Webinar: Network Automation Panel Discussion

Network Automation Panel Discussion

NANOG U Webinars are 1-3 hours, depending on the format. Registration is free for all, but required to participate. All sessions are conducted at nanog.org. Can’t attend the live session? No problem! A recording will be available shortly after the original air date.

Agenda: Join us for a panel discussion. We will talk about several topics including:

• Purpose of Network Automation
• Advantages/Challenges of Network Automation
• How to Prepare For / Transition To a Career in Network Automation

Moderator:

Kat Ronay, Network Acquisition Specialist, Microsoft

Panelists:

Michael Costello, Director of Engineering, Netflix

• Michael Costello is a Director of Engineering at Netflix where he leads a team focused on infrastructure control and automation.

Ying Zhang, Senior Engineering Manager, Facebook

• Ying Zhang is a Software Engineering Manager in Facebook. She works on large scale network management problems and her research interests are in Software-Defined Networks, Network Function Virtualization, network monitoring, Internet routing, and network security.

Matt Turner, Network Manager, Qualcomm, Inc.

• Former server jockey, network ninja (CCIE Emeritus), Cisco guy, sales guy, turned network manager and automation evangelist.

Zoe Blevins, Senior Software Engineer, Netflix

• Software engineer with over a decade of experience automating config management and deployment for datacenter, CDN, and corporate networks at scale.