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My name is David Garcia. Welcome to JPMorgan's Private Bank here in Las Vegas.

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I'm originally from New Orleans. At the age of 19, I went to serve a mission for my church in El Salvador. Graduated from Brigham Young University. Went to University of Michigan. Studied law and business there. And from there, I went into investment banking. Did M&A both in New York City and then Mexico City. And in 2015, I actually joined JPMorgan.

I was able to hire everybody that's on this team. And so everybody I know personally. We have a great relationship. We have a great culture that I've been able to build, and not just successful bankers but quality human beings, where we lead with character and expertise. I love coming in. I love my job. I love what I do. I love my team.

So we start in the hiring process. But rather than a banker that focuses only on themselves, we want somebody who wants to win as a team. The benefit that brings to a client is, rather than just working with one banker who's thinking about herself or himself, you're working with the entire team. And what that delivers is, rather than having a jack of all trades, master of none, you really are able to have specialists. And you're able to have multiple people in the office that know who you are as a client and care about your success and care about making sure you get the best advice and proactively leading with that advice.

All of us consider ourselves very blessed to be with JPMorgan. We consider ourselves blessed to be in the roles that we have. And one of the responsibilities that we feel we have as bankers is to give back to the community. So one of the traditions we started right when we opened the office is we have quarterly service projects where we get out and involved with the community. Everybody is expected to serve on boards, be involved with different volunteer leadership groups throughout the bank, and very consistently giving back because that's just how we do our business here.

I love the power.

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The team lead, it starts with leadership, right? I get to set the tone. People are going to mirror what they see from me. And so the approach I take to working with clients, the approach I take with engaging each member of our team is how it sets the tone for our office. I'm not a micromanager. I really want people who are going to be self-starters. And whether they're a brand new banker who just joined in a most junior level to some of the more senior bankers, I want everybody to feel they not only have a seat at the table but they have a voice that I want to hear.

I like to climb mountains. I love to compete in triathlons. I love the red rock here in the west side of Las Vegas. I love the fact that within half a mile, I'm on national conservancy land. I get to go and run outdoors almost every day of the week. I get to ride my bike. I get to do so many things that in a lot of other cities I haven't been able to do. And spend that time and share that time with my family as well is just the cherry on top.

As a leader, one of the top priorities for me is to develop and help find another successor for me because I'm not going to be here forever. I want people on our team to feel like they can step in and take my spot and be prepared to do those successfully and hopefully better than I have.

So as a leader, it's bringing the team together, building a very strong, sustainable business here in Las Vegas, continuing to grow the team, and then eventually training people so that they can be successful leaders as well. And so while everybody comes from a very different background of different shades, persuasions, religions, what have you, we have one common goal. And that's been our strength. You could even say it's our superpower.