David Garcia

Partner, Investor Relations

Andreessen Horowitz

Present

Manager, Client and Capital Formation - Investor Relations

TPG · Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Director, Investor Relations and Marketing

International Farming Corporation, LLC · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Responsible for investor relations communications, client relations, account management, and marketing support • Analyze, interpret, and communicate financial performance to existing investor base • Collaborate with executive team, finance, acquisitions, and asset management teams to ensure consistent and accurate messaging for due diligence questionnaires, RFPs, and other correspondence

Sales and Marketing

SmartGene

• Understand how SmartGene's technology addresses the needs of its current customers for genetic sequence data management and interpretation solutions • Perform market research to evaluate the potential opportunities in pharmaceutical and CRO markets • Design a focused entry strategy for SmartGene into the Pharma/CRO market • Profile specific companies to be targeted with priority • Adjust existing/craft new marketing messages and collateral to resonate with targeted prospects • Make contact with existing and new prospects, to assist with the marketing of SmartGene's services • Suggest and draft new content for the SmartGene website and marketing collateral

Teaching Assistant

NC State University

• Developed lesson plans and taught the lab portion of the undergraduate Microbiology MB 352 lab • Created and graded quizzes, lab practicals, and lab reports to instill course material

Music Licensing and Composer

Self Employed · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Licensing and managing my compositions for synchronization licenses used in film • My compositions have received placements with clients such as: Adidas, Maybelline, Chiara Ferragni, StyleHaul, Rogers Communications, etc. • Administer legal contracts and terms for licenses • Work directly with the company and clients for new licensing opportunities

Graduate Consultant

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

• Analyzed North Carolina contract research organizations (CROs) and their loan history. • Conducted phone surveys with C-level executives in the NC CRO industry. • Provided company background, funding, vision, and services of each company in the survey. • The final deliverable helped facilitate NC Biotech’s ability to discern if CROs would benefit from their loan program.

Marketing and Business Development Intern

Life-Threads · Greater New York City Area

LifeThreads is a life sciences company which specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of antimicrobial textiles for the healthcare industry. LifeThreads incorporates an "EPA-registered" antimicrobial additive into the textile at the manufacturing stage to protect the fabric from harmful pathogens. Product lines include scrubs, lab coats, linens, privacy curtains, and patient gowns. It is LifeThreads mission to help hospitals reduce bacteria found on soft surfaces in the patient environment.

Graduate Consultant

Galaxy Diagnostics, Inc.

• Recommendations for use of a proprietary technology that enables companies to grow novel, agriculturally harmful or beneficial bacteria for research purposes and new product development • Propose a strategy for Galaxy Diagnostics to optimize its return for its contribution in enabling such discoveries and solutions by agriculture companies • Provide recommendations for potential novel applications of the proprietary growth medium

Lab Technician

Crop Science Department at North Carolina State University

• Research focused on reducing TSNA carcinogens through alteration of the nitrate assimilation pathway in cured tobacco leaves • Performing various research techniques such as: nitrate analysis, transplanting, seeding, and DNA purification