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Francois Caen

Systems Architect

Francois Caen is a Systems Architect in Cisco’s Global Enterprise Segment, based in Vancouver, Washington.

Francois started his career 20 years ago as a SysAdmin. He played with Linux servers for a while, co-authored the Linux Toolbox book series, and then realized that networking is just more fun. As a NetOps engineer, Francois still enjoyed tinkering with scripting and Open Source Network Management Systems while building and maintaining enterprise networks.

Francois joined Cisco in 2015 as a Systems Engineer. Ever since, Francois has been spreading the gospel of NetDevOps and automation.

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November 1, 2019

DEVELOPER

Take the NetDevOps Survey…See the Results

Like most “traditional” networkers, I am on a personal journey to become a NetDevOps engineer. This journey took a turn for me in early 2017, when I became a Cisco Live presenter for the first time. My colleague Kevin Kuhls invited me to join him in presenting a DevNet Workshop: “NetDevOps for Netwo…