Experience

Self-employed

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager

  • May 2018 - Present



Baluarte Zoo

• Region I - Ilocos, Philippines

• Training and Animal Care Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2018

  • Responsible for early conditioning of South American Fur Seals. • Responsible for training animal trainer trainees. • Responsible for creating and designing new show and interaction program for fur seals. • Performing shows and encounters for the guests. • Oversees daily operations of Marine Mammal Section and Zoo Operations. • Responsible for water quality and cleanliness of the facility. • Attending Life Support System duties. • Responsible for training reports, assessment reports and daily food intake. • Responsible for marketing aspect of the fur seal department. • Responsible for animal transports, preparation and preventive medical planning. • Responsible for blood draw of animals, run tests such as CBC and chemistry and send results to the veterinary consultant for final diagnostics. • Manages animal medical records and pharmacy supply.



Emirates Park Zoo and Resort

• United Arab Emirates
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Sea Lion Trainer

  • Dec 2013 - Nov 2015

  • Responsible for the early conditioning of two South African Fur Seals. Introduced basic foundation of training such as hand feeding, whistle conditioning, targeting, hand target, sit upright, stationing, gating and etc. • Responsible for creating and designing a new sea lion show and simple interaction program for guests including script writing, show rehearsals, training announcers for show and training behaviors needed for the show and interaction program. • Responsible for mentoring animal trainer trainees. • Have trained interaction behaviors and photo encounter. • Performing shows and announcing on the stage. • Responsible for water quality and cleanliness of the facility. • Attending Life Support System duties. • Responsible for food preparation, fish requests and daily administration of food. • Responsible for doing daily training reports, monthly animal assessment report, enrichment reports and daily food intake. • Responsible for the whole daily operations of the sea lion team.



Ocean Adventure

• Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines

• Animal Trainer

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2013

  • Carried out training for both South American Sea Lions (otaria byronia), bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) and false killer whales (pseudorca crassidens) in the concept of positive reinforcement. • Have trained behaviors needed for the shows and encounters on both animals such as water works, interaction behaviors, aerial behaviors, photo encounters and etc. • A PADI license diver (open water) and responsible for doing dolphin dive encounters. • Performing shows and announcing on stage for both sea lion show and dolphin show. • Have experience in training blind sea lions via tactile and verbal cue. • Have trained husbandry behaviors for both animals such as gastric, voluntary blood draw, x-ray, ultrasound, tuberculosis skin test and etc. • Appointed as enrichment coordinator for both sea lions and dolphins; have experience in doing enrichment proposals, implementations and monthly enrichment reports. • Responsible for food preparation and daily administration of food. • Responsible for the animal welfare and development; provides mental stimulation, physical exercise and hands on care. • Has experience in successful breeding program for both sea lions and dolphins.