Victor Garcia

Managing Principal, Wireless and Mobility Program Office, Hewlett-Packard Canada

Victor Garcia is managing principal for the Wireless and Mobility Program Office at Hewlett-Packard Canada . He is responsible for providing vision, strategy and leadership in cross-industry wireless, mobility, RFID and I-Building sector initiatives, leveraging HP's well-established reputation as a worldwide IT solutions company. Garcia joined Conpaq in October 1999 as director of Professional Services for Central Canada . Over the past 24 years, he has gained international recognition in the management and information technology consulting field, holding executive management and trusted advisor positions and delivering large-scale, complex technology projects. Garcia's career has included holding senior management positions with firms such as Magna International Inc., Cachet Carrington Limited, Wintec Energy Corporation and Olivetti. From 1994-1999, Garcia was a member of Multiple federal and provincial government trade missions, including Team Canada 1994 and Team Canada 1998 commercial missions to Latin America led by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, actively participating and sponsoring activities designed to improve business relations with participating trade countries, conducting business development, marketing technology solutions to public sector clients and leading technology programs and collaborative joint ventures involving business, universities and governments. He is a frequent speaker at local and international events, including technology conferences sponsored by Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility and Rogers AT&T Wireless, IDC Canada and Gartner conferences, speaking on topics such as RFID, business/IT alignment, wireless and mobility, I-Buildings, knowledge management/BI, 5 th generation organizations, environmental technologies and sustainable development.