Morning Briefing

Monday, September 28, 2026  ·  Dan Abreu  ·  11:30 AM–12 PM double-booking today (JetBlue Training / Empower)  ·  Two more overlaps tomorrow (Corebridge/DTCC at 9 AM, PVH Demo/Ian sync at 11:30)  ·  IGM roadmap discussion at noon today

Schedule

Today — Monday, September 28
Tentative7–8 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Automation Connect
Zoom  ·  Org: Krishna Makani  ·  DTCC: rkumar24, DTCC-NB distribution
Tentative9–10:30 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Weekly Automation
Zoom  ·  Org: Krishna Makani  ·  NB: Ian Ballantyne, Shiladitya Sen, Dan Abreu  ·  DTCC: wclaffey, hquinonesruiz, cpillitteri
Conflict11 AM–12 PM ET — JetBlue Airways Corporation - NetBrain Training
Zoom  ·  Org: Ajeet Kumar  ·  NB: Rakesh Mandava, Abhay Bhardwaj, Timothy Richardson, Dan Abreu  ·  JetBlue: IT Network Engineering, Manish Madwal, Vincent Cammarata, Vasundara Agurla
Overlaps the last half hour of the Empower call below (11:30–12).
Cancelled11:15–12:15 PM ET — Empower-NB Automation Services
Superseded by the "use this one" invite below.
TentativeConflict11:30 AM–12 PM ET — Empower-NB Automation Services (use this one)
Org: Paul Gann (empower.com)  ·  NB: Suneet Tatikonda, Ian Ballantyne, Jeff Notaro, James Hanlon, Dan Abreu  ·  Empower: Salim Khadarwadi, NOC, Paulson Chemmanoor, Armando Euceda, Anil Singh, Varun Thunoli, Mutum Singh, Bryan Roberson, suraj.pradhan, Arjun BR
Overlaps the end of JetBlue Training above — pick a priority or send a delegate.
Tentative12–1 PM ET — NetBrain x IGM - Bi-Weekly Cadence
Microsoft Teams  ·  Org: Elly Muskin (igmfinancial.com)  ·  NB: Ian Ballantyne, Abhay Bhardwaj, Rakesh Mandava, Ajeet Kumar, Amlan Mukherjee, Dan Abreu  ·  IGM/Mackenzie: Myron Boisjoli, Marius Sherba, Dino Pereira, Todd Stooke, and others
Agenda per invite: automation use cases — opportunities and roadmap. Replaces the prior series Michael used to run.
1:30–2:30 PM ET — NetBrain X SMBC | Upgrade planning/Preparation
Microsoft Teams  ·  Org: HarshaVardhan Khareedu  ·  NB: Wendy Han, Dan Abreu  ·  External: chuck.roy (jri-america.com)
Tomorrow — Tuesday, September 29
Tentative4:30–5:30 AM ET — MSCI-NB: Weekly Working Sessions
Zoom (Gong recorder on invite)  ·  Org: Abhishek Shee  ·  NB: JyotiRanjan Muduli, Ravish Dangi, Pradeep Gaddameedi, Edgar Sanchez  ·  MSCI: sayyed.noor, kalam.shaikh
Conflict9–10 AM ET — NetBrain & Corebridge - Ops Team Cadence
Zoom  ·  Org: Andrew Wentzell  ·  NB: Jake Dayley, Dan Abreu  ·  Corebridge: large ops distribution (Christopher Calderon, Sahil Bhatheja, Seamus Lavery, and others)
Agenda: understand daily challenges, automate manual workflows. Fully overlaps the DTCC Weekly Automation call below.
TentativeConflict9–10:30 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Weekly Automation
Zoom  ·  Org: Krishna Makani  ·  NB: Ian Ballantyne, Shiladitya Sen, Dan Abreu  ·  DTCC: wclaffey, hquinonesruiz, cpillitteri
Same recurring DTCC series as today, overlapping Corebridge Ops Cadence above.
Conflict11 AM–12 PM ET — NetBrain Demo and Discussion with PVH
Zoom  ·  Org: Dan Abreu  ·  PVH: Rob G, Michael Stark  ·  Also: sbana (tenacitysupport.com), Rabia Hammad
Proposed following Dan's conversation with Suzette. Overlaps the last half hour of the Ian & Dan sync below.
Conflict11:30 AM–12 PM ET — Ian & Dan Weekly Accounts Sync-Up
Microsoft Teams  ·  Org: Dan Abreu  ·  Ian Ballantyne
Agenda per invite notes: DTCC, CIBC, Empower, TD. Overlaps the tail end of the PVH demo above — both are internal to Dan, easiest one to move.
Tentative2:30–3 PM ET — New Hire Intro: Megan <> Dan Abreu
Microsoft Teams  ·  Megan Harrison — Product Marketing Director, Solutions team
Megan is new and wants to introduce herself and discuss how product marketing can support Dan's accounts.

Action Items

Resolve today's 11:30 AM–12 PM double-booking
JetBlue Training and the Empower "use this one" call overlap — pick a priority or send a delegate to one.
Resolve tomorrow's 9 AM double-booking
Corebridge Ops Team Cadence and the DTCC Weekly Automation call fully overlap 9–10 AM.
Resolve tomorrow's 11:30 AM–12 PM double-booking
The PVH demo and the Ian & Dan Weekly Sync overlap; both are Dan's own meetings, so the internal 1:1 is the easier one to move.
Bring DTCC / CIBC / Empower / TD updates to tomorrow's Ian & Dan sync
Those four accounts are the agenda per the recurring invite notes.