Mauricio Alvarez

Co-Founder & CTO. Mauricio has a track record of identifying business opportunities and building technology solutions to exploit them. Mauricio most recently co-founded a photo sharing and social media company where he was CTO. Previously Mr. Alvarez was Deputy CTO at BEA Systems (now part of Oracle) during which time the company integrated its line of products into a comprehensive platform solution and streamlined its sales process, resulting in revenues over $1B. He also served as Senior Director of Strategic Alliances where he instrumented critical acquisitions in the infrastructure and security areas. As Senior Director of Engineering, Mr. Alvarez was responsible for the consolidation of the engineering team and products of the eCA division. Mr. Alvarez joined BEA in connection with its merger with The Theory Center, a provider of component-based software that he co-founded and where he served as Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Alvarez received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a M.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University. Mauricio is currently reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and loves reading The Fox with Sox to his three incredible kids.