategy across Kong Konnect, Kong Gateway, Kong Identity, and Kong AI Manager
- Published author at APIscene on API-led integration architecture
- GitHub Arctic Code Vault Contributor

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Published 'New Year, New Unit Economics: Konnect Metering & Billing Is Here' outlining AI cost governance strategies for the Kong platform
- **2025-10** — Authored 'Merge API Management & Identity to Unlock Your API Platform's Potential' on Kong Identity's unified auth/authz approach
- **2025-05** — Featured at API Summit 2025 on Kong Identity and API management strategy
- **2024-11** — Kong closes $175M Series E; contributed to platform positioning and AI Manager announcements

## Links

- Website: https://konghq.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantemkin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dan_temkin
- GitHub: https://github.com/dtemkin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mashape

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Last updated: 2026-05-27