Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000
Brian Costello, President & CEO, is not only a co-founder of Belenos, he
also defined the mission of the company and has been the key figure in
developing a vibrant culture that attracts the best network
professionals in the country. Since the early 1990s, Mr. Costello has
been immersed in the network services industry, and his deep
understanding of that industry led him to focus Belenos' expertise on
one of the newest and hottest facets of the digital economy ' the
service provider space. Originally from the Boston area, Mr. Costello
has overseen the growth of Belenos from a small consultancy working out
of Quincy, MA to a growing market leader with offices across the nation.
Mr. Costello recognized that building a business that would compete in
this tough market would require the right combination of talented people
and well-honed methodologies for delivering services. His enthusiasm and
consistent vision of what Belenos could become proved contagious, and so
Mr. Costello was able to attract some of the best players in the
information technology industry right away, before Belenos even had any
services to offer. Before founding Belenos in 1998, Mr. Costello, a
Microsoft Certified Engineer, managed multimillion dollar projects for
BISYS Networking Services, and successfully developed services and
methodologies for delivery into Fortune 500 companies. Before BISYS, Mr.
Costello was a Service Consultant for Harvard University's information
technology team. Many members of the Belenos team would argue that Mr.
Costello is Belenos. His goal of developing the market leader, his focus
on building teams and nurturing professional development, his ability to
recognize the challenges of the future and address them ' all of this
permeates the entire company. Mr. Costello, on the other hand, would be
the first to say that he is merely a catalyst ' that Belenos is truly
the result of a committed team, driven to reshape an industry. Mr.
Costello is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and is a
member of the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council and the Project
Management Institute. Profile
Mr. Costello: Belenos, Inc. is the leading network infrastructure
architect focused on providing network engineering solutions to
