Ricardo Costa

Ricardo Costa has over 18 years of work experience in various leadership positions within the technology and security fields. Ricardo most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Purolator since October 2017. Prior to that, Ricardo held roles such as Vice President of Information Technology at Weston Foods (Canada) Inc., Senior Director of Information Security at Rogers Communications, and Director of IT Security at Loblaw Companies Limited. Ricardo also worked as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte and held security positions at Bancoob, Brasil Telecom, and Cautus Consultoria em Segurança. Ricardo has a strong background in security technologies, risk assessment, project management, and policy development.

Ricardo Costa attended the Universidade de Brasília from 1995 to 2000, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. In addition to their degree, Ricardo has also obtained several certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA, and the Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) also from ISACA. The specific months and years of obtaining these certifications were not provided.