Program Committee

Cat Gurinsky is a senior network engineer at Apple working on global large scale datacenter deployments. In previous network engineering roles at Valparaiso University, Switch & Data, and Equinix she has worked on everything from enterprise and wireless deployments to internet exchanges and data centers.

She first started working in network engineering in 2007 and began attending NANOG in 2009. Cat has previously served NANOG as part of the Development Committee from 2011-2012. Cat has a passion for BGP, Python, network tools, automation and anything that can help make life easier in large scale networks.

Kam Agahian is a Cloud Computing, Networks and Systems leader, Certified Fitness Trainer, and author with over 24 years of experience managing or advising global high-performance teams. Over the years, Kam has worked for Oracle Cloud, Amazon, Cisco Systems and Qualcomm. Among many other certifications, he holds two CCIEs (now emeritus 2X, #25341) in Service provider and Routing and Switching.

Over the years Kam has published many blogs on a wide range of topics including Fitness and his most recent project is his book on advanced networking scenarios in the cloud. Furthermore, he has given talks 4 times at NANOG 76, NANOG 77, NANOG 85 and NANOG 87- And still is interested in ideas around those topics including cloud migration/adoption, service provider backbone designs, all the way to bringing fairness to the interview processes for network engineers.

Kate Gerry, Director of Networking at NetActuate, balances a thriving career with a fulfilling personal life. With a past interest in horse training, she now enjoys gardening and home improvement projects at her New Hampshire residence, which she shares with her Chihuahua, Abby, the Datacenter Dog.

Kate appreciates the lifelong friendships she's formed through the NANOG community. Her dedication to both work and personal growth showcases her well-rounded nature and passion for continuous development.

Mikael Holmberg is a Distinguished Systems Engineer - Chief Architect and member of the CTO office at Extreme Networks. He is an experienced professional in networking architectures and technologies including cloud, who has worked in the industry for over 30 years.

John is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago studying under the tutelage of Chris Kanich. He is a principal analyst at NETSCOUT on the ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT). John is also adjunct faculty in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University. He currently serves as a research fellow at ICANN, sits on the NANOG program committee, and operates DataPlane.org.

steve ulrich is a senior networking dork in the cloud group at arista networks where for the past 4 years he has spent his days (and nights) working with arista's cloud customers to deploy new (and sometimes not so new) networking technologies and platforms. prior to arista, he spent 4 years at juniper networks in a similarly dorkish capacity within the web services group and prior to that 13 years as yet another dork for cisco working in the web services and service provider groups.

steve has been attending NANOGs for nearly 20 years and is serving his first term on the program committee. prior to that he has served on the election committee. he appreciates, high-quality documentation, automating all the things, beer and not having to repeat the same mistakes but having the opportunity to make all new mistakes.

Michael Voity is a skilled and dedicated network engineer at the University of Vermont with 20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining complex network infrastructures. With a passion for technology and a strong background in networking protocols and systems, throughout his career, in the private, public and higher education sectors, Michael has demonstrated proficiency in network planning, configuration, and troubleshooting. He possesses in-depth knowledge of routing and switching technologies, firewall and security solutions, and network monitoring tools. He is adept at analyzing network performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing effective solutions to enhance overall efficiency and reliability.

Outside of work Michael enjoys spending time with his 3 kids as well as volunteering at a local rescue squad where he is an EMT for the past 23 years. Michael is also a member of the State of Vermont Urban Search and Rescue, VT-TF1, team were he is a squad leader for the Information Technology and communications division of the team.