# Mario Mendez CTO and founder I'm Mario, founder and learner. I love challenging myself and working alongside great people. I am probably enjoying sports, reading or playing 🎸. Every so often I'll try an endurance activity I should probably not be doing. Updated 2026-10-29. [Website](https://mariomendez.me/) ## Professional history ### CTO, Co-founder · 2024 - Present Graduated from dev to co-founder. My focus is still on building a great product, as well as growing a team I'd want to be a part of. ### Lead Developer · April 2022–2023 Joined Evotrux as a full-stack developer/devops engineer/whatever hat is needed for the day. Evotrux is a B2B freight marketplace helping shippers and carriers work together — no middleman required. ### Software Developer · AGCO · May 2021 - April 2022 Worked as a Software Developer at AGCO Winnipeg (formerly 151 Research). My work focused on full-stack dev, cloud, embedded Linux and IoT. Worked with great tech and even cooler people. Also got the chance to live through a startup's glory days and what happens after acquisition. ### B.Sc. Computer Science · University of Manitoba · May 2021 Graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in Computer Science, Co-op. ### Research & Technology Editor · The Manitoban · June 2020 - September 2020 As a Junior Research & Technology editor at the Manitoban, I wrote articles about local and university events related to research and technology. ### Software Developer Intern · 151 Research · January 2020 - May 2021 Worked as a Software Developer intern at 151 Research doing full-stack development. Learnt full-stack development with a dash of IoT and embedded Linux. ### IROS · Robot music · November 2019 Earned second place along with the Autonomous Agents Lab team members at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) where we developed a musical experience with two humanoid robots. ### R&D Developer · Wawanesa Insurance · April 2019 - November 2019 Interned at the Wawanesa Innovation Lab. Worked on multiple full-stack POCs across different technologies, including Blockchain and AR. ### Hack the North · September 2019 Selected to participate in Hack the North 2019. Built a decentralized application to allow journalists and activists to share their work in an uncensorable and tamper-proof platform using Ethereum, React and the IPFS. ### FIRA · Taiwan · August 2018 Participated in FIRA (Federation of International Robot-soccer Association) robotics competition in Taiwan. Participated along with U of M Snobots team. Won archery category gold! ### RoboCup · June 2018 Participated in RoboCup robotics competition. Earned first place in technical challenge category with U of M Snobots team. ### AUTCup · Tehran · March 2018 Participated in AUTCup robotics competition at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) in Tehran. Earned first place overall in HuroCup category adult size along with U of M's snobots team. ### Autonomous Agents Lab · 2017 Joined the U of M Autonomous Agents Lab under Dr. Anderson and Dr. Meng-Cheng Lau. The experiences of belonging to the lab were amongst the most important of my university education. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to work in that environment. ### A new chapter in Canada · September 2016 Flew to Canada for the first time in my life to pursue a degree in Computer Science. ## Links - LinkedIn ↗ (opens in a new tab) - GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab) - [Email](mailto:mmendezdiaz@outlook.com) [Writing](https://mariomendez.me/writing.md)