Mario Núñez Hernández

Visionary Technology & Product Leader
Mexico City, MX.

About

Visionary Technology & Product Leader with over 20 years of experience driving digital transformation, data-informed strategies, and customer success across Fortune 500 companies like Verizon, Walmart, and Samsung. Expertly bridges complex engineering concepts, including AI, Data Analytics, and Cloud Infrastructure, into high-impact business solutions. Adept at leveraging advanced data tools to optimize operations and translate technical insights into scalable methodologies that create measurable business impact, while leading cross-functional teams with effective communication.

Work

VERIZON
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Consulting Program & Project Manager

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Summary

Managed complex technology programs, defining scope, objectives, and strategic roadmaps to ensure alignment with organizational goals and drive efficient issue resolution.

Highlights

Reduced customer service failure rates from 35% to 7% by developing and implementing a comprehensive AI/ML-driven QA methodology for call centers, establishing new KPIs for performance tracking.

Facilitated seamless communication between technical engineering and executive management teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables and driving overall client satisfaction.

Monitored strict timelines and managed project budgets, proactively mitigating risks to guarantee efficient, on-time, and error-free project deliveries.

Walmart Global Tech
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System Product Specialist

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Summary

Spearheaded the planning and design of IT infrastructure for Walmart's inaugural AI project, enabling automated robotic operations and modernizing server environments.

Highlights

Planned and designed IT infrastructure for Walmart's inaugural Artificial Intelligence project in logistics and replenishment, enabling automated robotic operations across major distribution centers (CEDIS) using IA/ML tools.

Orchestrated the strategic migration of 3,000 legacy physical servers to a scalable virtualized environment, prioritizing functionality and application modernization.

Acted as the primary liaison between development teams and clients, translating complex technical capabilities into business terms and transforming client feedback into actionable product improvements.

Resolved critical escalations, troubleshooting and correcting complex architectural flaws, bugs, and performance issues across Azure, Debian, VMware, and Nutanix platforms through automatization.

Managed SLA compliance by collaborating on vendor contracts and administrative services, ensuring resolution of P1-Critical issues within 20 minutes for critical support and system upgrades.

Samsung Networks
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HW Product Manager

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Summary

Led end-to-end hardware product lifecycle management, from New Product Introduction to End-of-Life, for major telecommunications clients and optimized supply chain operations.

Highlights

Directed the complete hardware product lifecycle from New Product Introduction (NPI) to End-of-Life (EOL) for major telecommunications clients, including AT&T, ALTAN Networks, and America Movil.

Managed Bill of Materials (BOM) and optimized supply chain operations, overseeing Profit and Loss (P&L) statements to ensure and maintain healthy profit margins.

Designed and executed the homologation plan for eNodeBs, enabling critical 5G coverage expansions into challenging geographical terrains across major Mexican cities.

Defined hardware vision, aesthetics, and technical specifications based on rigorous market analysis, acting as the primary liaison for AT&T to translate client requirements for development teams and manage on-site upgrade deployments.

Developed and executed hardware homologation protocols in client laboratories, implementing rapid technical corrections to finalize approvals in under one week.

Hewlett Packard Enterprises Services
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Project Manager

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Summary

Managed the complete service lifecycle from sales transition to final implementation, ensuring strict SLA compliance and maintaining outstanding KPI availability rates.

Highlights

Led end-to-end service delivery from sales transition to final implementation, ensuring strict SLA compliance and maintaining an outstanding 99.998% KPI availability rate.

Held full responsibility for Profit and Loss (P&L), effectively overseeing project budgets and operating costs while consistently meeting critical billing milestones.

Translated complex business requirements into actionable technical execution strategies, actively managing client expectations for top-tier telecom accounts including AT&T, Telcel, and America Movil.

Directed software development tracking and coordinated AT&T's Subscriber Database (HLR), streamlining issue resolution across PGW, SSGW, and DIGW network elements.

Alcatel One Touch
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CTS Manager Mexico

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Summary

Streamlined the pre-homologation process for cellular products, leading technical approval teams and driving the successful creation and launch of new IoT cellular products.

Highlights

Streamlined the pre-homologation process for cellular products, successfully reducing time-to-market by 35% compared to major market competitors.

Directed technical approval teams for advanced mobile technologies (3G, 4G, LTE, IoT, VoLTE), acting as the primary liaison and resolving implementation bottlenecks for top operators like Telcel, América Movil, AT&T, and Telefónica.

Led Business Analysis and managed Application and Connectivity stages, driving the successful creation and launch of new IoT cellular products.

Spearheaded special VoLTE deployment projects in collaboration with América Movil and AT&T, expanding capabilities across Mexico and the LATAM region.

Education

Bourbaki Mathematics College
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Certification

Machine Learning & AI for the Working Analyst

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Diploma

International Business

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

B.A.

International Affairs

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

MBA

Business Administration

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Engineer

Electronics and Communications Engineering

Languages

English

Fluent

French

Basic

Skills

Cloud & IT Infrastructure

Azure, VMware, Nutanix, Debian, AWS.

Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning (ML), Large Language Models (LLM), Gemini, Python, Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, Tableau, Data Science Track.

Agile & IT Service Management

Scrum, Kanban, ITIL.

Productivity & Documentation Tools

MS Office, Excel, Google Docs, Latex.