Omar Garcia

Omar Garcia has more than 17 years of experience leading international teams in corporations such as General Electric, Robert Bosch, and General Motors. He began his career as an Electrical Design Engineer for GE. Eventually, he was able to design the largest one-phase transformer in the history of the GE manufacturing plant. Later on, he led multi-disciplinary international teams in Bosch Mexico and Bosch USA. Omar and his team launched a variety of new Engine Cooling Fan applications and were awarded substantial new contracts by leading automotive manufacturers, tripling production.

After pursuing his MBA for 2 years, he joined General Motors, where he held a variety of roles. Among them, he was the manager of the Chevy Camaro and Corvette programs, he was the operations manager of a seven-center global organization, and he worked as a strategy consultant, advising GM senior management in the US and overseas. He currently advises organizations on how to improve performance and engage their workers in a better way.

Omar grew up in a family of psychologists, which helped him study and bring the perspective of the human being behind the worker's uniform. He holds a bachelor degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Monterrey Tech in Mexico (ITESM), a Master of Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering (Northwestern University), and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University).