David Garza is President of Tecnologico de Monterrey (Tec) since July 2020, a university system composed by three Institutions: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Universidad Tecmilenio and TecSalud.

Dr. Garza has held academic and leadership positions at Tec for almost 40 years, including Rector at a national level, Rector at the Monterrey Campus, Director of the San Luis Potosí Campus, Dean of the School of Engineering and a professor in the research faculty in Computer Sciences. 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.

He is the Chair of the global university network Universitas 21 (U21), a member of the Board of Trustees of the USA accreditor SACSCOC, the Steering Committee of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), 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 is a past Chairman of the Global Engineering Deans Council.

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 Tecnologico de Monterrey and a Ph.D. in the same field from Colorado State University.