Aviz NCP Office Hours - March US

Ask, Learn and Experiment with Network Copilot™

Thursday, March 12 2026 Virtual (Online) 9:00 AM PST 1 hour

Speakers

Madhu Paluru
Director of Engineering, 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.

Cody McCain
Cody McCain, a physicist turned networking leader, is Director of Product Management at Aviz Networks, leading AI-driven solutions that simplify networking operations and solve infrastructure automation challenges.

With 20+ years in networking, cybersecurity, and software engineering at JPMorgan Chase, Intel, Cisco, VMware, and Tigera, his highlights include protecting $11T in daily network transactions, spearheading CNI projects like Cisco Network Operator and Antrea, and optimizing Kubernetes and container security.

Aviz Office Hours

Your Space to Ask, Learn, and Experiment with Network Copilot™

Got Questions About AI-Powered Networking, Multi-Vendor Intelligence, or How Network Copilot™ Works Under the Hood?

Drop into Aviz Office Hours — your chance to connect directly with the Aviz team and peers who are building and running AI-driven networks.

• Ask Anything — from deployment tips to advanced AI use cases
• Learn from Aviz experts and fellow practitioners
• See a 10-minute demo each session, walking through a real-world use case
• Get a session summary afterward (so you can focus on asking and learning in the moment)

Conversation Starters

• How to deploy and bring up Network Copilot™ on-site
• Using roles, permissions, and projects to run tasks in parallel
• How data connectors work: attributes, normalization, MCP vs API
• Leveraging file upload for context (RAG)
• Agents in Network Copilot™: available options, building your own, SDK walkthrough
• LLM options in NCP: pros and cons
• Prompting techniques that work

Format

• Live Q&A + demo
• No slides. No recordings. Just candid conversations.