Mario A. Mejía

About Mario A. Mejía

A Proud Product CreatorI love building products that make life easier for users and solve real business challenges. I’m passionate about ensuring everyone has access to essential information and resources.With a strong focus on creating meaningful experiences while optimizing resources, I’ve consistently driven business results and earned customer loyalty. Along the way, I’ve expanded my skills through continued education, by running a successful small business, and even securing an AI patent!

Experience

1. Cox Mobile Sr Manager, Product

   Cox Communications

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Super proud and excited to be part of the 0 -> 1 development and initial launch of Cox Mobile. The newest full service nationwide MVNO. Leveraging my experience in the network operator and mobile cellular device domains, I\'ve had (and continue to have) the amazing privilege of managing an amazing team, developing industry-leading features, and expanding the value of our relationship with our customers. Responsible for customer and agent facing tools and apps related to the network and device experiences. Launched the Cox Mobile Protection Plan (new service, tooling, and experiences), eSIM (tooling and experiences), BYOD (tooling and experiences), trade-in (tooling and experiences), converged connectivity. Defined, developed, and launched market-leading device protection plan, with industry-leading take rates (under NDA) and scale. Defined, developed, and launched the streamlined Bring-your-own-device functionality which enabled full integration of thousands of device SKUs in Cox Mobile service and value added services. Defined, developed, and collaborated on launch of 802.1x-based SIM authentication Wifi Offload - leveraging 4M+ of hotspot devices for a SW-defined network experience.Defined, developed, and launched integrations with multiple mobile device OEMs to enable service provisioning and delivery.Defined and developed revamped international services portfolio for 5X growth in monetized interactions.Defined and launched tools evolution - adopting Atlassian Confluence to improve Enterprise-wide concept ideation, definition, and communication throughout product lifecycle. Lead AI transformation within Product team 2025 Guest Lecturer / Demo \'You and AI: Accelerating Product Development with AI\'2024 McKinsey Management Accelerator program2023 Synergy Award2022 Product Innovation Lab - Winning team2021 Product Innovation Lab - Runner-up team2022, 2023, and 2024 Mobile contributor recognition

Education

• Quantic School of Business and Technology

  Executive MBA

• HBX | Harvard Business School

  Credential of Readiness, Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting

  2015 — 2015

• UC San Diego

  BA, Political Science / International Relations

  2003 — 2005

• Cornell University

  Certificate, Marketing Strategy

  2017 — 2017

• University of California, San Diego (Extension)

  Technical Communication and Management

  2010 — 2011

• University of California, San Diego (Extension)

  Specialized Certificate, Wireless Engineering

  2013 — 2014

Skills

• Rf
• Training
• Testing
• Code Division Multiple Access Method (Cdma)
• Wifi
• Handsets
• Product Management
• Rcs (Rich Communication Services)
• Ip Multimedia Subsystem
• Management
• Program Management
• Wireless Technologies
• Mobile Technology
• Sprint Test Plan
• Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Mobile Communications
• Metropcs Test Plan
• Program Creation
• Android Wear
• Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• Troubleshooting
• Volte
• Lte
• Wcdma
• Umts
• Consumer Electronics
• Mobile Applications
• Windows Phone
• Cdma
• Wireless
• Telecommunications
• User Trial Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• 3g
• Wearable Computing Evaluation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Bluetooth
• End User Training