# Ricky Moorhouse (@rickymoorhouse.uk)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/rickymoorhouse.uk
Headline: Cloud Architect for IBM API Connect - helping you to manage your APIs in the cloud
Website: https://rickymoorhouse.uk

## About

I build API platforms that don't get in the way. Currently leading IBM API Connect Cloud services, helping enterprises manage APIs at scale without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. Previously helped internal teams navigate their cloud journey.Security, monitoring, automation. The boring stuff that works so you don't have to think about it.

## Career

- **STSM, Product Manager, IBM API Connect at IBM Hursley** (Oct 2026 - Present)
  Full-time · Hursley, England, GB · Hybrid
  Responsible for API Studio, part of IBM API Connect.  I covering discovery, roadmap and delivery with design and engineering.
  
  \- Lead product discovery for API Studio. I talk with customers regularly and turn what I learn into clear problems to solve and a roadmap built around customer outcomes.
  \- Write product requirements with clear success measures, and work with engineering teams through delivery.
  \- Work across API Connect to improve product quality and the customer experience, focusing on the issues that matter most to customers.
  \- Work with Product Management leadership, Sales and Customer Success to bring customer feedback into product decisions.
  
- **STSM API Management on Cloud at IBM Hursley** (Aug 2024 - Oct 2026)
  I own the strategy for API Management on IBM's cloud platform. That means I'm responsible for the platform working, being secure, and not getting in the way of the teams using it. I work with product, engineering, and SRE to make sure we're building the right thing and running it right.
- **Cloud Architect, IBM API Connect at IBM Hursley** (Feb 2021 - Aug 2024)
  I led the technical vision for launching API Connect as a SaaS service on AWS—so customers could focus on their business APIs, not running a platform.
  
  I figure out what cloud-native API management should look like and work with the team to build it. Talking to customers and internal teams to make sure we're solving real problems.
- **Operations Lead, API Connect for IBM Cloud at IBM Hursley** (Jan 2016 - Feb 2021)
- **Cloud Operations and Software Engineer at IBM Hursley** (Sep 2012 - Feb 2021)
  I kept IBM's cloud offerings running and made them better. Built monitoring and infrastructure tooling that actually helped. Did consulting work with internal teams launching new products—helped them avoid the obvious mistakes and get to production faster.
- **UK Cloud Operations Lead, API Management Service & Cast Iron Live at IBM Hursley** (Jan 2013 - Jan 2016)
  As UK lead I am primarily responsible for ensuring the SaaS offerings continue  to operate without issue during the UK business day, leading a team providing  operational and customer support and platform improvements. My other  responsibilities include providing consultancy to other teams moving to the  cloud and working closely with the development teams to ensure a smooth  transition from development, through test to production.
- **Application Developer at IBM Hursley** (Jul 2006 - Sep 2012)
  I was responsible for leading the development and support of internal web based systems used to provide system inventory and security management for Software Group in the UK. Over this time I have gained significant experience in IT Security and System Management, specifically managing the Linux hosting platform with Apache web servers and MySQL databases.
- **zSeries Database and Data Connectors support at IBM Hursley** (Aug 2004 - Jul 2006)
  Worked as part of a team supporting and managing DB2 on zSeries for a number of teams within IBM Hursley.
- **Leave of Absence at IBM** (Aug 2003 - Aug 2004)
- **Tivoli Storage Manager Support at IBM Hursley** (May 2000 - Aug 2003)
  I built a web based portal to provide users of Tivoli Storage Manager with a self-service interface to check on their backups, alert them if there were problems and manage their account details.
- **Technical Training at IBM Hursley** (Sep 1999 - May 2000)

## Projects

- **IBM API Connect SaaS** — https://ibm.biz/try-apic (Jan 2022 - Present)

## Talks & sessions

### [Rethinking AI Gateways in Agentic Architectures](https://sifa.id/p/rickymoorhouse.uk/talk/rethinking-ai-gateways-in-agentic-architectures-3mr55ktwkxp2q)
_40 min_
- EMEA Summit · Jun 2026 · Hursley, England, United Kingdom · Presenter · In person
- Americas Summit · Jun 2026 · Hursley, England, United Kingdom · In person
### [API Connect v12](https://sifa.id/p/rickymoorhouse.uk/talk/api-connect-v12-3mr556q33xx2q)
_20-40 min_
How we have brought together API Connect and webMethods API Management - both market leading in their own right - into the new API Connect v12.  Overview of what's new, how things have changed and a demo. 
- TechExchange User Group Nordics · Feb 2026 · Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden · Presenter · Hybrid
### Combine APIs and AI for speed, productivity, and innovation
- apidays · Sep 2025 · London, England, United Kingdom · Presenter · In person
### Apply platform engineering to yourAPI governance challenges
- apidays · Dec 2024 · Paris, Île-de-France, France · Presenter · In person
### Unleash more efficient data management and API development with GraphQL and API Connect
- TechExchange · Oct 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Presenter · In person
### AI and APIs: Top 5 convergence use cases to implement now
- apidays · Sep 2024 · London, England, United Kingdom · Presenter · In person
### Advanced AI Powered API Security
- apidays · Sep 2023 · London, England, United Kingdom · Presenter · In person
### Applying AI to API testing across the lifecycle
- apidays · Dec 2022 · Paris, Île-de-France, France · Presenter · In person
### Testing APIs to prevent the most common security vulnerabilities
- apidays · Oct 2022 · London, England, United Kingdom · Presenter · In person
### Automating API Deployment through DevOps
- API Design Masterclass · Sep 2022 · Presenter · Virtual
### Delivering hybrid and multi-cloud topologies with IBM Integration
- TechCon 2024 · Presenter · Virtual

## Publications

- Everything as code — rickymoorhouse.uk (Jul 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/everything-as-code
- Why Human Thinking Still Matters — rickymoorhouse.uk (Jul 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/why-human-thinking-still-matters
- Machine-readable? — rickymoorhouse.uk (Jun 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/machine-readability
- Securing Sensitive Payload Logging in API Connect — rickymoorhouse.uk (May 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/securing-sensitive-payload-logging-in-api-connect
- Cheriton Circular — rickymoorhouse.uk (May 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/cheriton-circular
- API Versioning is a Contract Commitment, not a Technical Choice — rickymoorhouse.uk (Apr 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/api-versioning-is-a-contract-commitment,-not-a-technical-choice
- Observability as a design requirement — rickymoorhouse.uk (Mar 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/observability-as-a-design-requirement
- Designing for Multi-Region API Deployments — rickymoorhouse.uk (Mar 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/designing-for-multi-region-api-deployments
- The SRE Mindset in API Architecture — rickymoorhouse.uk (Mar 2026) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2026/the-sre-mindset-in-api-architecture
- Automatically publish your API when you push to github — rickymoorhouse.uk (Dec 2015) https://rickymoorhouse.uk/blog/2015/automatically-publish-your-api-when-you-push-to-github

## Skills

### Technical
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Cloud Computing
- CSS
- Databases
- ElasticSearch
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Linux
- MySQL
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- REST APIs
- Unix
- XML
### Business
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
### Interpersonal
- Leadership
- Technical Leadership
### Other
- DB2
- Debugging
- OpenShift
- Security
- Software Deployment
- Web Applications

## Credentials

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Aug 2022) https://www.credly.com/badges/c27a01cc-5dd8-46d6-890e-11407ecbdc2c/linked_in_profile
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Jul 2022) https://www.credly.com/badges/f0b46f2b-97ad-4a7f-b15b-f3c9f2bc54a9?source=linked_in_profile
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals — Microsoft (Mar 2021) https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/aef9168c-b0e5-43bb-a5a6-1dc910f715f9?source=linked_in_profile
- Certified Incident Responder — PagerDuty (Sep 2020) https://verify.skilljar.com/c/o65qmd3e8ugb
- New Relic Certified Performance Pro — New Relic University (May 2019) https://www.credential.net/xa30fhkg

## Education

- **University of Portsmouth** — BSc, Computer Science (Jan 1999 - Jan 2002)
  Attended University whilst working 3 days a week on the IBM Sponsored degree.
  
  Final year project was a system to provide status notification for scheduled backups with Tivoli Storage Manager.

## Involvement

### Volunteering
- Wicor Primary School (Sep 2020 - Jul 2023)
  Chair of Governors
- Wicor Primary School (Sep 2017 - Jul 2023)
  Parent Governor
- Anglican Church of Uruguay (Sep 2003 - Jun 2004)
  Volunteer
  I spent my leave of absence working as a volunteer alongside the Anglican Church in Salto, Uruguay. This involved working with young people, setting up and running a youth group, teaching in the Sunday school and supporting a food program. During my time in Uruguay I also set up a multi-lingual website for the diocese of Uruguay.

## Languages

- English (native)
- Spanish (elementary)

## Links

- Website: https://rickymoorhouse.uk (verified)
- GitHub: https://github.com/rickymoorhouse (verified)
- pgp: https://rickymoorhouse.uk/.well-known/keytrace.txt
- tangled: https://tangled.org/did:plc:r53zv4vpzeihop3aliwyejlu