Experience

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  Kickstart Ventures

  • Philippines
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Strategic Partnerships Manager

    • Oct 2023 - Present

  • Community Manager

    • May 2017 - Oct 2023

    Leads ecosystem and community engagements with VC and startup stakeholders: partnerships, dialogues, fellowships. Open to engagements that advance startups closer to their chance of big success.

  • Social Enterprise Investments Manager

    • Sep 2012 - May 2017

    Portfolio development for Kickstart investees with a particular focus on social enterprises/impact startups.

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  BagoSphere

  • Bago City, Negros Occidental

  • Member, Board of Advisors

    • Oct 2012 - 2016
    • Bago City, Negros Occidental

    BagoSphere is the only call center training company in the Philippines providing affordable livelihood training programs specifically catered for rural youths living at the base of the pyramid (BoP) to gain access to high value jobs. http://www.bagosphere.com/

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  Bantay.ph

  • Makati City

  • Member, Board of Advisors

    • Feb 2013 - Dec 2014
    • Makati City

    Bantay.ph is a non-profit organization that aims to fight corruption in the Philippines by educating Filipinos about the Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA), which was passed to improve the efficiency in the delivery of government services. Our goal is to map and track reports on ARTA compliance and violation, including instances of graft and corruption. http://bantay.ph/

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  Globe Telecom

  • Mandaluyong City

  • Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Nov 2006 - Sep 2012
    • Mandaluyong City

    Program development and implementation of CSR programs that use telco core competencies and VAS/OTT products and services in mature or POC stages (mobile and broadband connectivity, GCash, IVR, etc.). Focus is on ICT for education and ICT consulting to non-profit organisations doing social protection services to achieve operational efficiences through the use of relevant telco-related products and services. Basically, I scoped the needs of external institutions and layman-ised telco language for them e.g. public schools, government agencies, non-profit orgs so they can deliver their services for public good at scale using Globe Telecom as their delivery platform.

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  League of Corporate Foundations

  • Makati City

  • Program Officer

    • Aug 2000 - Oct 2006
    • Makati City

    Networking with CSR professionals for LCF membership expansion and resource mobilisation; Program development and implementation for CSR Expo (2001-2006); Support to LCF Board of Trustees and its program and operating committees advocating issues and alliance-based activities on education, entrepreneurship, environment, health, arts and culture, communications, resource mobilisation, membership; Expertise on tax incentives for Philippine non-profit orgs. http://www.lcf.org.ph/

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  RFM Foundation, Inc.

  • Mandaluyong City

  • Project Officer

    • Apr 1996 - Aug 2000
    • Mandaluyong City

    Project and event management of youth development program, Search for Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines; elections monitoring and quick count, National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)