João has more than 15 years of experience in the Data Center and Telecommunication market, working in major corporations of the industry. He joined Ascenty in 2013 to bolster the Solutions Architecture Team. The executive took on new challenges over the years and currently leads the Solutions Architecture and Products teams.
Fabio Trimarco |DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AND QUALITY
Fábio has a BS in Computer Science, an MBA in IT Governance, and an undergraduate extension in Business Compliance from PUC. The executive has a background in IT, with extensive experience in various sectors, in multinational companies such as General Motors, EDSHP Enterprise and PromonLogicalis.
He spearheads the Compliance and Quality area, focusing on ethics, conduct, as well as Quality, implementing and managing standards and certifications such as such as ISOs 9001 quality management, 14001 environmental management, 20000-1 IT service management, 27001\27701 information security management, 37001\37301 anti-bribery management, 45001 occupational health and safety management, 50001 energy management, PCI DSS, SOC, UPTIME TIER III, and TÜV TR3 (TIA942).
Arturo Wheeler | REGIONAL DATA CENTER DIRECTOR
Arturo has over 30 years’ experience leading highly effective teams in mission-critical IT functions in globalized environments for Mexico and Latin America. He developed his career mainly in the financial sector with Citibank, where he was responsible for several operation and engineering functions in Telecommunications and Data Centers. The executive was also part of Americas regional leadership teams for the bank, where he was responsible for establishing operating models and local, regional, and global team transitions through which operational efficiencies, service improvements, and cost reductions were achieved.
Arturo joined Ascenty in late 2021 as Regional Director for Mexico in order to strategically direct, plan and oversee Ascenty’s operation and expansion in the country.
Pedro Gutiérrez | EXECUTIVE MANAGER, LATAM
Pedro has an undergraduate degree in Civil Electrical Engineering, and a graduate degree in Energy Engineering. He has been in the telecom infrastructure industry for 20 years and joined Ascenty in 2019. He currently supports the Data Center operations management.
He has led operation and maintenance teams at a Data Center in Chile, as well as performing improvements for facility certification.
Marcos Alves | EXECUTIVE MANAGER, DATA CENTER OPERATIONS
Marcos has 17 years’ experience in the Data Center market, and has worked for companies such as Impsat, where he operated Data Centers, and TIVIT, where he spent 14 years and rose to Senior Infrastructure Executive. He was responsible for Cabling Operation, Asset Management, Hardware Support and all expansions of the company’s Data Centers, offices and warehouses.
He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Mauá Engineering School and an MBA in Business Management from FIA. At Ascenty since 2021, he works in the operational management of Data Centers.
Ana Letícia Caressato | EXECUTIVE MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES
Ana Letícia has an undergraduate degree in Psychology, an MBA in People Management, and a graduate degree in Organizational Coaching. She has worked in HR for over 15 years, for companies in the agribusiness and pharmaceutical segments. She is completing 10 years at Ascenty.
Her varied responsibilities include all HR subsystems such as: training and development, recruitment and selection, payroll, and strategic organizational issues.
Jéssica Braga | EXECUTIVE MARKETING MANAGER
Jéssica has over 15 years’ experience working in marketing and communication roles for large companies. She was responsible for leading the entire process of positioning Ascenty in the market, from its entry as a startup to today as a leader in the segment.
She has an undergraduate degree in Social Communication, and a graduate degree and an MBA in marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).
Adriana Castelli | EXECUTIVE FINANCE MANAGER
Adriana has 30 years’ experience in Accounting, Financial Planning and Treasury. She has worked for large groups such as Vicunha, DuPont, and Vivax SA, a cable TV and broadband internet provider, where she worked for 8 years from the company’s inception to its IPO.
At Ascenty, she has worked in LATAM Treasury management since 2011, focusing on cash flow management, financing and derivative operations.
She holds a degree in Accounting with specialization in Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
Gustavo Sousa | CFO
Gustavo has held executive positions at large Brazilian companies, such as CEO and CFO/DRI at Cielo,
CFO/DRI at Klabin, CEO and CFO/DRI at CPFL Renováveis, Controller, Treasury, Investor Relations and Tax Officer at Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and Controllership Officer at Banco do Brasil. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Master’s degree in Economic Business Management from the University of Brasília, an MBA in Financial Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
At Ascenty, he has been CFO since August 2022.
Rodrigo Hunnicutt | EXECUTIVE MANAGER, CONSTRUTION
Rodrigo has worked at Ascenty since 2018, and helped deploy the first “Built to Suit” data center infrastructure projects built on Ascenty’s own land.
He oversaw construction of several data centers in Brazil and Mexico. He has extensive experience in project design, planning, management, and construction. He earned a degree in Architecture in 1991 and has an MBA in “Technology and Management in Building Production” from USP Politécnica.