Benoit Claise

Benoit Claise is an Internet architect specializing in embedded management and device instrumentation.

With a strong passion for Internet Traffic Monitoring, accounting, performance, fault management, configuration, and energy management, his expertise lies in FCAP and FCAPS, excluding Security.

In recent years, Benoit has focused extensively on configuration management, network automation, and data-model driven management, notably emphasizing YANG as the primary data model language, standard YANG data models, and protocols like NETCONF, RESTCONF, and gRPC.

Having recently completed a 6-year term as an IETF Operational and Management Area Director, Benoit is committed to advocating for consistent and easy-to-use device instrumentation as crucial for automating the management of modern large networks.

His current emphasis is on service assurance, utilizing model-driven telemetry for closed-loop automation to support intent-based networking.

Benoit occasionally blogs at www.claise.be and has authored prominent books like 'Network Programmability with YANG' and 'network management: accounting and performance strategies'.

He holds a degree in Telecommunications from the University Louvain - La - Neuve and attended Institut Superieur Industriel Gramme in Liege.

Currently serving as the Intelligent Operations & Management CTO at Huawei, Benoit Claise continues to drive innovation in network automation and management.