with Wim Henderickx
Getting something automated is hard. Keeping it automated as networks, platforms, and business requirements evolve is even harder.
Too often, automation is treated as the final step of a project rather than something that should influence how systems, data models, APIs, and operational processes are designed from the beginning. The result is brittle automation that requires constant maintenance, struggles to adapt to change, and eventually becomes more expensive to maintain than the manual processes it replaced.
A shift-left approach encourages us to think about automation much earlier in the lifecycle. By considering automation during the design of services, APIs, data models, workflows, and operational practices, we can build systems that are easier to automate, easier to evolve, and easier to operate over the long term.
In this session we share ideas and experiences that help move network automation from a collection of scripts to a sustainable engineering discipline.
Wim HenderickxMr. Wim Henderickx is the CTO of the IP Division at Nokia, based in Belgium. He is active across various domains, including service providers, enterprise networks, and hyperscalers.
With over 30 years of experience in the communications and networking industry, Mr. Henderickx is a frequent speaker at technical conferences worldwide. He is actively involved in standards development organizations and contributes to multiple open-source projects.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering (Data Communications) and a Master’s degree in Economics. Mr. Henderickx is also a Bell Labs Fellow.
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