The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods TNO041: From Ansible to AI: Jeremy Schulman on the Evolution of Network Automation
Sep 12, 2025
Jeremy Schulman, Senior Director at MLB, leads innovative software teams in network automation. He shares insights on eliminating bottlenecks in engineering and emphasizes how automation has evolved from traditional tools to AI-enhanced solutions. Schulman discusses the essential role of networking in sports technology, enhancing fan experiences and broadcasting. He also dives into the Multi-Channel Protocol's impact on resource management and the importance of vendor-customer collaboration in streamlining network operations.
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Vendor To Customer Journey
- Jeremy describes moving from Juniper to startups and then to MLB to apply automation in production.
- He became a customer-side leader building software teams and practicing network automation in real operational contexts.
Automation As Friction Reduction
- Automation's goal is to remove the network engineering bottleneck so application teams can operate without tickets.
- Jeremy frames automation as reducing friction between manual steps to improve service quality and speed.
Ansible Bridged Skill Gaps
- Ansible succeeded by giving network engineers an accessible automation interface without demanding full programming skills.
- Community-built modules made Ansible a practical bridge for networking automation adoption.