About Alvaro

Alvaro Soto is a director of product management. He graduated with an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design, and a BA in Technology Commercialization from University of Texas, Austin. Alvaro has worked at the intersection of Data, AI, UX for for the past 12 years. First at IBM Watson, then startups and currently a Procore Technologies where he leads the Growth team. 

In addition to his technology work, Alvaro is a restaurant and tech entrepreneur. He and his husband own a fast casual restaurant and market (chicknic.online) in Bee Cave TX, which is set to open in the Spring of 2023.

But his real passion, what he chooses to do on the weekends and any free time he can find is to create art. Recently, he started painting. Alvaro's work often explore the intersection between queerness, sexual expression, nature, and inter-racial relationships. He believes that through his artwork he can visually express social taboos in a way that is approachable to anyone.  

Alvaro lives in Austin Texas with his husband and dog.