/GraphQLConf 2025

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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Kenneth Stott

GraphQL as a Data Mesh Access Layer in Global Banking

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Skyline B-C - Level 21
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Kenneth Stott

Field CTO, Hasura, Inc., Hasura, Inc.

Ken’s experience spans risk management consulting at Deloitte, technology executive leadership in major finance and energy firms, and the CTO of a MedTech startup. Most recently, he was a senior data architect for key initiatives at Bank of America. Now, as Field CTO at Hasura, Inc., he drives cost-effective data solutions for large finance, energy, and healthcare enterprises, addressing complex regulatory challenges and competitive pressures.

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the GraphQL standard and tooling ecosystem while implementing GraphQL as the primary Data Mesh/Data Access Layer in a Mega-Bank. Review the regulatory challenges, the history of data management and data governance at international financial institutions, its influence on data engineering and data solutions, and how GraphQL stacks up as an API Platform in a highly federated, highly regulated, polyglot data mesh architecture.