Napoleon Garcia is the Technology Manager for the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, presently heading the Technical Resource Staff. Napoleon was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in Illinois, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988 at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. An Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Four-Year Scholarship graduate, Napoleon served nearly four years active-duty as a U.S. Air Force officer, up to the rank of Captain, managing multi-million dollar defense projects for nuclear missile guidance systems. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for his service upon leaving the military. Napoleon recently earned his Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Illinois through an online course delivery program.

Napoleon has worked for various Fortune 500 companies, holding positions as a project engineer, systems engineer, information technology support specialist, network administrator, and test engineer. In addition to his engineering background, Napoleon's breadth of industry experience ranges from the support of personal computers, peripherals and related desktop applications, to the test, installation and maintenance of network infrastructure and telecommunications systems. Prior to joining the Rosen College of Hospitality Management in October 2002, Napoleon was the Operations Supervisor for a partner company that provided network and telecommunication services to several of the convention centers at the Walt Disney World resorts.