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Mario Barra

Investor

Investor at Alaya Capital

Miami, Florida

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Mario Barra is co-founder and president of VATES, a software engineering firm headquartered in Argentina with offices in Chile and Colombia that employs over 600 IT engineers and provides nearshore staff augmentation and custom development services to clients including IBM, Intel, and Thomson Reuters. He serves as director at ALAYA Capital Partners, a Latin American venture capital firm with investments in over 30 companies, and holds board positions at several Latin American enterprises including ALLADIO and Holcim Argentina. Barra has also founded or co-founded multiple organizations including an orthodontics company, a technology cluster, and a community foundation, and serves as a professor at the National Technological University.

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Experience

  1. ALAYA CAPITAL PARTNERSDirectorcurrent2010 — presentChile
  2. Nobracks! Ortodoncia InvisibleDirectorcurrent2013 — presentArgentina
  3. Universidad Tecnológica NacionalTechnological Entrepreneurs & Business Intelligence Teachercurrent1992 — presentCordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
  4. VatesCo-Founder & Presidentcurrent1991 — present
  5. Jose M. Alladio e Hijos S.A.External Member - Board of Directors2017 — 2021
  6. Cordoba Technology ClusterVice President2007 — 2011

Education

  1. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional1991, Sistemas1986 — 1993
  2. Universidad Empresarial 'Siglo 21'​UE Siglo 21, Software Engineering

Skills & more

Business Intelligence16Software Development13UML4Testing11Scrum45Software Project Management8CMMI18Entrepreneurship10MySQL15Oracle10Team Leadership14Agile Methodologies4

Languages English · Spanish

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Also attended Universidad Empresarial 'Siglo 21'​9

David GarciaManaging Partner & CIO at Borderless VentureAraceli AlbanoInternal Accounting & Administration at Claris VenturesCarolina CavalloChief Financial Officer (CFO) at Faraday Venture PartnersGabriel FlorensaConsejo Directivo at ADDventureRastelli EvangelinaDirectora Ejecutiva at ADDventurePablo ManzanoChief Financial Officer at Explorer LATAM VC

+ 3 more

Shared employers

Also worked at ALAYA CAPITAL PARTNERS14

Luis BermejoManaging Partner at Alaya CapitalLorena SuarezManaging Partner at Alaya CapitalJuan Manuel GinerPartner at Alaya CapitalLuis NarroPartner at Alaya CapitalGiuliana BonaparteCFO at Alaya CapitalEugenio SelleController at Alaya Capital

+ 8 more

Also worked at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional2

Catalina MamaniChief Operating Officer at Explorer LATAM VCJonathan SaieghFounder at Aleph Solutions (Alephee)

Also worked at Vates1

Omar VegaConsejo Directivo at ADDventure

Also worked at Cordoba Technology Cluster1

Carlos GalanderConsejo Directivo at ADDventure

Colleagues at Alaya Capital

Agostina Peressotti
Platform at Alaya Capital
Bruno Pérez Celio
Venture Partner at Alaya Capital
Carlos Baradello
Investor at Alaya Capital
Carolina Costa
Investor at Alaya Capital
Eugenio Selle
Controller at Alaya Capital
Giuliana Bonaparte
CFO at Alaya Capital
Josh Ferrufino
Venture Partner at Alaya Capital
Juan Manuel Giner
Partner at Alaya Capital

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Carolina Costa
Investor at Alaya Capital

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