Posts by Gavin Hower
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Introducing Kentik AI Advisor: The Future of Network Intelligence
by Eric Hian-Cheong
Beyond Observability: Why Network Intelligence Will Make Traditional Network Management Obsolete
by Avi Freedman
Kentik Brings Network Intelligence to ServiceNow
by Jason McKerr
Announcing the Cloud Latency Map
by Doug Madory
The Cloud Conundrum: Optimizing Without Compromise
by Rosalind Whitley
Simplifying Multi-cloud Visibility
by Phil Gervasi
RPKI ROV Deployment Reaches Major Milestone
by Doug Madory, Job Snijders
Unleashing the Power of Kentik Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers
by Phil Gervasi
The Benefits and Drawbacks of SNMP and Streaming Telemetry
by Phil Gervasi
Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity
by Phil Gervasi
A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents
by Doug Madory
BGP Routing Tutorial Series: Part 1
by Avi Freedman
Lauren Basile
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Avi Freedman
Co-founder & CEO
Eric Hian-Cheong
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Jezzibell Gilmore
General Manager, Service Provider
Mike Ho
VP of Emerging Technology
Aaron Kagawa
Technical Product Manager
David Klein
CMO
Mary LeBlanc
People Operations
Doug Madory
Director of Internet Analysis
Justin Ryburn
Field CTO
Steve Stover
Vice President of Product Marketing
Greg Villain
Director, Technical Product Management
June 16, 2026
Gavin joined Kentik’s People Ops team less than a year ago, so when April brought his first team offsite and his first HR conference in San Diego, it was a lot of firsts at once. He writes about meeting his colleagues face to face for the first time, what he took away from HRA 26, and his new appreciation for tapirs.
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