INTECHIGENCE - Key Persons
As the former Vice President and Chief Architect for Motorola Solutions, Mario led the advanced development of major technology innovations that kept Motorola as the leader in international government and public safety ICT markets. During his career at Motorola, his efforts initiated two new businesses, one providing nationwide 4G LTE networks and mission critical multimedia application services for international government customers, and the other an advanced cloud-based software-as-a-service offering that brings critical mobile intelligence to first responders and federal law enforcement. Earlier in his career he was responsible for designing many first-of-their-kind solutions. He was one of the architects of the Motorola proprietary ASTRO technology which was one of the earliest digital radio standards, predating digital cellular standards, and the P25 Land Mobile Radio Standard which continues to be used internationally by public safety agencies today. He then led the architecture development for the first fully Internet Protocol-based infrastructure to be used for a mobil e wide area wireless network.
Mario also served on the highly recognized Motorola corporate venture capital investment board, where he developed the strategy for identifying investment targets, and the post-investment strategic support processes.
He has served on numerous industry forums, including the Board of Directors of the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Task Force for Next Generation 911, and has provided support to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).
He has 60 issued patents and was a three time recipient of Motorola's Patent-of-the-Year Award for the Commercial, Government, Industrial and Enterprise Mobility businesses. Mario is also a registered patent agent with the USPTO.