Network Automation Nerds

Network Automation Nerds


Latest Episodes

NAN092: From Stealth to Scale – Decoding Network Data Management with Damian Garros
May 21, 2025

Damien Garros, CEO and co-founder of OpsMill is with us once again for todays podcast. Since we last spoke with Damien, OpsMill has emerged from stealth mode and is making progress as one of the l

NAN091: The Future of Autonomous Networking With Jeff Doyle
May 07, 2025

Todays guest is Jeff Doyle, an expert in the networking industry with over 30 years of experience as a consultant, instructor, architect, author, and speaker. Eric chats with Jeff about his b

NAN090: Examining Network Automation’s Present and Future With Chris Grundemann
April 23, 2025

Today we explore the current state of network automation with Chris Grundemann, a co-founder of Network Automation Forum. Chris gives the history of the Network Automation Forum and AutoCon

NAN089: A Career Journey of Exponential Learning
April 09, 2025

If you dont feel nervous in front of a challenge, you are not exponentially learning is how todays guest Christian Adell describes his own approach to career growth. Christian chats with us first

NAN088: See Something, Improve Something – An Iterative Approach to Automation Success
March 26, 2025

On todays Network Automation Nerds, industry veteran Michael Bushong talks about lessons learned from failure. As the network industry grapples with automation and network engineers confront yet a

NAN087: Modular Network Management with Slurp’it and Netpicker
March 12, 2025

In this episode of the Network Automation Nerds podcast, we talk network management with Wim Gerrits and Pieter van Os, co-founders of Slurpit and Netpicker. These tools aim to simplify network i

NAN086: A Reality Check On AI for Network Operations
February 26, 2025

On todays episode, we get a reality check on all the hype surrounding AI with guest Phil Gervasi. Phil provides background on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications, as well as the c

NAN085: Embrace Change to Thrive in the Tech Industry
February 12, 2025

Embracing change is sometimes easier said than done. Today we talk with Monika Machado, who has held significant roles at companies like Microsoft and Oracle. She shares her story of learning and

NAN084: From GitNops Zero to Hero
January 29, 2025

Are you ready to go from zero to hero in GitNops? On todays podcast, we talk with Tom McGonagle, who shares and explains git, CI/CD and DevOps and how that all fits into network engineering. The c

NAN083: Cox Gets Network Automation Right, and Proves It at DEF CON (Sponsored)
January 22, 2025

Todays Network Automation Nerds episode discusses Cox Communications journey to getting network automation right. We also talk about how they used network automation to support operating the net