Professional creative & technology partner translating complex stakeholder needs into clear systems, workflows, and creative solutions — across AWS, React, HubSpot, data, and the human relationships that benefit from them.
I'm Mario Starks — a consulting technologist with a Computer Information Systems degree and AWS Solutions Architect credentials, now also trained in case management, career coaching, and mental health first aid.
That combination is not an accident. The projects I take on tend to sit at the intersection of technology decisions and human outcomes: a mission-driven nonprofit's HubSpot and AI workflows, a workforce agency's intake process, a startup's pitch deck and product narrative, a creative organization's membership platform.
I've shipped work for Lockheed Martin, The New York Times, Doberman Group (Sweden/NY), The One Club for Creativity, The Steve Fund, and Orlando Sentinel — and today I partner with founders, executive directors, and program leads who need a creative problem-solver fluent in both stacks: the technical one and the human one.
Whether you need a technical partner for a single sprint or an embedded advisor across a transformation, here's where I create the most leverage.
Audit your stack, identify where AI and automation reduce toil, and deliver a roadmap with prioritized pilots. HubSpot, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, AWS, custom integrations.
React, WordPress, HubSpot CRM, API work. Fast, accessible sites and tools that improve lead flow, member experience, and measurable conversion.
Workforce, behavioral health, and nonprofit leaders: I speak both case management and code. Intake workflows, reporting dashboards, client-facing portals.
Early-stage founders get a partner who can design the narrative, build the prototype, and talk to investors — grounded in real delivery experience.
Drawing on work with The One Club, Doberman, and The Steve Fund: brand, content strategy, and campaign execution where creative instinct meets analytics.
Ongoing technical leadership for small teams. Vendor coordination, budget planning, sprint-level execution, exec-facing reporting on progress and risk.
Thirty minutes. No pitch. Bring a challenge you're wrestling with — a stalled project, a new AI initiative, an intake process that's fraying, a product idea. I'll tell you, plainly, whether I can help and what I'd do first.