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mario chaves

mario chaves

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LP/Advisor @ Savia Ventures Advisor to startups | Technologist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Traveler. Have lived in the Greater Silicon Valley area for most of my life, married to Sally Chaves, w/ four grown 'kids' and two grandchildren.
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Education

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University of California, Davis

BSEE & MSEE, Computer Science 1974-01-01 - 1977-01-01

Work Experience

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Savia Ventures

Current

Savia Ventures

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Link Silicon Valley

Current

Link Silicon Valley

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Encora Inc.

2021-06-01 - 2025-06-01

Encora Inc.

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Avantica

2001-07-01 - 2021-06-01

Avantica

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Cuica Corporation

2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01

Cuica Corporation

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Babcock & Brown

1998-01-01 - 2000-01-01

Babcock & Brown

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Intuit

1992-01-01 - 1998-01-01

Intuit

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Software Publishing Corporation (SPC)

1983-01-01 - 1992-01-01

Software Publishing Corporation (SPC)

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Sequoia Medical Systems

1980-01-01 - 1983-01-01

Sequoia Medical Systems

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise

1977-01-01 - 1980-01-01

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Skills

Networking Connecting people International Sales & Marketing Mobile Applications Web Applications Software Development Outsourcing Databases Data Integration Product Development Mobile Devices iPhone Enterprise Software Open Source Agile Project Management SaaS Cloud Computing iOS development Web 2.0 Agile Methodologies

Summary

As a Silicon Valley veteran and software industry executive with a Latin American background, Mario speaks at conferences and events throughout Latin America on outsourcing and technology sector regional competitiveness. Since the mid 90's, Mario has led the growth of Avantica Technologies, a software development and testing/test automation services company offering software engineering services to clients throughout the Americas from its development centers in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. Under Mario's leadership, Avantica became one of the premier providers of Nearshore software engineering services to companies in the US, Canada and Latin America. In 2019, Avantica was acquired by Encora, a global services company, where he now serves as advisor, as Encora continues its growth and expansion in Latin America and the rest of the world. Specialties: Software Development, Software Engineering Services, Outsourcing, Outsourced Product Development (OPD), Offshore/Nearshore Development, custom application development, web applications, data integration, mobile development, QA Services, Testing/Test Automation, DevOps, UX/UI. I am an open networker and will accept most reasonable invitations to connect. However, I will ignore any invitations from profiles whose company does not have a real LI company page.

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