Agentic AI doesn’t just run on networks – it increasingly manages them. This session explores the emerging reference architecture for treating AI agents as first-class identities in enterprise networking: how to standardize identity and trust among agents, how agents interact with the underlying network fabric, and how to avoid agent sprawl where competing AI assistants issue conflicting network changes. The panel introduces ONUG’s Agent-to-Agent (A2A) framework and explores what Zero-Trust identity for autonomous agents looks like in practice.
Woo Jin Ho is the senior networking and semiconductor analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence. His research has focused on enabling technologies next generation networks, such as software defined networking (SDN), high speed optics and 5G, and the direction of smartphone and data center chips in the semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Bloomberg Intelligence in 2015, he was a sell-side equity analyst for Nomura Securities, Merrill Lynch and CIBC Oppenheimer over a 15-year span. He covered the networking, enterprise software and imaging sectors during his tenure on Wall Street.
James Duncan is a Senior Product Manager at Google Cloud, focused on Cloud Networking and Agent Infrastructure. He leads product strategy for agent networking, agent Platform infrastructure, and agent governance, with a focus on zero-trust network architectures.
His work centers on Agent Gateway and Layer 7 egress networking, to provide secure routing, observability, and policy enforcement for AI agents. He also leads core governance, spanning cryptographic identity, least-privilege delegation, and runtime guardrails that block lateral movement and data exfiltration.
Previously, James was a Solutions Architect at Google Cloud, designing large-scale compute and trading infrastructure for investment banks and hedge funds. Before Google, he was a Manager in PwC’s Technology Consulting practice and worked in IT strategy and architecture at Westpac New Zealand. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Auckland.
Nico Vibert is a Principal Engineer at Isovalent, the company behind the open-source cloud-native solution Cilium. Prior to joining Isovalent, Nico held many different roles (operations and support, design and architecture, technical pre-sales) at companies such as HashiCorp, VMware, and Cisco. In his current role, Nico focuses primarily on creating content to make networking a more approachable field and regularly speaks at events like KubeCon and Cisco Live. Nico has held over 15 networking certifications, including the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE (# 22990). Nico is the co-author of the Cilium: Up and Running O’Reilly book and is the Lead Subject Matter Expert on the Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) certification.
Bruce Pinsky is a Sr Network Specialist Solutions Architect for Strategic Accounts at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he helps customers develop cloud-based and hybrid network architectures and modernization strategies for complex enterprise environments. With more than 25 years of experience, Bruce has worked across public cloud, enterprise/SaaS, Internet service provider, and networking vendor environments, including Distinguished Engineer roles at Intuit and Cisco Systems.
Bruce holds the AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty certification and is a Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr), CCDE, and CCIE. He is a published AWS technical author, co-author of Cisco Router Configuration: A Practical Introduction to Cisco IOS Configuration, and co-inventor of five U.S. networking patents. He is an Emeritus Member of the ONUG Board of Directors.