Mario Vargas is a .NET Developer in Columbus, Ohio, experienced with technologies and languages, such as “classic” ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server, SQL, LINQ, C#, VB.NET, CSS, (x)HTML, XML, XSLT, and JavaScript. He’s a growing jQuery fan and has become inspired by other developers at or above his level of expertise to continue growing as a professional. He is a Ninja Gaiden fan, from its early states in the Nintendo NES era up to its debut for the Xbox. He enjoys action and RPG video games. His favorite Xbox 360 games include Ninja Gaiden I and II, Devil May Cry 4, Dead Space. PC games that he likes are Diablo II and WarCraft III (original and Frozen Throne). He hopes to be able to learn video game development and create his own as a hobby.

Outside of his professional life, he is a strong Catholic, loves God and attends Mass weekly. He is married to a wonderful woman from China who he loves very much. Mario is originally from Venezuela and has lived in the United States for more than 13 years. He is fluent in Spanish and English and wants to be fluent in Chinese someday.