Mario has over 10 years experience in learning and development with companies including Nortel, Texas Instruments, and Dell. His most recent work includes developing executive leadership development programs for Dell's Finance organization that involved the CEO, COO, and CFO. He worked closely with the CFO and CFO staff members to drive leadership initiatives
aimed at helping Dell achieve its revenue growth targets.

Prior to his work at Dell, Mario worked closely with Senior Vice Presidents at Texas Instruments to develop, facilitate, and implement a company-wide leadership development initiative aimed at 100% retention of top performers and increasing the overall performance of the company. Over 80% of the managers he worked with significantly increased their capability to develop,
retain and attract top performers. This program was deployed throughout the U.S., India, and Europe. He is an expert Win-Win Negotiations instructor and was responsible for driving negotiations training throughout the Texas Instruments sales organization.

Mario holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Master of Science degree in Organization Development from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has developed and facilitated programs in negotiations, performance management, talent development and MBTI across the U.S., Mexico, Asia, India and Europe.