Richard DaCosta is President at Combat Networks Inc. In his role, DaCosta has prime responsibility for the overall P &L operation of Combat along with Value Added Business Partner recruitment and Sales. 

Prior to his current role, DaCosta served as General Manager, Enterprise and Government Sales for Nortel as part of his successful 10 year commitment to Nortel. As a member of Nortel's Senior Sales Management team, he focused on delivering over $45 million in sales yearly to the Canadian Federal Government and Eastern Canada delivered through Value Added Resellers and direct sales. In this capacity, DaCosta was involved with setting the strategic direction for Nortel's sales strategy in Canada. In 2005, DaCosta was recognized by Nortel's Chief Executive Officer, as one of Nortel's most successful managers in North America. 

Before leading Nortel's Canadian Federal Government business, DaCosta spent over 20 years in various National Sales and Marketing management roles in the Internetworking industry while residing in Calgary, Toronto, and Ottawa.

Daniel is a well respected Network Architect with over 20 years of designing, building and maintaing some of Canada's largest networks. Mr. Gorham's ability to integrate diverse technologies and the expertise gained from working at Wellfleet, Bay Networks and Nortel directly demonstrates this elevated level of expertise customers expect from Combat.