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Julio Gomez

Principal Engineer, AI & Quantum

Office of the CTO

Julio is Principal Engineer at the Office of the CTO in EMEA, where he leads transformative projects that leverage AI/ML, Quantum, and APIs to elevate infrastructure capabilities and strengthen Cisco’s strategic offerings. With a distinguished career spanning decades, Julio has held multiple technical roles across service provider, data center, and core routing domains, giving him a comprehensive perspective on networking and infrastructure. Julio combines a structured, strategic mindset and a unique blend of technical expertise—including CCIE #9302, AWS Architect, and DevNet Professional certifications—with strong business development acumen. With extensive cross-functional leadership experience across multiple geographies, he is committed to technology, business innovation, and effective change management. Known for his analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, Julio excels at driving results and fostering collaboration. Above all, he is passionate about working with clients, partners, and business leaders to understand their objectives—sparking creativity and innovation in every project.

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July 29, 2019

DEVELOPER

CI/CD Demo: Pipelines Are Amazing! – NetDevOps Series, Part 9

7 min read

See how a completely automated CI/CD pipeline can be applied to a network configuration environment end-to-end, including test and production environments.

July 15, 2019

DEVELOPER

CI/CD Demo: Setting Your Local Environment – NetDevOps Series, Part 8

6 min read

This is part 2 of the CI/CD Demo, on how to run your own demo using CI/CD pipelines for network configuration management.

June 27, 2019

DEVELOPER

CI/CD Demo: Intro and Server Setup – NetDevOps Series, Part 7

5 min read

NetDevOps will deliver consistent version-controlled infrastructure configurations, deployed with parallel and automated provisioning.

June 19, 2019

DEVELOPER

A Cisco CCIE Discusses His Journey with Network Automation

10 min read

Cisco is at the forefront of enabling Development and Operations teams to work together through its technology.

June 13, 2019

DEVELOPER

Applying DevOps to Your Network – NetDevOps Series, Part 6

5 min read

DevOps principles are not exclusive to software development, and some of them can definitely be applied to infrastructure configuration.

June 6, 2019

DEVELOPER

Coding Essentials III – NetDevOps Series, Part 5

5 min read

APIs and programming languages like Python and REST have matured to the point of being useful and applicable to the domains of infrastructure engineers.

May 30, 2019

DEVELOPER

Coding Essentials II – NetDevOps Series, Part 4

3 min read

Now that we understand data models and data transfer formats, we need to consider what protocol to use in order to exchange that information. NETCONF and RESTCONF.

May 23, 2019

DEVELOPER

Coding Essentials I – NetDevOps Series, Part 3

5 min read

Explore some of the coding essentials required to be a successful network automation programmer. Learn more about YANG data models, JSON, and XML.

April 24, 2019

DEVELOPER

Developing Like a Boss – DevOps Series, Part 12

4 min read

In a constantly changing ecosystem of DevOps tools, it is hard to keep up with new solutions. And it’s even harder to be genuinely impressed by something new.