ALOG Data Centers do Brasil

Riverwood Capital is a globally-focused private equity firm that invests in high-growth businesses in the technology and services industries, across a variety of verticals and geographies. Riverwood was established by a talented group of private equity and technology industry executives, which gives Riverwood a unique combination of operational, strategic, financial and technical insight into investment candidates. The founders group includes Michael Marks, Chris Varelas, Thomas Smach, Nicholas Brathwaite, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde and Jeffrey Parks. Riverwood has offices in Menlo Park, CA and New York, NY and currently has more than 20 investments in North America, Latin America and Asia.

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners and customers around the world through a global platform of high performance data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems and the broadest choice of networks. More than 3,100 enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies connect to more than 600 network service providers and rely on Platform Equinix to grow their business, improve application performance and protect their vital digital assets. Equinix operates in 35 strategic markets across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific and continually invests in expanding its platform to power customer growth.

Sidney Breyer (CEO)
Mr. Breyer graduated in engineering from the Aeronautics Technology Institute (ITA). He holds an MBA from COPPEAD/UFRJ and an OPM from Harvard Business School, and was a professor at FGV-RJ. He has been an investor and executive in the IT industry since 1994, and has co-founded several companies such as Elefante, Aceleradora, Ability, and ALOG Data Centers.

Eduardo Carvalho (VP of Sales)
Mr. Carvalho has a degree in Business Administration. He started his career as a sales representative with Xerox do Brasil, and has held management positions in the Sales areas of Claro Telecommunications, Diveo do Brasil, Intelig and .comDominio.

Antonio Carlos Pina (VP of Technology)
Mr. Pina has worked in the systems engineering, IT, and basic software areas for 26 years at several companies, such as Embratel and Petrobras. He was a founding partner of INFOLINK Internet Provider and held the position of Technology Director with the company for 10 years. Has specialized course at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and FDC (Fundação Dom Cabral). He is an opinion maker, participates in debates and talks about cloud computing in Brazil.

Cristian Gallegos (Director of Retail Unit)
Chilean, adman with MBA in Marketing, went through consultancy in Business Intelligence serving clients such as Natura and Unilever. He served in last 5 years in LocaWeb as a marketing manager for shared hosting services and dedicated hosting.

Nelson Mendonça (VP of Operations)
Has ten years experience in IT and Operations Management, has specialized courses at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Disney Institute and Fundação Dom Cabral. Responsible for the Operations area, which is divided into Management Hosting, Support, Monitoring and Operations / IT. He is certified in RHCE and LPIC-2. It has 04 books published on GNU / Linux and Free Software between 2002 and 2006.

Victor Arnaud (VP of Processes & Products)
Industrial Engineer (Masters at PUC-RJ and Graduation at UFRJ) with specialization courses in COPPEAD, INSEAD (Singapore), Wharton, Fundação Dom Cabral, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Berkeley.  He has twelve years of experience, including four in the area of IT infrastructure and eight years in the organizational structuring projects, with several professional certifications.

Peter Catta Preta (Infraestruture Director)
Graduated in electric engineering from the São Judas Tadeu University, has Project Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He served in mission-critical environments and high availability for companies such as CB Richard Ellis Brasil and Sistenge Construções e Comércio. Participated in data centers construction and expansion projects form EDS/HP, IBM, Unilever, Global One, Carrefour, Petrobrás, Souza Cruz e Brasil Telecom, among other.

Marcelo Silva (VP of Finantial)
Marcelo Silva have bachelor degree in Accounting Universidade Federal do Paraná and Executive MBA from Fundação COPPEAD. 18 years of finance & tax experience with Nicoll Brasil, Eurostyle Brasil and PricewaterhouseCoopers.