Mario is one of the founders and Managing Director of ÜberResearch – responsible for technology and solution development and coordinating the team of engineers. He previously worked at Elsevier where he led as Vice President Technology a globally distributed development team (Chile, Germany, India, Netherlands, USA) for the SciVal product line. Mario joined Elsevier in 2010 when Elsevier acquired Collexis, a European and US based start-up focusing in solutions for academic customers (research networking tools) and funding bodies. Mario served as EVP and CTO for Collexis for several years. Mario lives with his family in Frankfurt, Germany.