Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · Dan Abreu · Light day today · Thursday is stacked: 9 AM triple-booking (MSCI / DTCC / Harsha) and a 2 PM DTCC double-booking
Schedule
Today — Wednesday, October 7
Tentative6:30–7:30 AM ET — MSCI-NB: Weekly Working Sessions
Marked tentative. Gong already posted a 23-minute recording of this session (see FYI emails).
9–9:30 AM ET — Dream Team Weekly Meeting
Zoom · Org: Michael Pasqualoni · Dream Team, Michael Gannon, Craig Curtis, Kevin Witt, Peggy Butler, and others
Weekly team meeting. Yesterday's BDR blitz recap thread is in the Dream Team inbox if you want a reference.
12:30–1 PM ET — Know Before You Go: ONUG Fall
Microsoft Teams · Org: Emma Picton · NB: David Mann, Nazanin Younesy, Peggy Butler, Eric Wetzel, Angel Blanchette, Willy Fox, Bernadette Nixon, Nicole Spillane
Logistics for ONUG AI Networking Summit, NYC (PENN District, 100 W 33rd St), October 28–29.
Tomorrow — Thursday, October 8
Conflict9–10 AM ET — NetBrain R13 Live New Feature Review with MSCI
MSCI-hosted Teams meeting · Org: Prasad Umredkar (MSCI) · NB: Rabia Hammad, Eddy Zhao, Shivam Hire, George Logarakis, Ravish Dangi
George Logarakis and Rabia Hammad have accepted; Masarrat Siddiqui (MSCI) accepted. Per Rabia's Teams chat, George is available 9–9:30 for the Claude + NetBrain MCP portion. Rabia leads the review.
TentativeConflict9–10 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Weekly Automation
Microsoft Teams · Org: Jeff Notaro · NB: Suneet Tatikonda, Mike Christopherson, Ian Ballantyne · Empower: Suraj Pradhan, Mario Rivas, Paul Gann, Bryan Roberson, Tewodros Eshete, Armando Euceda, Benjamin Rizkowsky
Ongoing series for the Incident Response Workflow Enhancement program.
TentativeConflict2–3 PM ET — NetBrain Change - Follow-Up Demo (DTCC)
Zoom · Org: Robert Romanelli (DTCC) · DTCC: A. Foster, E. Diunov, K. Tan, C. Krishnamurthy, C. Monforti
Tentative. Christine Monforti asked which managing directors Bob wants there (some are out of the country); C. Krishnamurthy says this session is network team only and asked for Bob's availability so you can set up a separate session.
Conflict2–2:30 PM ET — DTCC Q3 QBR Placeholder
Microsoft Teams · Org: Ian Ballantyne · DTCC: wclaffey, cpillitteri · High Point: S. Perdomo, R. McGuire, D. Truex
Invite says it was rescheduled in light of the Change demo, but it still overlaps the 2 PM demo.
PTOThu–Fri, Oct 8–9 — Amlan Mukherjee out (planned leave)
All-day event on your calendar. Relevant for EY and MSCI follow-ups.
Important Emails
Action Required
ActionEXL — Gaurav Mehta says "Tuesday is fine"
Gaurav.Mehta@exlservice.com · 6:45 AM ET · unread
Reply to your note proposing a time; he confirmed Tuesday works. Send the calendar invite and bridge (the original date options are not in the pulled data, so confirm the exact Tuesday from your sent note).
ActionSalesforce — McKinsey & Company: demo done, no Playground set up
salesops@netbraintech.com · 1:00 AM ET · unread
Automated alert: opportunity "McKinsey & Company, Inc./New 2026/" has completed a demo but has not progressed to a Playground setup. Decide whether to request a Playground or update the opp.
ActionSFR-15693 — quote address fields: SalesOps waiting on your answer
Sirisha says the address-verify message appears before a quote can move to Accepted; if that is sufficient, her team will look into turning off the rule that clears the address info. Monica said she understands your viewpoint (you have to re-enter state, zip and country when building quotes). Reply confirming the verify prompt is enough, or ask for the default to flow from the account.
ActionAHEAD — Lucas Van Der Ploog wants to connect on JetBlue
lucas.vanderploog@ahead.com · Oct 6 · Eric Wetzel's reply unread
Eric introduced you as the enterprise rep for JetBlue. Lucas asked "Dan can we connect tomorrow on JetBlue?" (that was Oct 6, so he is waiting). Propose a time; the JetBlue training is tomorrow at 11 AM.
FYI
FYICorebridge — post-meeting summary from Andrew Wentzell
Oct 6 · unread · next meeting Oct 8
Corebridge plans the R13 upgrade on an upcoming weekend (Prajakta opened a case; pre-check call with Pavan). Merger: new data centers built in H1 2027, in production by June; NetBrain will not discover legacy Equitable sites initially, only new sites as they come up, with 90+ sites to migrate; scope stays on network devices. Roadmap item: take over config-drift monitoring from HPNA via Golden Assessment. F5s were added to the reachability intent/ADT; Seamus to check the dashboard. Note: no Oct 8 Corebridge meeting appears on your calendar.
FYITD Canada Trust — AI Questionnaire sent to Support
Ian Ballantyne · Oct 6 · 2 unread
TD Canada Trust is starting its AI enablement process. Ian asked Support to complete the attached AI questionnaire (resent with the file after he forgot it). You are cc'd.
FYIEmpower — Capability Development Program, Cohort 1
Paulson Chemmanoor, Salim Khadarwadi, Ian Ballantyne · unread
Paulson and Salim confirmed NetBrain University access. Earlier Varun Thunoli asked Ian to add Mutum Singh from the NOC team to the training.
FYIIGM — bi-weekly cadence summary, Oct 5
Michael Edobor · Oct 6 · unread
Meeting summary sent to the IGM team; you are not on it directly.
FYIGong — MSCI-NB Weekly Working Sessions recording ready
7:01 AM ET · 23 minutes · unread
Recording and analysis of this morning's session with MSCI.
FYIMSCI R13 review — George Logarakis accepted
Oct 6 · unread
George is confirmed for Thursday's MSCI review.
Messages Requiring Response
TeamsRabia Hammad — TD Smart CLI review: send the invite
Teams DM · Oct 6 afternoon
Rabia agreed to lead the TD Smart CLI review on Friday, Oct 16 (she noted 9:30–10 AM) and asked you to invite the additional NetBrain colleague she spoke to who has used Smart CLI. Irwin Chan (TD) asked that Danny Deng and Elena Calugaru be included on all emails and listed who should attend from TD. Send the invite once the time is confirmed with TD.
Action Items
Reply to Gaurav Mehta (EXL) and send the Tuesday invite
He confirmed Tuesday works; send the bridge.
Respond on SFR-15693 (quote address fields)
Tell Sirisha whether the address-verify prompt is enough or whether the account-level default should populate the quote.
Reply to Lucas Van Der Ploog (AHEAD) on JetBlue
He asked to connect "tomorrow" in an Oct 6 email; JetBlue training is Thursday at 11 AM.
Decide on McKinsey Playground
Demo completed, no Playground set up per the Salesforce alert.
Resolve Thursday's calendar conflicts
9 AM: MSCI R13 review vs DTCC Weekly Automation vs Harsha sync. 11 AM: 1:1 with Michael vs JetBlue training. 2 PM: DTCC Change demo vs DTCC Q3 QBR placeholder.
DTCC Change demo (Thu 2 PM) — get Bob's availability
Christine Monforti is waiting on which managing directors should attend; the network team wants a separate session with Bob. Michael Pasqualoni also asked for a minute on DTCC.
Send TD Smart CLI review invite for Oct 16
Per Rabia Hammad; include Danny Deng and Elena Calugaru on all TD emails.
Corebridge — add or confirm the Oct 8 meeting
Andrew Wentzell lists Oct 8 as the next meeting, but it is not on your calendar.