Mario Chaves

With over 25 years of software development and engineering management experience, Mario is currently the CEO of Avantica Technologies and led LinkSV’s original development efforts in 2005. Previously, Mario was Chief Technology Officer at Babcock & Brown, a leading investment banking firm, where he led a worldwide team and was responsible for all technology strategies and implementations. Prior to Babcock & Brown, Mario was the Director of Product Development for Intuit, where he led the development of new products for the Quicken product line and managed the development of Intuit’s International Products. Prior to Intuit, at Software Publishing Corporation, Mario created Harvard Graphics, which redefined the presentation graphics software category and was largely responsible for the company’s growth from $20M to over $100M in revenues. Mario earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis.