AI Networking: Automation to Autonomous Networks – Nile Triple-T
Enterprise networks are at a breaking point. As digital experiences become essential, the legacy model of reactive operations and manual management falls short. In this session, Suresh Katukam, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Nile, outlines the path to Autonomous Networks—systems that secure, optimize, and operate themselves. Simply adding AI to old architectures isn’t enough. What’s needed is a purpose-built foundation with pervasive sensors, deep instrumentation, and a service-oriented model that removes the pain of patching, configuration, and troubleshooting. Discover how embedded AI is enabling guaranteed performance, availability, and security—so IT teams can stop managing complexity and start consuming outcomes.
Suresh Katukam is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Nile, where he is leading the transformation of enterprise networking through AI-powered, autonomous services. With a career spanning over 25 years, Suresh has worked across engineering, product management, business development, and M&A—always focused on bringing simplicity, intelligence, and automation to complex systems.
Prior to Nile, Suresh held leadership and technical roles at companies including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Aruba Networks (an HPE company), Dell Technologies, and Cisco. His experience spans both large-scale enterprise platforms and fast-paced innovation environments.
Suresh holds more than 40 patents and has published research papers in Artificial Intelligence. He earned his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University, where he specialized in AI, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
At ONUG 2025, Suresh will share his perspective on what it takes to deliver true autonomous networks—highlighting the need for a new foundation built on deep instrumentation, pervasive telemetry, and a shift from managing products to consuming outcomes.
