API Talent
Helping it's customers to thrive, and succeed by removing complexity and cost from systems.
- Technology
- Consulting
In 2016, a startup from New Zealand called API Talent set out with a clear goal: to bring the innovative and fast-paced tech ideologies of Silicon Valley to local businesses. Founded by Seb Krueger and Wyn Ackroyd, the company focused on helping New Zealand businesses adopt a more collaborative and experimental approach to development through DevOps principles. The core of their strategy was leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS). By using AWS, API Talent enabled their clients to innovate more rapidly, providing pay-as-you-go services for everything from networking and databases to machine learning. This approach quickly gained traction, and the company was recognized with the AWS Rising Star award for their customer-centric consulting services. By 2017, the company, with Ackroyd as CEO, had established itself as an AWS Advance Partner, delivering consultancy services to a wide range of industries including finance, public sector, and media. They helped organizations re-architect their applications for the future, championing the idea that cloud adoption was no longer a choice but a necessity for survival in the modern business landscape. A key moment was their partnership with CA Technologies, which earned them the New Partnership award in 2017. This highlighted their growing influence in the tech ecosystem. API Talent's journey shows how a focused consultancy can drive significant technological change within a local market by championing powerful, scalable platforms like AWS.