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I’m Tavo.
But also.

My names, my bonds and my buts all live in the same life.

My names · tap one

What they called me in Madrid. The name of this house.

In Mexico they knew me as Erik. In my twenties I reinvented myself in Madrid: I started introducing myself as Octavio, and there they called me Tavo. Madrid was my second city. In Mexico they still didn’t know who Tavo was.

I came back to Mexico in my thirties, with nothing, and started over. Erik. Tavo. Project manager. I reinvented myself again and mastered my fears. Then Hope arrived to remind me that life isn’t always the way you want it, but it always gives you hope.

A year later Max arrived, the little one of the house, to multiply the joys and the tantrums. And we went south. To the south of a continent: Buenos Aires, South America. From then on we started moving three at a time.

My career kept growing. With the pandemic I left that chapter behind to go looking for my vie en rose. What came next ended up opening my Pandora’s box. I fell lower than ever.

I had no time to feel sorry for myself or hide under the blankets and cry. I had to get Hope and Max to safety. We came back to Mexico in my forties.

Today I’m still here with them. I’m building HME84, picking up Las Voces del Sepulcro again, and developing tools to work with my images, my memories and my projects. I’m also still figuring out how to sustain my own life.

The buts are mine too.

01But Erik. But Octavio. But Garcés.
But darko84. But taviux84.
Erik in Mexico. Octavio when I reinvented myself in Madrid. Tavo, as they called me there. Then I came back and those names met. darko84 and taviux84 are part of that story too: each name holds people, jobs, conversations and chapters.
02But a son.
But guardian of Hope and Max.
I’m Lourdes’s son. My mother and my aunts are part of my story. With Hope and Max I learned to make decisions three at a time: a job, a city or a move also has to make room for them.
03But project manager.
But founder. But BI. But AI.
Since my start in business intelligence at Santander, in 2006, I’ve worked with data, projects, programmes and digital transformation. Today I’m the founder of HME84. I like going from a question to a system and being able to check what it does.
04But I have ADHD.
And I’m still finding my way.
Understanding myself also led me to look for tools to organise my life and my work. CGONF brings together five pieces: Compass, Gravity Center, Orbit, Nest and Focus. I described it like this: “An intimate map for returning to the centre without stopping the chaos.”
05But I’m
broken inside.
I can say this about myself too. This page has room for the wounds, the doubts and what I still find hard to tell. And it has room for the dinners, the trips, the music, the curiosity and the urge to create.