Brian Meaney
Global Chief Architect, Mass Scale Infrastructure
Cisco
Autonomous Networks summit

A Telecommunications technology leader with extensive experience in delivering major industry transformations for Communication Service Provider (CSP) organisations. Technology Industry Influencer with over 20+ years’ experience in the Telecom sector, initial foundation in wireline technologies evolved to leading technology teams in "cutting-edge" initiatives resulting in multiple real-world successes in areas such as Mobility, Cloud/Virtualisation, IP Transport and Automation/Assurance. Excelled in role as EMEA CSP CTO communicating the overall strategy, vision, and End-to-End Architecture, currently serving as Global Chief Architect, directing, and leading strategic Horizon 2 and 3 (18 months - 5 Years) insertions across the globe which involve close engineering, customer, and Industry engagements. Recent areas of development include Autonomous Networking, AIOps and infrastructural AI-readiness.
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Autonomous Networks
23 June 2026
11:00-12:00
Park Stage
The autonomous service provider
Why sovereignty, intelligence, security, governance and intent must be engineered in from day one.

