About

Mario Tapia is a seasoned professional with over 23 years of experience in platform marketing, community building, and startup engagement. Currently, he serves as the Product Marketing Manager for Platform and Developers at Google Cloud, where he leads product positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies for professional developers and business decision-makers. He has successfully partnered with top-tier ISVs and SIs, including Adobe, Cisco, Zoom, Dropbox, and Salesforce, to build for the G Suite platform, which has gained access to over 2 billion global users. Mario's past experience includes serving as the President and Curator of MobileMonday, a non-profit organization with a presence in Silicon Valley, NYC, LA, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Austin. He founded the first mobile-focused developer group in 1999 and launched new communities across the US. Today, it is a tech community of 60,000+ in key tech hubs across the US. He produced community events for startups and industry to engage, including meetups with ecosystem-relevant panel discussions, developer labs, and roundtable dinners for startup founders, business decision-makers, and executives for relationship building. Mario is also a Partner at Momentum Venture Partners, a mobile-focused fund and accelerator specialized in discovering startups from 12 key tech hubs from around the globe. He teamed up with serial entrepreneurs who have sold to Nokia, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. His portfolio includes companies like Orbeus, FiveRun, OrangeChef, Xendo, Pocketmath, MadeFire, Parrable, PLAYRMAKR, VOIQ, Heartbeat, MapJam, PixelPin, Everypost, Digify, and Locomizer. Mario has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University Fresno. He has expertise in product management, Salesforce, AI, and mobile technologies. He is a creative agency manager, content producer, and event support specialist, having produced sessions, booth demos, and keynote content for Google tentpole events like NEXT, Cloud Summits, and Google I/O.