Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Eyvonne and William sit down with Joseph Nicholson, a Network Operations Engineer with NTT DATA, to share how public speaking transformed his career and technical experience. Joseph went from a terrifying ten minute lightning talk at AutoCon 2 to presenting 45-minute sessions at conferences like NANOG. Together they discuss how conversations in conference halls influenced his technical direction, what a modular Ansible framework means in practice, and AI’s role in network automation.

Links
Joseph Nicholson on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/joseph-nicholson-b8413533a
AutoCon 5 - https://networkautomation.forum/autocon5

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