About the Speaker:
have over thirty-five (35) years of experience in the Computer and Information Technology industry, as an educator, an entrepreneur, and as a corporate executive. Among the executive positions that I held are as Projects Director for Dataflow, Inc., General Manager of EDINet Philippines of the Ayala Group of Companies, and as President & CEO of Inobbar Technologies Corporation. Currently, I am the Founder and CEO of Cyber Optimus Philippines, Inc., a company that specializes in business and technology consulting, software applications development, web and mobile applications development, and technology capacitation of human capital.
I have also been an Information Technology educator for the same number of years and taught at various schools like Ateneo De Manila University, University of Asia and the Pacific, University of the East, Ateneo de Davao, University of San Jose Recoletos, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Technological Institute of the Philippines, and Trinity University of Asia. I am currently connected with the Asia Pacific College as part-time lecturer. Before I retired last May 2020, I was Director of the Computer Science program and Director of Graduate Programs in IT Education. I am a founding board member of the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE) which I also served as National President in SY 2002- 2003. I served again in PSITE’s board of trustees for 2018-2021 and served as the National President for SY 2020-2021. I am also a member of the Philippine Computer Society (PCS) and served in the Board of Trustees for FY 2012-2014 and for FY 2018-2020. I am also a founding member of the Philippine e-Learning Society (PeLS).
I have been a scholar and consistent honor student all my academic life. After graduating valedictorian of my elementary class, I went on to Philippine Science High School. I finished my bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of the Philippines under a scholarship from the National Science Technology Authority (now the Department of Science and Technology). I finished my Master of Science in Computer Science degree from the Ateneo de Manila University as a scholar of the Philippine-American Educational Fund.
Aside from being an educator, my skill in public speaking has been honed by years of giving talks all over the country in various seminars, teachings, and conferences for Couples for Christ, where my wife and I are active members for the last thirty-two years.
I am now on a mission to help businesses create a roadmap for their digital transformation through a framework called The Davidic Growth Paradigm.
I am the author/creator of The Davidic Growth Paradigm, a digital transformation framework that helps businesses get more clarity in their transformative digitalization journey.
In 2013, I became the recipient of the Esther A. Vibal Award for Education Technology and Innovation, the first ever in this category, given by the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science (PhilAAS). PhilAAS, which was established in 1951, is a non-profit private national organization that aims to promote and broaden the base of scientific advancement in the country. I was recognized for my work on e-learning systems.
In 2020, I ranked #18 of the Top 100 Filipinos to Follow on LinkedIn for Inspiration and Learning and was featured in Marketing in Asia.