06-18, 16:15–17:15 (US/Eastern), Grand Ballroom Salon E
Being a network engineer today requires much more than an understanding of subnets, spanning tree, and packet capture decodes. All the traditional skills matter, but many more are required in today's increasingly software-centric world. You can add on many of the new skills desired, and this presentation takes you through new topics for your consideration, and approaches to learning and acquiring skills in ways that fit your interest and job needs.
Scott Robohn has over 30 years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale Internet Infrastructure and associated technologies for US Government organizations, Telcos, ISPs, Data Center Operators, and Enterprises. He’s served in a variety of network operator and vendor roles in network operations, support, engineering, architecture, technical sales, training, community development, and leadership. His vendor employee experience includes Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nokia, and DriveNets. He founded TechSalesCraft (TSC) for fractional CTO and GTM services, serves as the co-founder of the Network Automation Forum (NAF), and created the Total Network Operations project and podcast (TNOps). He's also a seasoned presenter and keynote speaker. Scott's engagements span a wide variety of interesting clients and projects in Networking, AI, Automation, Data Centers, Operations, Mobility Security, Silicon, staying up-to-date with the critical trends and technologies.