TED Community » Jose Cangas

Location:: United States, Greenwich, CT
Gender:: Male
Areas of expertise:: Telecom Infrastructure, Wireless Data, Mobile & Wireless, Software & Solutions Sales, Computer Science , Technology / New Media

I am:: Business leader, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Engineer, Idea generator, Investor, Life mentor, Parent, Sales specialist, World traveler
Languages:: English, Spanish, French, Swedish
Universities:: University of Texas - Dallas, Texas A & M University - Commerce

Mobile internet; Technology Development; US Infrastructure Deficit; History.

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A comment on Conversation: As a trilingual or bilingual, what role does language play in the creation of your identity? Which language do you think in?

Jan 13 2012: I truly think in two languages depending on the context. I can also spontaneously be thinking on either one of two languages. When I speak my third or fourth language, I think, more slowly, but still think in the new language. By being truly bilingual I am bicultural and also realize that I do not quite express myself as well as a native speaker, well as a very good native speaker. By having learned a third and a fourth language I notice they get easier to learn than the first foreign language.
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A comment on Conversation: If you could have done any other career what would it have been?

Jan 13 2012: I would have studied diplomacy. Representing my country in different cultures and negotiating with other nations was my calling.