From Tools to Teammates: A Practical Framework for AI Agents in Network Operations with Du’An Lightfoot

AI agents are quickly moving from experimentation to real-world deployment in network operations — but how do you adopt them without introducing unnecessary risk?

In this session from AI for Network Leaders – Powered by Selector, Du’An Lightfoot shares a practical framework for building and deploying AI agents in production network environments.

He covers:

• Where AI agents can reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)

• When human-in-the-loop is non-negotiable

• How to introduce agentic AI safely and incrementally

• The tooling, governance, and controls required for production systems

• How to balance speed, autonomy, and operational risk

This session cuts through the hype and provides a clear, actionable model for teams looking to move from AI as a tool to AI as a teammate.