Mario Cruz

Technologist and entrepreneur with 20 years of expertise in both B2B and B2C technology solutions for various industries including digital media, loyalty, incentive, SaaS, financial services, airlines, and Fortune 100 corporations.

In 2011, Mario Cruz co-founded Choose Digital. As Chief Technology Officer, Mario currently leads the technology strategy and product development for Choose Digital. Choose Digital. Extenosve uses two core layers of cloud computing technologies PaaS and IaaS to deliver a digital media marketplace that bring together suppliers and consumers brands to a full spectrum of digital media: Music, Movies, TV, eBooks and Audio books.

Some of Mario Cruz’s specialties include: digital media, cloud computing, scalability, and security. Although his professional and personal lives intersect, he’s passionate about traveling, mentoring and participating in charitable organizations like the Boys Scouts of America. In his spare time he enjoys listening to music and is the drummer for a band called Switch.

Accomplished technology executive (Executive Vice President and Chief Information / Chief Technology Officer) of a global performance improvement company that provides both B2B and B2C e-commerce and technology solutions to major companies in various industries including: technology, financial services, food services, retail, Fortune 100 corporations, and consumer loyalty. Driven individual with more than 18 years experience in a variety of technical and business competencies that include: systems operations and development, network security and privacy, Cloud and web architecture, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, sales force automation and employee compensation program design, multi-million dollar/multi-year budgeting of operational and capitalized expenditures, regulatory audit and compliance that includes (among others) Sarbanes Oxley, SAS70, SSAE 16, Visa CISP and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.

Ability to deliver change, Technology strategy, budgeting, product innovation, architecture, Product development, International and Global IT Implementation, Security, People management and development, Strategic & operational management, Business development, Business planning, IS/IT delivery, global teams, customer focus