Education
University of California, Davis
BSEE & MSEE, Computer Science 1974-01-01 - 1977-01-01Work Experience
Savia Ventures
Current
Savia Ventures
Link Silicon Valley
Current
Link Silicon Valley
Encora Inc.
2021-06-01 - 2025-06-01
Encora Inc.
Avantica
2001-07-01 - 2021-06-01
Avantica
Cuica Corporation
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Cuica Corporation
Babcock & Brown
1998-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Babcock & Brown
Intuit
1992-01-01 - 1998-01-01
Intuit
Software Publishing Corporation (SPC)
1983-01-01 - 1992-01-01
Software Publishing Corporation (SPC)
Sequoia Medical Systems
1980-01-01 - 1983-01-01
Sequoia Medical Systems
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1977-01-01 - 1980-01-01
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Skills
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.