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After graduating from the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona, Mario was a staff engineer at the Legendary Plant Studios in Sausalito, California where he worked with top recording artists in the music industry.

At Renegade Studios, he was partner, chief engineer, and studio designer, working with clients Jefferson Starship, Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Kathi McDonald & Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company), among many others.

Mario has also worked as front-of-house mix engineer for Grammy® Award winning artist Edwin Hawkins, for the Holland Symfonia Orchestra at the 2008 Gospel Music Festival in Amsterdam, for “An Evening with the Boston Pops” at Symphony Hall, and for the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Mario was the lead design partner for startup Morton Microphone Systems, working on the development of the innovative KickTone® microphone (for drummers) which received the Live Design 2014-2015 Sound Product of the Year award. His additional business background includes management, wholesale and retail sales, manufacturing, and production.