Lifelong El Paso Resident. Former Director of Range Operations at White Sands Missile Range. Experienced in Production/Operations Management, Project Management and Quality Control. Strong Engineering/IT background. Cars, Guitars, and Drones.

• 2023 Woody L. Hunt College of Business Teaching Excellence Award for Innovation in Teaching - Woody L. Hunt College of Business (05/05/2023)
• 2020 College of Business Administration Teaching Excellence Award - Highest COBA Teaching Award - College of Business Adminisitration (11/01/2020)
• Innovation and Economic Prosperity Designation - Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) (10/02/2020)

• MS in Program Management, Naval Postgraduate School (2006)
• BSEE in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso (1983)

• Broadband Expansion Business Model - Fiber-To-The-Premises Plan for El Paso, Texas El Paso County/El Paso Community Foundation (2022), Francisco Portillo, Michael S. Garcia.
• Broadband Cost Comparative Analysis Benchmark Financial Analysis Across Counties El Paso County/El Paso Community Foundation (2022), Francisco Portillo, Michael S. Garcia.
• The University of Texas at El Paso – Contributions to Regional Economic Engagement, Prosperity and Innovation. A Narrative prepared in pursuit of the Association of Land Grant Universities (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity Designation, 2020 APLU (in press), Michael S. Garcia, Monica Torres.
• Innovation, business innovation, and commercialization in Latin America: A literature review based on bibliometric analysis Proceedings of the Business Association of Latin American Studies, 2019 2019 (2019), Michael S. Garcia, Jose H. Ablanedo Rosas.

• “Supply Chain Resiliency” (2023), Volume Online, Michael S. Garcia.
• “A Workshop on Leadership – One Formula for Success” (2022), Volume 500 W Overland Ave Suite 220, El Paso, TX 79901, Michael S. Garcia.
• “How to Overcome Supply Chain Issues Today and Tomorrow,” (2022), Volume Online, Michael S. Garcia.
• “Activating your Blackstone LaunchPad Ecosystem for Impact” (2022), Volume San Francisco, CA, Michael S. Garcia, Maria F. Fiscal.
• “Municipal Broadband Feasibility Study Findings” (2022), Volume 500 E San Antonio Ave, El Paso, TX 79901, Michael S. Garcia.
• The State of Broadband In El Paso County (2021), Volume Virtual, Michael S. Garcia.
• External Fellowship Proposal and Organizational Structure of Arrowhead Center (2021), Volume Virtual, Michael S. Garcia.
• Moving Small Businesses Forward – Accelerate El Paso (2020), Volume The Unversity of Texas at El Paso, Denisse Olivas, Michael S. Garcia, Alan Delgado.
• Innovation, business innovation, and commercialization in Latin America: A literature review based on bibliometric (2019), Volume Lima, Peru, Jose H. Ablanedo Rosas, Michael S. Garcia.

• Cares Act II - Entrepreneurs Boot Camp, continuation
• Microsoft Spring 2021 Pitch Competition
• VentureWell Green Energy Challenge
• Supplemental Funding for Deployment of Virtual I-Corps Training
• Cares Act II - Entrepreneurs Boot Camp
• National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Site Grant