Hector Garcia

Hector García is a 40-year-old cultural broker based in Tokyo who is passionate about learning and writing. Fluent in five languages, he aspires to positively impact people's lives through his books. Hector's educational journey includes studies in Japanese language, business, and culture at Kai School, English language courses at the University of Toronto, English TOEFL at Waseda University, particle physics and supercomputing at CERN, specialized server application development at Universitat d'Alacant, and a Master's in Computer Science Engineering from Universitat d'Alacant. He completed his high school education at Institut de Calp. Hector has an impressive professional background, having held roles such as Chief Architect at DG Lab / Digital Garage, Technology Mentor at Open Network Lab, Future Lab Engineering Manager at Digital Garage, Lead Software Engineer at CGMM Marketing株式会社, Japan Technology Correspondent at El Pais, Consultant at Softonic, Asia-Japan Technology Scout at Telefonica, Chief Technology Officer at Mirai Inc, Software Engineer at Technorati Japan, Speech Recognition Researcher at Asahi Kasei, Search Engineer at CERN, and Information Retrieval Researcher at the University of Alicante. He is also known for his publications, including 'IKIGAI,' 'A Geek in Japan,' 'Shinrinyoku,' and 'IchigoIchie'.