# Aviz at NAF (AutoCon 4) - Supercharge Network Automation with AI

November 17-21, 2025 Austin Marriott Downtown, Austin, TX Workshop: Tuesday, November 18, 2-6 PM

## Speakers

**Chid Perumal**  
CTO, Aviz Networks  
With 20+ years of experience, Chid is an architect and developer of software for enterprise and cloud networks. Before founding Aviz, he held software architecture and leadership roles at Amazon (AWS), Lenovo, IBM, and Blade Network Technologies. He holds patents in SDN, network observability, and enterprise switching/routing, and leads Aviz’s integration of Generative AI into enterprise networking.

**Thomas Scheibe**  
Chief Product Officer, Aviz Networks  
Thomas has 25+ years leading high-performance teams and business transformations. At Cisco he led DC product management (Nexus, ACI), launched Cisco’s first SONiC offer, built a DC software subscription business, and created the blueprint for enterprise DC AI network fabrics. At Intel, as VP/GM, he led the IPU/DPU and Ethernet NIC portfolio for AI and cloud infrastructure.

**Madhu Paluru**  
Director of Engineering  
Technology leader with 20+ years across Cloud, Data Networking, and Open Source. Drives a GenAI-powered Network 3.0 stack at Aviz and moderates in the SONiC community. Has trained 100+ engineers and helps global teams operationalize SONiC, with a track record in innovation and community building.

## About the Event

Aviz Networks joins **AutoCon 4**, the Network Automation Forum's flagship event bringing together **operators, engineers, and innovators** to accelerate automation adoption.

This year's theme, **"Why hasn't network automation reached full adoption yet?"** sets the stage for an interactive week of **hands-on workshops, demos, and discussions** on how AI is reshaping network operations.

Experience live demonstrations, participate in expert-led workshops, and discover how **AI-driven** **automation** is eliminating operational complexity across multi-vendor network environments.

## Aviz Workshop - Tuesday, November 18

**Time:** 2 PM – 6 PM | **Duration:** 4 Hours (Hands-On) | **Format:** Interactive Workshop with Live Coding

## Workshop Details

Network operations teams are increasingly turning to generative AI to automate repetitive tasks, enabling human operators to focus on higher-value activities. This hands-on workshop demonstrates how to design and implement AIOps workflows using **Aviz's agentic private AI platform**, empowering participants to build custom agents tailored to their operational environments. Whether you're a network engineer, DevOps practitioner, or automation architect, you'll leave with practical skills and source-code examples you can immediately apply to your production networks.

## Workshop Agenda Highlights

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Aviz's modular, agentic private AI platform

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Extensible data lake for operational metrics in SONiC networks

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APIs for managing SONiC networks for Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 operations

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Practical use cases, agent design patterns, and source-code examples

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Using the Agent SDK to create and onboard custom agents

## What You'll See from Aviz

### Live Demos

Multi-vendor observability, SONiC automation, and AI-ready infrastructure powered by the Aviz Platform.

### Discussions

Explore open, AI-driven, and multiple-vendor automation with Aviz experts.

## Why Visit Aviz at AutoCon 4?

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**AI-Powered Automation:** Experience how AI and automation reduce operational load and accelerate decision-making in production networks

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**Seamless Multi-Vendor Integration:** Learn to integrate AI agents seamlessly into multiple-vendor environments without vendor lock-in

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**Real-World Frameworks:** Discover automation frameworks that bring AI Ops to life in enterprise and service provider networks

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**Private AI Platform:** Understand how Aviz's private AI approach ensures data sovereignty and security compliance.