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Savia Ventures
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Nearshore Americas Power 50 for 2013
Nearshore Americas
"It is often said that outsourcing is a people business. And in this newly released 2013 Nearshore Americas Power 50 ranking, we see first-hand that the people inside the ‘war room’ of the Nearshore business community are hard-working, ambitious and focused, almost obsessively, on operational excellence.
We congratulate the winners of this, the third annual Power 50 Ranking. We especially salute the top ten finishers, who have achieved noteworthy milestones in the short history of Nearshore…"It is often said that outsourcing is a people business. And in this newly released 2013 Nearshore Americas Power 50 ranking, we see first-hand that the people inside the ‘war room’ of the Nearshore business community are hard-working, ambitious and focused, almost obsessively, on operational excellence.
We congratulate the winners of this, the third annual Power 50 Ranking. We especially salute the top ten finishers, who have achieved noteworthy milestones in the short history of Nearshore outsourcing." - The Editors at Nearshore Americas
Under Mario’s leadership, Avantica has become one of the premier providers of Nearshore software engineering services to companies in the U.S. and Canada. Since the mid 90′s, Mario has brought Avantica to clients throughout North America from its development centers in Costa Rica and Peru. With nearly 400 software engineers under his command, Mario has pioneered innovative employee programs like “Avantica University”, an internal education platform designed to give Avantica’s engineers access to skills growth and career advancement; as well as an Agile engineering.Mario’s influence is felt far and wide in Nearshoring, and is considered one of the ‘standard bearers’ of Costa Rica software. As a Silicon Valley veteran and software industry executive, Mario speaks at conferences and events throughout Latin America.
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