Tuesday, May 26, 2026 · Dan Abreu · Heavy day — 9 AM triple conflict & 12 PM double conflict — resolve both now
Schedule
Today — Tuesday, May 26
TentativeMSCI-NB: Weekly Working Sessions
4:30 – 5:30 AM ET · Zoom · Org: Abhishek Shee · sayyed.noor@msci.com, kalam.shaikh@msci.com, Edgar Sanchez, Ravish Dangi, JyotiRanjan Muduli
Early start for MSCI time zone alignment. Status is tentative — confirm if attending. Prasad Umredkar’s OSS call notes (attached in email) are relevant context for this team ahead of the noon internal meeting.
TentativeDTCC – NetBrain Connect
6:30 – 7:00 AM ET · Zoom · Org: Krishna Makani · rkumar24@dtcc.com, DTCC-NB, Shiladitya Sen, Dan
Regular weekly connect. Status tentative. Note: a separate DTCC Adhoc Connect (post meeting notes thread) was moved by Ravi Kumar to 4 PM ET today — see action items for that slot.
Team AI Discussion
8:30 – 9:30 AM ET · Zoom · Org: Michael Pasqualoni · Dream Team + Rabia Hammad, Kevin Witt, Connor Field, Ann Caron, James Esposito, Elbert Ruff, Michael Gannon, Walter Boan, Tony Biel
Replacing the post-holiday Call Blitz. Agenda: team AI discussion. Ends at 9:30 AM — back-to-back into the 9 AM conflict block.
9 AM ConflictThree meetings overlap — 9:00 AM ET — Resolve now
Pick one to attend; delegate or decline the other two before 9 AM
1. SMBC – 30-Min Environment Pre-Check — 9:00–9:30 AM — Teams (Calendly) — Org: Wendy Han — Chuck Roy (JRI America), Harsha Khareedu. Harsha confirmed this morning (high importance). Calendly reminder sent at 7:01 AM today.
3. DTCC – NetBrain Weekly Automation — 9:00–10:30 AM — Zoom — Org: Sandeep Attaluri — Tentative. DTCC + NetBrain teams (18 attendees). Was cancelled Monday for the holiday; status for today is still tentative.
TD Bank/NetBrain – Domain Review & Automation Series (Prod VMC1)
10:00 – 11:00 AM ET · Microsoft Teams · Org: Eyituoyo Grage · danny.deng@td.com, Reza Shokraie, Danny Aguilar, Heather Sun, Ian Ballantyne, irwin.chan@td.com, Elakkiya Panneerselvam
Goal: improve platform performance, organize assets, reduce discovery data load. Review current account status before joining.
Graham’s Morning Briefing – Claude Review
11:00 – 11:30 AM ET · Microsoft Teams · Org: Dan Abreu · Graham Rance
You organized this. Walk Graham through the morning briefing workflow and output. Have the live briefing page and the Claude project folders (MAP Application, Pain Funnel Application on OneDrive) ready to demo.
Ian & Dan Weekly Accounts Sync-Up
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET · Microsoft Teams · Org: Dan Abreu · Ian Ballantyne
Prep topics on invite: DTCC, CIBC, Empower, TD. Bring: DTCC adhoc moved to 4 PM today + automation tentative status; CIBC training attendee list coming in (need instructor + June dates); Empower ongoing; TD Domain Review just ran. Ian re-synced Margaret Chen’s CIBC NetBrain University login this morning.
1. MSCI – AI Challenges, Roadmap & Next Steps (Internal) — Zoom — Org: Ravish Dangi — Dan, JyotiRanjan Muduli, Rabia Hammad, Edgar Sanchez, Eddy Zhao, Sihan Wang, Michael Omaljev. Read Prasad’s OSS call notes and Ravish’s project plan before this.
2. ACG / NetBrain – Weekly Cadence — Teams — Org: Paul Lubiak (ACG) — Tentative — Steve Rome, Chris Tsombanos, Michael Pasqualoni, David Mann, Mike O’Neil, Sean Dailey.
AI Champion Check-In
4:00 – 4:30 PM ET · Microsoft Teams · Org: Priscilla Smith · Brian Walls, Daniel Cook, Gerry Zhang, Greg Baden, James Esposito, James Hanlon, Michael Gannon, Nigel Hickey, Prashant Pareek, and others
Recurring AI Champion check-in. Note: DTCC adhoc connect was also moved to ~4 PM ET today (email confirmed, not yet on calendar) — confirm timing with Krishna Makani to avoid overlap.
DTCC Adhoc Connect — Rescheduled to 4 PM ET Today (Not yet on calendar)
Email thread: DTCC – NetBrain Adhoc Connect – Post Meeting Notes · Ravi Kumar (DTCC) → Krishna Makani confirmed
Ravi Kumar requested the adhoc connect move to Tuesday 4 PM; Krishna confirmed “have moved the meeting to 4 PM on Tuesday.” Invite may not yet appear on your calendar. Check with Krishna for the link and watch for AI Champion overlap.
Tomorrow — Wednesday, May 27 — Special NSP Meeting 11 AM ET — do not double-book
Dream Team Weekly Meeting
9:00 – 9:30 AM ET · Zoom · Org: Michael Pasqualoni · Full Dream Team alias (~26 attendees)
Regular weekly team meeting. No specific agenda noted in the invite.
TentativeClaude Office Hours [Optional]
10:00 – 11:00 AM ET · Microsoft Teams · Org: James Esposito · Company-wide (all-NetBrain invite)
Drop-in session to discuss Claude AI use cases. Optional and ends at 11 AM — go straight into the NSP meeting.
Special NSP Meeting — Agentic NetOps Messaging Rollout (High Priority — Michael Gannon)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET · Zoom · Org: Michael Gannon · All Sales + Marketing
Subject: “Prioritize This One.” Launch of the Agentic NetOps messaging rollout — marked high importance by Gannon. Do not skip or double-book Wednesday 11 AM. No prep needed beyond being ready to receive the new positioning.
From: Prasad Umredkar (MSCI) · Mon May 25, 5:58 AM ET · Has attachment
Dan followed up with Prasad after the May 22 OSS call and Prasad replied with the meeting notes attached. Read this before the MSCI AI Challenges internal discussion at noon today with Ravish Dangi.
ActionNetBrain R12.3 | MSCI AI — Review Project Plan (Thread Active)
From: Ravish Dangi · Mon May 25, 11:08 AM ET · Active thread: Prasad Umredkar pushing for timeline, Ravish buying time, Kalam Shaikh (MSCI) involved
Ravish @-mentions Dan and Michael Omaljev to review the MSCI AI project plan document and share thoughts. Prasad is pushing for a timeline; Ravish responded “still being worked on, allow us more time.” Kalam Shaikh asked to work internally first. Review the doc and weigh in before the noon internal meeting.
ActionCIBC – NetBrain Training Attendee List Confirmed
From: Chiragkumar Barot (CIBC) · Mon May 25, 2:10 PM ET · Reply: Jim Dalby adding Adrian Aringo · Mon May 25, 2:29 PM ET
Chiragkumar sent confirmed attendees for June NetBrain training. Jim Dalby followed up to add Adrian.Aringo@cibc.com. Attendee list is now complete — respond with confirmed instructor and June training dates.
From: salesops@netbraintech.com (Salesforce automation) · Tue May 26, 1:01 AM ET
Opportunity “ABM Industries Incorporated/New/2026” completed a demo but has not progressed to a Playground setup. Follow up to schedule or initiate the playground.
ActionConsolidated Usage Report — Review Attached
From: Prashant Pareek · Mon May 25, 12:05 PM ET · Has attachment
Usage metrics for your customer base: seats purchased, active usage, and related data. Useful for today’s Ian & Dan sync and upcoming account conversations.
FYI
FYIDTCC Adhoc Connect — Moved to 4 PM ET Today
From: Ravi Kumar (DTCC) → Krishna Makani confirmed · Mon May 25 afternoon
Ravi Kumar asked to move the post-meeting-notes adhoc call to Tuesday 4 PM; Krishna confirmed. Check with Krishna for updated invite and watch for AI Champion overlap.
FYISMBC Pre-Check Confirmed by Harsha (High Importance)
From: Harsha Khareedu · Mon May 25, 4:47 AM ET · High Importance
Harsha notified Chuck Roy (JRI America) that the 30-minute pre-check is on for Tuesday 9 AM. This is the strongest of the three 9 AM conflicts — customer-facing with a confirmed commitment.
FYIBaron Technical Meeting Notes — May 22
From: Yaswant Vutukuri · Mon May 25, 7:28 AM ET · To: Baron team + Dan
MOM from last Thursday’s Baron cadence. Key items: upgrade to v12.3 and NetBrain AI demo. Review if Baron follow-up is needed this week.
FYISalesforce Daily Digest — MetTel/Amendment Active
From: salesops@netbraintech.com · Tue May 26, 12:39 AM ET
MetTel/Amendment opportunity (Dan owner, Rabia Hammad SE, close date 7/23/2026, $0 ARR currently) had activity yesterday. Review if next steps are needed.
“Hi Dan, could you please help check MSCI’s license issue” (Salesforce case linked). License 30323516 is a universal pool but shows no nodes under Kubernetes in the QA instance — even after Prasad re-imported the license and ran discovery. Still getting a “check_license” error. Respond or escalate to unblock Prasad before today’s MSCI calls.
Ravish Dangi → Dan — MSCI AI Project Plan Follow-Up (Direct Message)
Teams · Mon May 25, 9:40 AM ET
“I know it’s holiday in US today, maybe when you are free let me know what do you think of what I shared earlier for MSCI?” — referring to the NetBrain R12.3 | MSCI AI project plan document. Reply with your thoughts before or during today’s noon internal discussion.
Action Items
Resolve 9 AM Triple-Booking — Before 9 AM
SMBC Pre-Check (Wendy Han / Harsha / Chuck Roy — confirmed, high importance, customer-facing), Corebridge Ops Cadence (Andrew Wentzell, ~27 attendees), DTCC Weekly Automation (Sandeep Attaluri, tentative). Harsha personally confirmed SMBC with the customer — that is the strongest constraint. Decide now and notify the other two organizers.
Respond to Nicole Huang — MSCI K8s License (Teams DM)
Nicole asked Dan to verify whether license 30323516 (universal pool) is correctly configured for K8s discovery on MSCI’s QA instance. Prasad re-imported and re-ran discovery but still sees the error. Respond or escalate to resolve before the noon MSCI calls.
Read Prasad’s OSS Call Notes & Review Ravish’s MSCI AI Project Plan
Two unread items before noon: (1) Prasad’s May 22 Network OSS call notes — attached in “RE: Friday: Network OSS Call” email. (2) Ravish’s MSCI AI project plan document — linked in “NetBrain R12.3 | MSCI AI” email. Both feed directly into the noon MSCI AI Challenges internal meeting. Also reply to Ravish’s Teams DM.
Resolve 12 PM Double-Booking — MSCI AI Internal vs ACG Cadence
Both run 12:00–12:30 PM ET. Given the active MSCI thread and today’s MSCI context, prioritize the internal Ravish Dangi session — notify Paul Lubiak (ACG) if skipping the cadence.
Confirm DTCC Adhoc Connect at 4 PM ET Today
Ravi Kumar requested and Krishna confirmed the adhoc moves to 4 PM today. No updated calendar invite may exist yet. Confirm with Krishna for the call link and watch for conflict with AI Champion check-in (also 4:00–4:30 PM ET).
CIBC Training — Confirm Instructor and Lock June Dates
Attendee list is now complete (Chiragkumar Barot + Jim Dalby addition of Adrian Aringo). Reply to Chiragkumar with instructor name and confirmed June training dates.
Prep for Graham’s Morning Briefing Review (11 AM Today)
You organized this with Graham Rance. Have today’s live briefing page and the Claude project setup ready to demo. Relevant OneDrive folders: MAP Application and Pain Funnel Application.
Follow Up on ABM Industries Playground Setup
Salesforce flagged that the ABM Industries opportunity has had a demo but no playground progress. Identify next steps and schedule the playground setup.
TomorrowSpecial NSP Meeting — Wednesday May 27, 11 AM–12 PM ET — Do Not Miss
Michael Gannon’s high-importance all-sales Zoom: Agentic NetOps messaging rollout kickoff. Claude Office Hours end at 11 AM — go straight in. Keep Wednesday 11 AM fully clear.