About Christian Adell#
Staff Network Developer at CoreWeave | Barcelona, Spain
Christian Adell has developed his career around software development applied to network automation. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing network automation solutions at scale.
📞 Contact#
- GitHub: chadell
- LinkedIn: christianadell
- Twitter: @chadell0
📖 Published Books#
Christian is the author and co-author of several influential books on network automation:
🎤 Speaking & Community Engagement#
Christian is an active speaker at major networking conferences and community events:
Recent Conferences (2024-2025)#
- AUTOCON3 2025: “The Why, What, and How of Design-Driven Automation” (video)
- SALOTTO 2024: “Design-Driven Automation” (video)
- ESNOG32 2024: “Design-Driven Source of Truth, the Complete Lifecycle” (video)
- ITNOG8 2024: “Design-Driven Network Automation”
Past Speaking Engagements#
- FOSDEM 2022: “Open Source Network Automation in 2022”
- RIPE82 2021: “How to Handle your Circuits Proactively”
- Cisco Live EMEA & US: Multiple sessions on network automation
- DevOps Barcelona: “The role of the Network Engineer in the DevOps era”
- NetBCN Community: Regular presentations and community leadership
🎙️ Podcasts & Media#
Regular guest on industry podcasts:
- Network Automation Nerds: Multiple episodes on network observability and automation
- PacketPushers: Full Stack Journey and Total Network Operations shows
- The Route to Networking: Career journey and learning insights
- Cisco DevNet: Modern Network Observability discussions
This guide represents the culmination of years of experience in designing, implementing, and scaling network automation systems across various environments and use cases.