Victor J. Garcia
Chief Technology Office
Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co.

HP’s Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

Mr. Garcia is HP Canada’s CTO, with responsibility for strategy and innovation.  He provides vision and leadership in cross-industry emerging technologies, leveraging HP’s capabilities as a Worldwide IT Innovations and Solutions company.  Mr. Garcia joined HP in October of 1999 as Director of Professional Services for Central Canada and has led several initiatives assisting public and private sector organizations with the strategic application of information technology.

Over the past 28 years, Mr. Garcia has gained international recognition in the Innovation, Management Consulting and IT fields, holding executive management and trusted advisor positions and leading complex projects in the Aerospace, Energy, Automotive, Telecommunications, Financial, Healthcare and Government sectors.  His career has included senior management roles with firms such as Magna International Inc., Cachet Carrington Limited, Wintec Energy Corporation and Olivetti.  He is HP Canada’s spoke person on emerging technologies and a Senior advisor to Aerospace, Aviation, Energy, Telecommunications, Financial, Healthcare and Public Sector customers.

He has been a member of several trade missions, including the Team Canada 1994 and 1998 commercial missions to Latin America by invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, actively participating and sponsoring activities designed to improve business relations with participating trade countries, managing high-level business and technology programs and collaborative joint ventures between private sector firms, universities and foreign governments.

Mr. Garcia is considered a business and technology visionary and is a frequent speaker at leading industry and business events around the world, presenting on topics such as Intellectual Property Protection, Anti-counterfeiting, Privacy, Business/IT Alignment, RFID/Sensing Technologies, Aerospace and Aviation Solutions, Quantum Computing, Mobility, Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence, Environmental Technologies and Sustainable Development. Mr. Garcia serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for several Academic and Non-Profit organizations and has guest lectured at Universities in Europe, North and South America. In 1997, Mr. Garcia was nominated and selected as a finalist for the “Top 40 under 40 Award”, a program designed to recognize the achievements of outstanding Canadians under the age of 40.  In 2007, he was selected as one of Hewlett-Packard Americas’ Most Valuable Players.