Sean Cavanaugh keynote at AnsibleFest 2025
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Sean Cavanaugh

Keynote speaker. Open source builder. 50+ conference talks from Atlanta to Tokyo.

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On Stage

Keynotes, breakout sessions, and workshops at the world's largest infrastructure conferences.

Red Hat Summit 2026 — Product Spotlight

Red Hat Summit 2026 — Product Spotlight

Opening and closing the Ansible Product Spotlight at Red Hat Summit — featuring customer stories from TD Bank and Marriott,...

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AnsibleFest 2025 Keynote

AnsibleFest 2025 Keynote

Two live demos on the AnsibleFest main stage — the Ansible Automation Dashboard and Ansible Lightspeed Assistant + AIOps with...

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From keynote stages to booth conversations — Tokyo, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Seoul, and everywhere in between.

Demoing the Automation Orchestrator — Red Hat Summit, Las Vegas, 2026
Demoing the Automation Orchestrator — Red Hat Summit, Las Vegas, 2026
Teaching AIOps — Emerging Tech Experience, London, 2026
Teaching AIOps — Emerging Tech Experience, London, 2026
With Jamie at teamLab Planets — Tokyo, Japan, 2026
With Jamie at teamLab Planets — Tokyo, Japan, 2026
With Jamie at Kiyomizu-dera temple — Kyoto, Japan, 2026
With Jamie at Kiyomizu-dera temple — Kyoto, Japan, 2026
Deer park visit — Nara, Japan, 2026
Deer park visit — Nara, Japan, 2026
Selfie at Vestrahorn — Iceland, 2026
Selfie at Vestrahorn — Iceland, 2026
Family at Gljúfrabúi waterfall — Iceland, 2026
Family at Gljúfrabúi waterfall — Iceland, 2026
Four on the 4th race with my son Ivan — Carrboro, NC, 2026
Four on the 4th race with my son Ivan — Carrboro, NC, 2026
On the big screen during keynote — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
On the big screen during keynote — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Keynote on the big screens — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Keynote on the big screens — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Keynote with Dafne Mendoza — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Keynote with Dafne Mendoza — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Live policy violation demo — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Live policy violation demo — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
On stage with the team — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
On stage with the team — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
At the podium — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
At the podium — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Presenting Why Ansible Became Popular in Networking — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Presenting Why Ansible Became Popular in Networking — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Presenting to a seated crowd — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Presenting to a seated crowd — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
With HashiCorp co-founder Armon Dadgar — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
With HashiCorp co-founder Armon Dadgar — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Backstage with Craig Brandt and Emily Bock — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Backstage with Craig Brandt and Emily Bock — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2025
Audience member filming from the crowd — AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, 2025
Audience member filming from the crowd — AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, 2025
Teaching workshops — IBM Tech Exchange, Orlando, 2025
Teaching workshops — IBM Tech Exchange, Orlando, 2025
Family photo at Times Square — New York City, 2025
Family photo at Times Square — New York City, 2025
Y-Guides trip with Ivan — Camp Jellystone, NC mountains, 2025
Y-Guides trip with Ivan — Camp Jellystone, NC mountains, 2025
Family sunset — Camp Cheerio, NC mountains, 2025
Family sunset — Camp Cheerio, NC mountains, 2025
Leading an AIOps session — NorthEast Ansible team meeting, 2025
Leading an AIOps session — NorthEast Ansible team meeting, 2025
Live demo on stage — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Live demo on stage — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Teaching a workshop — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Teaching a workshop — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
On stage — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
On stage — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Speaker badge — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Speaker badge — Red Hat One, Indonesia, 2024
Presenting Event-Driven Ansible — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Presenting Event-Driven Ansible — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Presenting at the theater — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Presenting at the theater — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
CCIE Ten Years, Speaker, Presenter, DevNet badges — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
CCIE Ten Years, Speaker, Presenter, DevNet badges — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Demoing at the Red Hat booth — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Demoing at the Red Hat booth — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Ansible workshop — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
Ansible workshop — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2024
With a fellow Red Hatter — Red Hat Summit, Denver, 2024
With a fellow Red Hatter — Red Hat Summit, Denver, 2024
Pre-conference hike at Red Rock Canyon — AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, 2024
Pre-conference hike at Red Rock Canyon — AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, 2024
Silent disco demo at the Red Hat booth — VMware Explore, Las Vegas, 2024
Silent disco demo at the Red Hat booth — VMware Explore, Las Vegas, 2024
Event-Driven Ansible livestream — Cisco DevNet / NetGru, 2024
Event-Driven Ansible livestream — Cisco DevNet / NetGru, 2024
With co-presenter Adrian Iliesiu — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
With co-presenter Adrian Iliesiu — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
343 attendees at BRKATO-2106 — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
343 attendees at BRKATO-2106 — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
Packed Red Hat booth — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
Packed Red Hat booth — Cisco Live, Las Vegas, 2023
Demoing at the Ansible booth — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Demoing at the Ansible booth — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Crowd at the Ansible booth — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Crowd at the Ansible booth — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Demoing Ansible Automation Platform — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Demoing Ansible Automation Platform — AnsibleFest, Atlanta, 2019
Presenting — Red Hat Tech Exchange, Orlando, 2019
Presenting — Red Hat Tech Exchange, Orlando, 2019
Presenting Ansible network automation — Red Hat Tech Exchange, Seoul, 2019
Presenting Ansible network automation — Red Hat Tech Exchange, Seoul, 2019
Working the Red Hat booth — Juniper NXTWORK, 2019
Working the Red Hat booth — Juniper NXTWORK, 2019
Keynote presentation — Ansible Automates, Tokyo, 2018
Keynote presentation — Ansible Automates, Tokyo, 2018
Behind the scenes before keynote — Ansible Automates, Tokyo, 2018
Behind the scenes before keynote — Ansible Automates, Tokyo, 2018
Future keynote speaker — circa 1990
Future keynote speaker — circa 1990
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