Biography

Costa is dynamic, articulate and methodical, with a proven ability to manage and motivate across engineering, product management, sales and marketing teams to drive new product development, increase revenues, develop new business opportunities and grow brand equity. He has extensive experience in product lifecycle management, development of product portfolios and new product definition based on market requirements and has managed product marketing activities worldwide.

Costa is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and has authored several white papers focused around audio, video and streaming technologies.

Key accomplishments include:

• Built, motivated and managed teams to achieve significant market share and revenue growth
• Conceived, defined and developed over 130 new products, earning 8 patents
• Created strategic product, marketing and business plans resulting hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue
• Restructured global business operations to bring focus, clarity and agility to serving verticals