Mak Ahmad is a Google Cloud AI PM with 20+ years' experience across Microsoft, Meta (Instagram), TikTok, and Salesforce. With a Ph.D. in CS from UC Davis, his research bridges AI-enhanced API design and learning. At Next, Mak will dive into API gateway model routing and making enterprises agent-ready using SpecBoost. Off-stage, he’s a decade-long Taekwondo instructor, soccer enthusiast, fluent in Swedish and Farsi.