Catherine Lefèvre is an AVP in AT&T’s Network Cloud & Infrastructure organization (AT&T Labs).
Located in Belgium, Catherine is responsible for the software delivery and scaling of the Rules-Based Process Automation Platform, the Service Provisioning Platform (Voice, D2 Network/Service Elements, etc.) and ECOMP (Application Controller, Policy Framework and Control Loop Automation) - the platform that powers AT&T’s software-centric network. She is also focusing on transforming BSS/OSS systems to Microservice Architecture and achieving data powered close loop automation. She is a member of the AT&T “Virtual Network Function” Governance Board and is co-leading the open sourcing of the ECOMP Platform (ONAP).

Catherine received a master’s degree in computer science as well as a qualified teaching degree in computer science in 1996 from the University Of Namur (FUNDP).
She began her career in 1996, working with Alcatel as a software development engineer.
She joined AT&T in 2013. During her time with AT&T, she has focused on developing its software-defined network. This includes working on software development best practices as well as early prototypes and proof of concepts of AT&T’s Domain 2.0 technology. She has also supported AT&T’s move from concept to scaled production development of the technology as well as integrating the

DevOps Culture for increased collaboration between the development and operations teams.
Catherine is part of AT&T’s EMEA Women’s Network, mentoring young women about careers in STEM
She is an avid horse rider and photography enthusiast.

My complete Bio is available here:
https://wiki.onap.org/download/attachments/36966196/Bio_Catherine_Lefevre_2018.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1532040585000&api=v2