Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ares Venture Capital and AI Innovation Groups
Mr. Mavroudis is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Ares AI Innovation Group. He is also Chief Operating Officer of the Ares Venture Capital Group, BootstrapLabs, an Ares company, where he focuses on venture capital investing. Prior to joining Ares in 2024, Mr. Mavroudis was a Vice President of Operations at BootstrapLabs. Previously, he was an Engineering Manager at IBM and Siemens and a Solutions Manager at Xerox. In addition, Mr. Mavroudis was a Founding Member and Senior Manager at Splash Technology ("SPLH"). He held executive roles in early-stage startup companies like Artmachine, Keen Systems, WebDAM, and PITME. Mr. Mavroudis serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at the San Francisco Center for the Book, an arts organization. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Computer Science.