Christian Adell is a principal architect at NTC. He is focused on building network automation solutions for diverse use cases, with great emphasis on open source software. He is passionate about learning and helping others to be happier, and also has more hobbies than hours in the day, so working remotely from Barcelona gives him the time and the space to achieve his dreams. Christian is a co-author of O’Reilly’s “Network Programmability and Automation” book and a co-author of the “Modern Network Observability” and “Network Automation with Nautobot” books by Packt.

Jeff Kala is a principal architect at Network to Code and holds a BSc in network communication management. He has transformed his career from a traditional network engineer into a network automation architect. His journey started in network engineering, working for a large cellular provider. As the network he helped maintain grew in complexity and size, he explored and implemented automation techniques that resulted in a renewed career trajectory in network automation.

Karim Okasha is a network consultant with over 15 years of experience in the ICT industry. He specializes in the design and operation of large telecom and service provider networks and has lots of experience in network automation. Karim has a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and holds several expert-level certifications, such as CCIE, JNCIE, and RHCE. He is currently working at Red Hat as a network automation consultant, helping large telecom and service providers design and implement innovative network automation solutions. Prior to joining Red Hat, he worked for Saudi Telecom Company, as well as Cisco and Orange S.A.