Ricardo Alário Arantes serves as CEO of ODATA and is one of the company's co-founders. He has nearly two decades of experience in telecommunications, media, information technology, and business development, with a distinguished track record at Intel Capital, where he served as an active board member for more than 15 companies.

He holds a degree in public administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP) and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management. In 2019, he was named to Data Economy’s Power 200 list, a global ranking recognizing the 200 leaders driving the data center, cloud, and data industries through innovation, technological advancement, investment, and business vision.