Alvaro Costa Email & Phone Number

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Data Centers Operations - Americas

Washington, Dc, Us

Created & anchored entirely new Global Network Group from scratch and handled all technical aspects of global Network, Data Centers and Telephony engineering & operations for a publicly traded global Private Equity firm with 32 branch offices, 4 datacenters, over $197B AUM, and 1,600+ employees. Conceptualized and set strategic direction to modernize the firm’s aging network infrastructureAccountable for Global Enterprise Network and Data Center infrastructure design, implementation, protocols, vendors, and hardware platforms in a range of technical environments supporting the financial services industryActive management of all network, data center and telephony vendors ~ $6M annual budgetManagement and direct price negotiation of Network, Data Center and Telephony with service providersReduced carrier costs by $2.5 Mil for the next 5 years in last round of contract renewals Architected and implemented solutions to provide world class delivery of network services to our end-users at optimal cost and efficiency: introduction of new technologies yielding 50% overall cost reductionProgram leader in search of a UCaaS solution to replace the firms legacy on premise telephony systemChief technical architect in the search for a new global MPLS provider. Worked closely with contract negotiations and legal team during the RFP process. Responsible for RFP technical requirements and vendor selectionImplementation of Cisco Nexus infrastructure for VMware Site Recovery Manager replication over low latency Data Center Interconnects for DR and BCP proposesTechnical lead for the design and build-out of two brand new, state-of-the-art data centers supporting private ITaaS on VMWare, with Cisco Nexus platform Replaced legacy WLAN network with Meraki cloud controlled APs. Implementation had a major impact on cost reduction, security, global mobility, BYOD, and WIFI servicesConsistently reduced RTE costs by deploying automation and monitoring tools

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Worked with clients to define business requirements, analyze requirements, design and implement IT solutions via network infrastructures, systems, applications, and process components. Lead Architect in enterprise and data center infrastructure design and integration of advanced network technologiesInfrastructure Architect on an engagement chartered to build a new data center in line with the next generation of data centers architecture using Cisco Nexus Platform. This architecture specified the use of infrastructure virtualization such as virtual devices and fault protection based on virtual links. Key design guiding principles were low latency and high bandwidth (80G) linksLead architect responsible for the relocation and deployment of a new data center for an Ad Agency in NYC. The design involved the Nexus 7000 platform in the data center with support for data, voice, video, and a wireless infrastructure. The campus design was based a layer 3 architecture with 10G and 40G redundant uplinks and interconnectsCo network lead for a major Hedge fund in Connecticut. Responsible for architecture review, operational process and oversight of network team Designed and implemented a large video multicasting network to support a security initiative in New York City. Infrastructure requirements were based on simultaneous video payloads and distribution to multiple sites and systems for archival and analyses. EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line) was deployed for remote site connectivity with IP routing and multicasting support. The network infrastructure was integrated with several subsystems to video archival and retrieval, security, and database lookups. Re-built New York City’s Office of Budget and Management computer network in 30 days following 9/11; received recognition from mayor for meeting extremely tight deadline under chaotic conditions