As President from 1999 – 2001, Mr. Garcia has led a series of funding rounds culminating in its initial public offering (IPO), the first I.T. company to be listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange. As President and CEO of i Wave, Inc., he improved strategic alliances resulting in the development of various fintech platforms servicing key industries such as the Cagayan Special Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) using i Wave’s fintech audit platform. Recently, he created Global TradeX (GTX), a sophisticated trading platform licensed to operate within the Freeport Area of Bataan to service clients worldwide. Mr. Garcia was also the youngest Board of Governor member elected in the history of the Exchange at the age of 27 from 1996 to 1998 and 2000–2001. As a member of the Listing Committee, he was instrumental in the formulation of the Exchange’s Listing Rules and consulted with Philippine lawmakers in the creation of the Securities Regulation Code in his role as a member of the Legislative Committee. He is a consistent representative of the Philippine’s business delegation to a number of Presidential State Visits of President’s Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria M. Arroyo, Benigno C. Aquino, Jr. and Rodrigo R. Duterte to promote the capital markets, Philippine defense IT and business process outsourcing. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of PGI Systems, Inc., a company based in Singapore. Locally, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Inter-Active Entertainment Systems, Inc., South Forbes City College, MAA Philippines, Asia Defense and Armaments Corp., HatchAsia, Inc., Cuyapo Rural Bank, RG Holdings, Philippine Minerals and Alloys, Inc., President and Nominee of Diversified Securities, Inc. and founder-member of the Board of Trustees of the Financial and Capital Market Training Foundation. Mr. Garcia completed his grade school and high school education in 1981 at the St. Ignatius Loyola and in 1985 at the La Salle Military Academy in the USA. In 1991, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering minor in Mechanical Engineering from the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines and completed the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2022.