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Bob Friday

CTO and Co-Founder
Mist Systems

Bob Friday is CTO and co-founder of Mist Systems, a Juniper Company. Bob started his career in wireless at Metricom (Ricochet wireless network) developing and deploying wireless mesh networks across the country to connect the first generation of Internet browsers. After Metricom, Bob co-founded Airespace, a start-up focused on helping enterprises manage the flood of employees bringing unlicensed Wi-Fi technology into their businesses. Following Cisco’s acquisition of Airespace in 2005, Bob became the VP/CTO of Cisco enterprise mobility and drove mobility strategy and investments in the wireless business (e.g. Navini, Cognio, ThinkSmart, Phunware, Wilocity, Meraki). He also drove industry standards such as Hot Spot 2.0 and market efforts such as Cisco’s Connected Mobile Experience. He holds more than 15 patents.

ABSTRACT

How AI/ML is disrupting the Networking Industry: A Data-Driven approach to IT Operations

AI/ML is being adopted across all industry segments ranging from automotive, healthcare, agriculture to finance. In this session we will take a look at how AI/ML is being used in networking to build AI assistants that can answer questions and manage networks on par with human network domain experts. And how far away you are from having your own personal AI network IT assistant join your Zoom call.