Experience

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  Department of Trade and Industry (Board Of Investments)

  • Makati City

  • Supervising Investment Specialist

    • Jul 1997 - Present
    • Makati City

    ASST. DIVISION CHIEF - Sectoral Studies Division, Tourism and Knowledge-based Services (Jan 2012 to Present)+ Industry Profile, Value Proposition and Roadmap development for Philippine Tourism and its sub-sectors.ASST. DIVISION CHIEF – Local Investment Promotions Division / Office of the Director (Sept. 2009 to Dec. 2011) + Immediate support to superiors (Director and Division Chief) in relation to special projects as follows : + Special Assignments/Adhoc AssignmentsOFFICER-IN-CHARGE – Europe & Middle East Desk (Nov. 2008 to Sept. 2009)OFFICER-IN-CHARGE – Europe, Middle East and Africa Desk (April 2006 to May 2008)1) Supervisory functions over five subordinate staff·+ Conceptualization, coordination and conduct of annual Outbound Investment Promotion Mission to target European countries usually on IT-Enabled Services / Business Process Outsourcing and other industry sectors led by the DTI Secretary or Managing Head of the BOI.+ Preparation of visit programs for incoming foreign investors including, BOI Briefing with Roundtable Discussion, appointments with private companies; other national and local government offices, embassies, etc; + Information assistance in investor due diligence activities; Briefing materials/information packets for client research activities+ Networking with Foreign Embassies and Consulates in the Philippines, Foreign and Local Chambers of Commerce and IndustrySUPERVISING INVESTMENT SPECIALIST (May 2005)SENIOR INVESTMENT SPECIALIST (Dec 2004) (Europe, Middle East and Africa Division)+ Market Research, Industry Profiles+ Preparation of presentation materials for outbound and inbound missions+ Direct correspondence to foreign and local contacts + Other activities in investment leads generation such as preparation of marketing strategy or assisting bilateral programs / state visits to Europe, Middle East and Africa.INVESTMENT SPECIALIST JULY 1997(Entrepreneurial Development Services Department)

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  SAUDI AIRCONDITIONING MFG. CO. LTD. (SAMCO-Carrier)

  • Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • Facilities and Manufacturing Engineer

    • May 1994 - Oct 1996
    • Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    MANUFACTURING LINE A. Part of a broad team in the design of US$7.2 Million factory expansion for new production lines and improvement of existing production lines fabricating parts and assemble HVAC Packaged Units, AHUs and FCUs, in addition to main product lines of WRAC & Split-Type AC Units. B. Primary responsibility on design of factory floor layout for the above-mentioned new assembly lines, incorporating Engineering Methodologies to conform with projected line capacities. These required forecasted personnel deployment conforming with set man-hour capacities; supply lines, design of most efficient time & motion standards including safety considerations. C. Monitoring of capital expenditures and budget allocations related to on-going factory expansion for the above-mentioned projects. D. Support in developing CNC-generated programs to manufacture sheet-metal parts for prototype HVAC products using Amada-CNC punch press machine technology.CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMA. Part of SAMCO supervisors team in United Technologies Carrier globally initiated Flexible Manufacturing Techniques program to institute latest efficiency strategies in manufacturing/production plants.B. Facilitated re-layouts of plant sections in implementing flexible manufacturing principles & techniques such as :+ SPC (Statistical Process Control)+ FMEA (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis)+ Mistake Proofing+ Flexible Manufacturing 1) Analysis of different production processes & prepared proposals to improve day-to-day operations using Industrial Engineering principles particularly focused on systems and procedures analysis and factory floor layout enhancements.2) Finished company initiated course on Internal Quality Auditors (ISO 9000) Seminar assisting IQM Middle East assessment of SAMCO’s ISO certification application. Company eventually garnered ISO 9002 certification.

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  Manulife Financial Phils Inc.

  • Makati City, Philippines

  • PC TECHNICAL SUPPORT/LAN ADMINISTRATOR

    • Jul 1990 - May 1994
    • Makati City, Philippines

    A. Coordination in the establishment of a LAN(Local Area Network) -Ethernet 10-Base-T in Makati Head Office. B. Created initial LAN menus and minor system programs to enhance, modify and/or improve existing systems such as BACM & CCS·C. Computer system development projects of the company such as BACM, CCS & CICS implementation projects. D. Coordination with HongKong IT Division for monitoring of day-to-day operations of PC systems connected to HK Mainframe in daily processing of policy transactions, transmitted via 3270 SNA emulation to HK - Pacific Regional Division and then to Toronto - Head Office. E. Handled on-the-spot technical problems encountered by PC users with the use of their PC(s) and other peripheral equipments on the LAN.PDC PAYMENT SYSTEM CUSTODIAN Daily processing of premium payments made thru PDC(Post-dated Cheques) with the BACM Reporting System software : Electronic transaction files production for consolidation in MANULIFE’s HongKong Regional Office and Toronto, Canada - Head Office via 3270 SNA emulation via WAN using controller leased line in CICS/JCL. BILLING & COLLECTION CONTROL CLERKEncoding of different source documents relating to remote job entry(RJE-CICS/JCL) transactions processed by Head Office; Performs some adjusting transactions.