Kevin Mcdonnell
Senior Director, AI & Network Autonomy (Autonomous Networks) at TM Forum
Ireland
Summary
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SeniorKevin Mcdonnell is a senior technology leader specializing in autonomous networks and AI-driven automation, with over 25 years of experience shaping telecom software, standards, and research. As Senior Director at Huawei and Chair of TM Forum’s Autonomous Networks Project, he leads large multi-company initiatives and standards efforts that operationalize intent-driven, agentic AI and closed-loop automation. He has authored key TM Forum guides and multiple industry standards, earned repeated innovation awards and a forthcoming TM Forum Distinguished Fellow recognition, and drives architecture for Horizon Europe research programs. Known for translating ambitious research into interoperable, production-ready frameworks, he blends deep technical acumen with cross-industry influence to accelerate self-driving network adoption. An uncommon strength is his track record of coordinating 900+ member collaborations to deliver practical agent- and LLM-powered orchestration at scale.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (17)
slice9
json8
json-schema7
nest7
sonata6
api6
forum6
catalog6
openapi4
python3
openflow3
napalm3
traceroute3
netmiko2
network-analysis2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
5g-ridersonthestorm/gsma-gst
Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
Develop Well-Defined "Generic Slice Templates" (GSTs) . Build on GSMA NEST GST Vision by providing 1) concrete industry examples and 2) a JSON Schema that validates template model or definition
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 7 months
concretedefinedvisionslicegeneric
5g-ridersonthestorm/network-slicing
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Network Slice Management Interface
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
netmikopythonopenflowslicetraceroute
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