David Garza

David Garza is President of Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec), a university system that stands out for its academic excellence, innovation in education, entrepreneurship, global vision and a strong relationship with Industry, with presence in 32 cities of Mexico, more than 68,500 university-level students, as well as 27,000 senior high school students.

Dr. Garza has held leadership positions at Tec for over 35 years, including Tec’s Rector at a national level, Rector at the Monterrey Campus, Director of the San Luis Potosí Campus, and Dean of the School of Engineering. He has played a key role heading academic innovation initiatives at the university; he led the design and implementation of the Tec21 educational model in Tec´s 26 campuses and six schools.

In his role as President he also supervises Tecmilenio University with 29 campuses and more than 61,500 students, as well as TecSalud, a health system with two academic medical centers and more than 122,000 patients encounters annually.

He is a past Chairman of the Global Engineering Deans Council; a member of the Board of Trustees of SACSCOC, the Steering Committee of APRU, the Executive Committee of U21, the President’s Council of University of the People, and the advisory council of The Edison Alliance at the World Economic Forum. He is a member of professional societies and organizations such as ASEE, IEEE, ACM, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi.

He has been a speaker at events in over 20 countries. He is the author of multiple articles and has worked as a consultant on a variety of business projects.

He holds a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a Ph.D. in the same field from Colorado State University.