YoungCTO.Tech
By Raphael Quisumbing
YoungCTO.TechMay 27, 2021
IT Career Talk: Country Head of Technology Sam Arriola
Guest Mr Sam Arriola of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing. Responsible for all things tech. - backlog, In progress and along the pipeline. Leads teams for DevOps, migrated beta product to the cloud, prototyped a leads database solution for data mining and worked with General Manager aligning new business rules and product vision into user stories, high level functional requirements, third party integration and client specific product customisations.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-arriola/
Led Product Management working with consultants on developing SaaS products and responsible for Client Engagements through Technical Sales and Support Cycles
IT Career Talk: Chief Technology Officer Roland Emmanuel Salunga
Guest YoungCTO Roland Emmanuel Salunga of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I'm a self-taught Software Engineer with 4+ years of relevant experience in defining requirements, designing, delivering, and maintaining complex web applications. Know more about me by visiting my website:
Software Engineer, Chief Technology Officer, Penetration Tester | eJPT, GuideM CPT
IT Career Talk: Chief Technology Officer (YoungCTO) Joshua Arvin "Arvs" Lat
Guest Mr. Chief Technology Officer (YoungCTO) Joshua Arvin "Arvs" Lat.
Joshua Arvin Lat is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NuWorks Interactive Labs, Inc. He previously served as the CTO of 3 Australian-owned companies (SaaS Platform, AI-powered Startup, Digital Marketing Agency) and also the Director for Software Development and Engineering for multiple e-commerce startups in the past which allowed him to see the bigger picture and be more effective as a professional and leader.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshualat/
For the past couple of years, he has been sharing his knowledge in several international and local conferences and events to discuss practical strategies for companies and professionals. In addition to this, he is an AWS Machine Learning Hero and serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in machine learning and machine learning engineering. Technology • Innovation • Management Software Engineering • Web Development • Machine Learning Process Optimization • Payment Gateway Integration • Security
Email Address: arvs@youngcto.tech
IT Career Talk: Chief Technology Officer (YoungCTO) Zayd Edrylson Tolentino
Guest YoungCTO Zayd Edrylson Tolentino of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing Zayd is a Technology Evangelist specializing in Cloud, API, Big Data Analytics, and FinTech. As Chief Technology Officer of Singlife Philippines, he leads a team of experts in the successful integration of insurance technologies to offer customers meaningful protection products in a fully digital environment.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuperzayd/
Prior to joining Singlife, Zayd has worked with several companies including Globe Telecom and QuadX as a senior leader for systems engineering, digital innovations, and data protection, among others. He is also an entrepreneur involved in several startup initiatives focused on emerging technologies.
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Cleo Credo
Guest YoungCTO Cleo Credo of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I am a software engineer and a web technology enthusiast. My work focuses mainly on web engineering using anything JavaScript and Python. I am experienced in Full Stack Software Development and been building robust, scalable applications for more than 5 years. I find joy in building things and experimenting different kinds of technologies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cleocredo/
Aside from my work in technical field, I also help promote tech scene and contribute to the ecosystem further in Cebu City by actively speaking at tech conferences, workshops and meetups as well as co-leading community-driven organizations such as Facebook Developer Circles Cebu City, PizzaPy Cebu and React Cebu. I love to help create an avenue for developers to discover and learn more about technology. My personal advocacy is inspiring more women to become a techmaker and pursue careers in technology and engineering. When I'm away from the keyboard, you will find me tinkering and building stuff from applications to hardwares, creating art (watercolor, calligraphy) or going up the mountain to enjoy nature and unwind.
IT Career Talk: Quality Assurance Engineer Jaira Mae Encio
Guest Mrs. Jaira Mae Encio of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Skilled in automation scripting using Selenium(Python/Java/Robot Framework/Ruby), Python Behave, Cucumber Ruby, Testcafe PlatformOS, Cypress and Jest Nodejs.
IT Career Talk: AVP of Product Management Kim Samaniego
Guest Ms Kim "Kimy" Samaniego of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I am the AVP of White Cloak Technologies, Inc., one of the leading software development companies in the Philippines. In a nutshell, I’m part of management. I’m heading a department that deals with product development’s requirements and Scrum implementation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samaniego...
Some facts about me: - Planning, collaborating, and resolving issues excite me. Not just at work, even in our household. These tasks make me feel alive. - I am a manager, yes I have a team of BAs/POs and SMs. But I am a "People Manager". I value building relationships more than anything else on my pipeline of responsibilities. - I am experienced in overseeing software product development. That's what I'm known for at work. - I am up to any challenge. Because I've witnessed and dealt with 29 years of this rollercoaster ride called life. - I am a social butterfly. See me visiting each and every table at the party? Yes, that's me. - I love reading. I start and end my day with it. My Kindle is my best friend. - My family and dogs are my motivation. My dad (in heaven) is my rock. - I am a problem solver. Got any? PM me. Let's come up with options and deal with it! ☺️ *Slight disclaimer: I’m not always that charming. ✌️ 99% of the time, I’m dead serious while typing on my Mac, resolving issues. 😁 Nice to meet ya!
IT Career Talk: Assistant Vice President - Cloud Solutions Architect John Homer Alvero
Mr. Guest John Home Alvero of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Experienced AWS Architect with a demonstrated history of working in e-Commerce, FinTech, Telco and Game industries. Highly skilled in AWS Cloud Architecture/Operations and Information Security.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnalvero/
Industry Knowledge Cloud Computing Virtualization High Availability Network Administration Network Security Programming Security Tools & Technologies Apache Perl Nginx Bash Python CentOS VMware Databases Other Skills Unix Shell Scripting Puppet Hands-on Technical Leadership
IT Career Pro: Founder, CEO Dann Angelo De Guzman - Entrepreneur in Residence, Member Board
Guest Mr. Dann Angelo De Guzman of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Dann Angelo De Guzman is one of the youngest tech entrepreneurs in the Philippines focused in the education, future-ready technology upskilling, corporate learning & development sectors.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dann-ange...
I first joined the world of crazy entrepreneurial ride when I was 23. Year 2013, I started my first enterprise tech company, bootstrapped with very little funding, made a lot of mistakes, and learned a ton from it. I have charged everything to experience that not many young people like me would have an opportunity being exposed to/with. Now, I'm in my mid-20's, Running my second software company as its Founder/CEO, CloudSwyft - the pioneer of Cloud based IT Assessment and Training products. I am running the business that is composed of a solid Team. In just 4 months, we were able to achieve significant traction in terms of achieving our first enterprise-class customer acquisitions. I was an Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) at Future Now Ventures for a year before I started my second venture. Future Now Ventures invests, advises and helps startup companies and entrepreneurs focusing on solving problems in the industry by using technology in the sectors of enterprise cloud, SaaS, consumer applications, IoT and mobile. I am passionate and always excited about connecting with people in the industry, most especially like-minded individuals in the startup and business ecosystem. Let's talk shop!
IT Career Talk: Full Stack Developer Chris Wayne Comendador
Guest Mr. Chris Comendador of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing. I'm a website developer. I can help you build professional websites that can help you convert your visitors into customers.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynecome...
Build custom features for both publishing and e-learning company websites. Evaluate and implement solutions based on feedback from customers. Fork plugins to implement custom features. Used CodeCommit to store source code and implemented Git for branching and merging operations. Troubleshoot and monitor Linux server on EC2 instances. Deploy and migrate data on an Amazon Lightsail instance. Utilized Amazon Route53 to manage DNS zones and assign public DNS names to elastic load balancers IP's Build and manage S3 buckets to backup sensitive data.
IT Career Talk: Frontend Developer France Paul Pastrana - Fanatical Reader & Tech Enthusiast
Guest Mr. France Paul Pastrana of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Leveraging platforms like WordPress and Shopify to help startup businesses and entrepreneurs is a game-changer for me. It’s been almost a decade since I started my professional career as a Frontend Developer. I built a ton of Websites and Apps, helping businesses and entrepreneurs to make their ideas into reality.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francepau...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DV...
I strongly believe that being a great developer is not just about coding and programming. It consists of good work ethics, self-motivation, good problem-solving skills, and great communication. I'm not just doing the work, I'm building relationships and gaining the trust of every client that I work with.
Today, I'm currently working as a Frontend Developer at MoxieLabs (https://moxielabs.co) and it's been fun! I love working with a team and always a learner myself. I like to learn from the wonderful people around me. In my spare time, I'm listening to podcasts during my workout almost every day, writing my thoughts and document what I've learned. If you want to know more about me, here's my website.
Please feel free to reach out.
PH IT Career Talk: Trainer and Founder Billy Ramirez - CCNA PH
Guest Mr Billy Ramirez of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
A goal-oriented IT professional with more than 7 years of experience, CCNA R&S and CCNP Switch v2.0 certified, deep understanding and knowledge about computer networking principles and data network operations.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iambillyr...
Exposed to large and complex BPO network infrastructure, hands-on experience on multi-vendor and multi-client network environment, familiar with ITSM / ITIL process, can work on high pressure and fast-phase environment, a team player and can work with minimal supervision. SKILL SETS: •CCNP Switch V.2.0 certified •CCNA R&S certified •Knowledge and experience in BPO multi-vendor and multi-client network environment •Knowledge and understating of network principles (OSI model, TCP/IP and network connectivity) •Knowledge in LAN switching technologies (Cisco and HP Switches, VLANs, STP, VTP etc.) •Knowledge in high availability and redundancy (HSRP, VRRP etc.) •Knowledge in IP routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP) •Hands-on experience in managing Cisco switches and routers, HP switches and F5 load balancers •Knowledge in IP addressing and IP services (IPv4 and IPv6, DHCP, NAT, subnetting, etc.) •Knowledge of WAN technologies (MPLS, VPN, T1/E1 etc.)
PH IT Career Talk: Head of Systems Security Engineering BJ Edward Taduran
Gust Mr BJ Edward Taduran of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Having a strong background in software engineering and information security, he excels in collaborating and building well-architected, cost-efficient and secure software systems. In the process, he lead agile teams, growth hacked revenue streams, raised awareness about security bugs that were making huge financial losses to companies, spoken to different organizations both public and private about security trends and practices and is now securing one of the biggest financial technology e-wallet systems in the Philippines, PayMaya.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjtaduran/
The FinTQ industry is a highly regulated domain in the private sector. BSP Circular 982, PCIDSS and Data Privacy of 2012 are the main frameworks of security that his company is complying. There is no shortage of work in the security field but everything can be managed through a risk-based approach. He believes that policies and processes should be based on this. He likes to do tech stuff, infosec presentations and spreading security awareness in the private and public sectors. It is his career goal to become a consultant for the government and to help scale security best practices on a national level.
IT Career Talk: Director, WW Marketing Products & Tech Wainwright Yu at Amazon
Guest Mr. Wainwright Yu of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Interested in building and scaling new products that drive marketing innovation at Amazon? Join us! Hiring Product Managers, Software Developers, Technical Program Managers, UX Designers, and Data/Research Scientists in Seattle/Bellevue and Santa Monica! Key leadership positions available too!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wainwrigh...
Generation and Distribution of Collaborative Content Associated with Digital Content Previewing Electronic Content on Third-Party Websites Supplementary Content Layers Selective display of comprehension guides Previewing Electronic Book Content within Third-Party Websites Distribution of User Generated Annotations Associated with Digital Content Selective Display of Comprehension Guides
IT Career Talk: Engineer, Founder, Chief Technology Officer Jan Aaron Angelo Lee
Guest YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Aaron Lee of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Dondi Imperial
Guest YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Dondi Imperial of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Dondi is the CTO of Amihan Global Services. He is a software engineer at heart, is addicted to solving problems and takes great pride in mentoring and helping others on their paths to success.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dondiimpe...
Amihan is hiring! Visit https://amihan.net/work-with-us/
Teams Backend - Architecture/APIs Skills Cloud Infrastructure, Web development, Microservices Technologies Android, AWS, Cassandra, Docker, ASP.NET MVC, Github, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, MySQL, NodeJS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Miguel Fermin - White Cloak Technologies, Inc.
Guest YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Miguel Fermin of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Hey there! I got an opportunity to talk about my IT career journey. It was fun. I hope you enjoy watching. Thanks to Rafi for inviting me.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maefermin/
I’m Miguel Fermin, early in my career, I was fortunate to become the Chief Technology Officer of White Cloak Technologies, Inc, a company full of talented and amazing people. Together we work with companies to develop applications and make a positive impact on the lives of many people, especially Filipinos. This company is a big part of my IT career journey. We started back in 2014 and I’ve been part of it for 7 years already. We’ve grown from a team of 6 developers to now 180+ people. Shout out to my team! I’ve talked about them and our journey in the interview. Over the years, I’ve learned about the ins and outs of running a tech company and developing applications. The result of my journey from being an IT Student to Freelance Developer to Anything you need Developer to a young CTO. Looking back, I guess it was not easy. It was full of challenges and exciting adventures. I love every part of it. I’ve also shared some of it in the interview.
Lastly, thank you for reading the description! If you have any feedback or questions you can reach me out on linked in.
IT Career Talk: Vice President of Engineering Julius Uy
Guest Mr. Julius Uy, Vice President Of Software Engineering, of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
I currently lead the engineering team at Hubble as the VP of Engineering. My day to day work includes mentoring, unblocking people, driving coordination and alignment across multiple product lines and departments.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/uyjulius/
Prior to Hubble, I head the Mobile and TV engineering teams at Rakuten Viki. We found reasonable success being featured in Google I/O, WWDC, several Google case studies, Android Excellence, and in several news sites and tech blogs. We worked on projects such as Siri, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Google Play Instant, Google Home, Chromecast, Chrome OS, and Smart Displays. Apart from my day to day work, I am the chapter lead of Google Developer Group in Singapore and I mentor Software Engineering Leaders at Plato. I also travel around the world to speak in community events such as DroidCon, Google I/O Extended, Cloud Next Extended, and DevFest.
IT Careeer Talk: Managing Direct & Trustee Shumate
Guest Ms Shumate Royo of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Forging and strengthening community, social capital, and network of relationships. Operations and Partnerships, Startup and Community enabler.
IT Career Talk: Retention Makerting Manager Allen Buenaflor
Ms. Allen Buenaflor of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in business and IT consulting, and in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in business process analysis, systems analysis and design, relational databases, and business intelligence. Strong oral and written communication skills.
IT Career Talk: AVP, Project Enablement & Control Office Cheska Marie Villarroya
Guest Ms Cheska Marie Villarroya of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Resourceful Information Technology professional with over 12 years of experience in Project Management Office (PMO) governance and industry best practices. Autonomy on defining and recommending changes to existing methodologies and standards to improve the quality of project management deliverables. Remarkable efficiency in managing onshore-offshore PMO workforce for continuous improvement of service delivery. Skilled in integrating and managing reporting requirements across multiple stakeholders. Advanced expertise in providing an informed, top-level view of any major risks / issues impacting the program’s / project’s critical path. Proficient in designing and presenting change control, risk frameworks, templates, and tools.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheska-ma...
NOTE: The views I expressed are my own and not that of my former and current employers, clients, and colleagues.
Areas of Expertise: - PMO Leadership - Risk & Issue Management - Relationship Building - Stakeholder Management - Documentation & Reporting - Quality & Process Improvement - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Information Security Management - Team Training & Development
IT Career Talk: Operations Engineer 2 Jobelle Ann Bodestyne
Guest Ms. Jobelle Ann Bodestyne of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Currently an Operations Engineer 2, a Certified AWS Solutions Architect - Associate and Certified AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate with over four years of experience in cloud technologies focused on Amazon Web Services. Experienced in system design and architecture, code repositories management, project deployment, installation, security, configuration, monitoring, integration, cost optimization and cloud solution delivery of different databases and applications on Linux and Windows servers.
IT Career Talk: Found and President Michelle Chua-Lagare - Quality Applications, Testing
Guest Ms Michelle Chua-Lagare of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I help software development companies reduce regression labor cost by up to 96% through test automation, and train fresh grads to perform like Sr. test resources within a couple of days, not years.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-...
QE Is The New QA Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/34403...
For their CV or inquiries, they can send it to askus@qe-360.com
I've worked with start-ups, big international corporations, and the challenges are the same: Most companies are having a hard time releasing new features faster, testing activities are becoming their bottleneck.
❌ companies are paying millions for manual testers ❌ fresh graduates do not know what to do when they land the QA role ❌ testing is mostly least prioritized, given insufficient time to test ❌ developers always outnumber QAs ❌ tests are mostly done manually ❌ companies do not have enough test resources ❌ very few QEs are qualified ❌ those who are qualified are poached to work abroad ❌ production bugs due to missed tests
So, yes, you are not alone. Most of software development companies are in the same boat, that's why QE 360 emerged into the business it is today. QE 360 is a training and consulting services provider focusing on software quality. We help software development companies DO MORE WITH LESS - REDUCE COSTS and DELIVER FASTER. If you partner with us for your quality/testing consulting and trainings, we can help you:
✅ DO MORE quality applications WITH the same or even LESS RESOURCES ✅ We will make your QAs 10x their testing potential - reduce missed tests, missed deadlines yet with less overtime. That's reducing your expenses, both on risk costs and resource costs ✅ Give more hands-on and relevant test exercises in the trainings, ensuring that the attendees can apply on their projects ✅ Provide efficient and useful practices in software testing that we've learned through decades of experience. You learn from other people's mistake, allowing you to avoid them and focus on delivering quality software Reasons why you should CHOOSE US as your training/consulting provider: ✅ 20+ years of high quality standards and experience ✅ we can help you multiply the capacity of your test resources while reducing labor costs ✅ we have helped both startups and big corporations achieve automation capability as well as optimized testing practices ✅ our trainers are very approachable and knowledgable in what we do Let us help you TAKE CHARGE of your SOFTWARE QUALITY. Book a FREE ASSESSMENT CALL so that we can help you identify solutions to your challenges! https://calendly.com/qe360/free-initi...
IT Career Talk: Account Delivery Lead Bev Almazan-Siongco
Guest Account Delivery Lead Ms Bev Almazan-Siongco of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Bev is an elder millennial who sits at the cusp separating Gen X and Gen Y, adapting both the structure of Gen X-ers and the flexibility of Millenials. Her life is a boring series of Plan A’s coming true – Going to her top choice of college, hired by her only choice of employer (where she is still working for 14 years already) and married her first and only boyfriend. BUT her life is far from perfect: She has zero homemaking skills, perennially bad at anything with numbers and notorious for getting in trouble because of her tactless mouth. She is a full-time Account Delivery Manager in DXC Technology and a part-time professional Makeup Artist. She is blissfully quarantining with her husband whom she just married last Feb 2020. She is a self-care extraordinaire – where working out, meditating, chilling out, getting face and nail treatments – are the regular norm, not a break-time treat. Bev’s 5-year plan (when she turns 40) is to look better / younger than she was in her 20s.
IT Career Talk: Founder/President & CEO Brian Tan Seng - Volunteer, Co-organizer at GDG Cloud Manila
Guest Mr. Brian Tan Seng (98Labs, Inc) of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Application Developer, Linux Systems Administrator, Software Architect, and Project Manager in a wide array of business applications. Particularly interested in systems optimization, and Agile software development. Also interested in conducting training and advising corporations in adopting Agile methodologies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantans...
Specialties: Agile Software Development, Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean Software Development, Java (Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts 2), Groovy & Grails
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Andrei Navarro
Guest YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Andrei Navarro of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Experience in leading software teams deliver solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dreinavarro/
Currently interested in Rails, React, Javascript and Golang
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Gerb Reign Inajada - UBX, Product & Engineering
Guest Mr. Gerb Reign Inajada of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I am always curious! Curiosity sums up my existence! For as far back as I remember, I've always had an inclination to know and understand how things work. I like to take things apart and examine each piece to figure out how each part contributes to the whole.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerbinajada/
I enjoy being a catalyst. I like being part of change and big ideas. I believe there's always room for improvement and everything must continue to adapt and change for the better. I'm self-aware and quite self-critical. I am very competitive, highly-energetic, passionate and results-driven. I'm an agilist! I like to call myself an achiever, an ideator, relator, and a life-long learner. I specialize in Digital & Financial Technology and well-experienced in Product Management and Development, System Design & Analysis, Ideation and Innovation, Team and People Management, and in Agile methodologies. I am passionate about platforms and decentralisation and how it affects the future of work, finance, and commerce.
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) & Co-Founder Joaquin Don Barandino
Guest Mr. Joaquin Don Barandino of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Joaquin Barandino is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Squadzip, a Next-Gen Business Development Platform with a unique approach to helping organizations manage sales and operations.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquinba...
https://squadzip.com/ https://youngmarketmasters.com/the-14...
At the age of 14, while studying at the Basilan National High School, Joaquin had his first encounter with a Personal Computer which completely captured his imagination and heart. At 17 years old, he then relocated with his family to Metro Manila where he earned his degree in Computer Science. Joaquin got into several corporate jobs with roles that focused on application development, and web and graphic design. In April of 2014, Joaquin with his colleague Roman Mercado, fresh from having just left their corporate jobs, found themselves by way of a consulting gig, in a room with 30 sales people to present a mock-up of a platform to a technology sales company, that was dissatisfied with their existing Enterprise Customer Relationship Management system. These then seemingly meaningless mockups would then become a productivity tool for businesses that allows teams to communicate in real-time and share data without having to endure lengthy forms. Joaquin and Roman teamed up, co-founded and launched Squadzip.
IT Career Talk: YoungCTO (Chief Technology Officer) Edison Go Tan
Guest Chief Technology Officer Edison Go Tan of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Edison is an IT professional based in Manila, Philippines. He is currently the Chief Visionary of the Hubnob Group and the Chief Technology Officer of Elinnov Technologies, Inc.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edisongotan/
IT Career Talk: Data Scientist Dana Redeña
Guest Ms. Dana Redeña of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Curious philomath & creative problem solver.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaredena/
Passionate about crafting impactful solutions with the fusion of data science, engineering, and human-centered design. Currently building solutions in BeautyMnl's homegrown data team. Studying under the Tokyo Data Science program, previously a Data Science Fellow for the inaugural cohort of Eskwelabs.
- - Women Who Code: https://www.womenwhocode.com/manila or https://twitter.com/WWCodeManila
- - Omdena AI Philippines Chapter: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13967597/
- - Eskwelabs Aral-Aral (Intro to Data Science): https://www.eskwelabs.com/aral-aral
- - Tokyo Data Science: https://tokyodatascience.com/
- - Recurrent Neural Networks: https://camrongodbout.medium.com/recurrent-neural-networks-for-beginners-7aca4e933b82.
- - GPT-3: https://towardsdatascience.com/you-can-understand-gpt-3-with-these-youtube-videos-6a30887c928b?gi=fe9549082355
Tech Stack: BigQuery, Tableau, Python, Jupyter, Ruby on Rails, GCP, AWS, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Google Analytics & Tag Manager
IT Career Talk: Senior Product Manager Iyah Nuestro, FRSA
Guest Ms. Iyah Nuestro of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I'm a tech enthusiast with years of development experience in FinTech, Supply Chain, Ticketing, and other various management systems and websites. I am experienced in Front-End (including UX and UI design) and Back-End Development, DevOps, and tech management. In any role that I handle, I always make it a point to balance the customer and the developer's needs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iyahnuestro/
You'd also often find me organizing and being heavily involved in events for geeks, learners, empowerment, and equality.
IT Career Talk: CEO & Technical Co- Founder Clarke Benedict Plumo - Data Scientist | Agile Coach
Guest Mr. Clarke Benedict Plumo of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
Having 7 years experience in the IT industry, I have been a mobile developer, web developer, data scientist, and CIO of a start-up company.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cl4rke/
Building and sharing things are my favorite things to do since childhood. As a kid in grade school, I have folded countless paper sheets into awesome battle tanks and challenged my friends to build better ones. I also played a lot of video games. During one summer, I was fascinated by how much work needs to be done in the creation of a video game: Story-writing, Graphic Design, Sound Engineering, and Software Engineering. Needless to say, I created my own video games using kid-friendly video game creation softwares from our old family computer, and had my brothers play them with me. They gave me feedback and I was happy to fix problems in order to make my game perfect. At the tender age of 9, I learned how to design characters, write stories, write music, write code, and pitch to friends. In high school, I joined the theatre arts club, further reinforcing my ability to perform in front of a large audience and to overcome stage fright. I didn't have lots of friends as I have spent lots of time at home learning things. In college, I took up Computer Science and immediately felt right at home. I won several competitions and joined as many hackathons as I could to learn new technologies in the industry. I did a thesis on sentiment analysis of tweets relating to fast-food restaurants using advanced technologies that were not taught in school. In the industry, I am a programming polyglot. I garnered different project experiences ranging from e-commerce, to telemedicine, to banking and finance, to real estate. After accomplishing tasks for the day, I spend my free time helping others and learning new languages and technologies. I often attend meetups and conferences, and give talks about the new shiny things I have learned. I still join as many hackathons as I could but with the goal of learning new viable business models rather than new technologies. I believe I have accomplished lots of things in life, but I can foresee a lot of growth for me still. I’ll be amending my biography regularly to keep things updated. Hello world, here I come!
IT Career Talk: Vice President (VP) Engineer Jesse Panganiban - Software Craftsman
Guest Mr. Jesse Panganiban of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Jesse is the VP of Engineering at Erudifi.com (known as Bukas.ph in the PH). He likes distributed systems as much as majestic monoliths.
Github: thejpanganiban
Twitter: @thejpanganiban
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejpanga...
Mr. Jesse was a young CTO of various Companies also. I sat down with Jesse to talk about his journey towards becoming a software engineer then an engineering lead.
Server Deployments on Ubuntu with Docker and Supervisor
IT Career Talk: Business Analyst Team Lead/Technical Project Manager Jesse May Licot - FinTech & Ed
Guest Ms Jesse May Licot of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
I am a skilled and highly experienced Business analyst with a passion for providing the best possible solution for both end-users and stakeholders.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-may...
- Adopted the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) service design and delivery standards for education-related projects - Experienced in facilitating various workshops with customers and clients - Knowledgeable and experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies - Excellent business analysis techniques - process mapping, user story mapping, persona development and journey mapping, wireframing - Well informed in meeting accessibility (WCAG) and security (ISM) requirements - Strong stakeholder management skills - Collaborative, inclusive and highly proficient in team environments - Highly capable of working in a fast-paced, time-pressured environment - Able to manage multiple projects - Leads by example and mentoring - Detail-oriented, outcome-focussed and motivated
IT Career Talk: Senior Manager Paul de Paula - Software Engineer
Guest Mr Paul de Paula of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
An accomplished Web Developer with more than 12 years experience in the IT industry, from Software Development, Digital News and Media, Airline Services to US Government Platforms.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldepaula/
An influential opensource advocate to students, developers, stakeholders from various schools, universities and private organizations locally and abroad. Hes been doing his advocacy for the last 10 years. His topics are ranging from JS Frameworks, Python, PHP, Mysql Database to CMS using Drupal as a major platform, Mobile Development, Data Visualizations, DevOps, Drupal and WordPress Performance and Scalability, Mapping, Third Party API integration and E-commerce.
Specialties: • Software Engineering • OS: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/Win8, Linux Rhel/Centos/Fedora/Ubuntu/LinuxMint/OpenSuse, iOS 10.x • Programming Lingo: PHP, Python, Javascript, BASH/Shell, • CMS: Drupal, Wordpress • Drupal Tools : Drush • Frameworks: Symfony • Web Servers: IIS7,IIS8, NGINx, Apache, Tomcat • Proxy Stuff: Varnish, Pound, HAproxy, Squid • Databases : MS SQL, PosgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Azure Table Store, Redis • Web Service : RESTful JSON, XML-RPC • Cloud Platform: Rackspace, Linode, Amazon AWS, Windows Azure, Open Stack, Google Cloud Platform • Drupal Specific Cloud Platform: Acquia Dev Cloud, Pantheon, Platform.sh, Barracuda • DevOps Tools: Vagrant Chef, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes, MesoSphere, Terra Form
IT Career Talk: Senior Manager Chino Datu
Guest Mr. Chino Datu of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Chino started working with the SAP technology since 2006. He has worked on different projects providing both onshore and offshore development and support for SAP Business Intelligence. Due to his various exposure to different implementation and support projects alongside with a variety of both technical and leadership roles, he was able to grow into delivery management and recently into project management. He has also shown exceptional skills in people management and development with the leadership roles that he has been in.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinodatu/
In his multiple roles, he was able to exercise his problem solving and people skills which has made him a highly adaptable individual to any situation having been able to work in different roles and also in different industries.
IT Career Talk: IT Business Consultant & Faculty Jerome Locson, MBA - YoungCTO, Startup Founder
Guest Mr. Jerome Locson of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing.
With 15 years experience in the IT industry, Jerome is a skilled software engineer and IT & Business consultant with background on web and mobile technologies. He worked in various types of organisation - from a startup to big companies such as Google.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromeloc...
Jerome has a degree in BS Computer Science. He finished his Executive MBA Program at the Asian Institute of Management. He is a certified Software Engineer (PhilNITS/JITSE) and trained in Japan by the Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association (HIDA, previously AOTS) on Bridge Software Engineer Program. He also passed the ITIL Foundation for IT Service Management and Professional Scrum Master I for Agile product development certifications.
IT Career Talk: Scrum Master Raul Cesar de Leon - IT Project Manager
Guest Mr. Raul Cesar de Leon of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
A Project Manager/Scrum Master that has handled a variety of IT projects ranging from chat apps, web design and development and including development support for Triple A Games.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raul-cesa...
https://facebook.com/groups/agilephil...
Recently provided PMO support to a leading insurance and finance company and served as the lead instruction designer for an energy company. Currently serving as Scrum Master, Project Coordinator and Jira administrator for a major Communications Solutions Provider. Past high profile game projects include providing art asset generation support for Gears of War 4 and The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.
IT Career Talk: End User Computing Group Manager Christine Amarra
Guest Ms. Christine Amarra of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
I'm an IT Manager for Ateneo de Manila University. My career path in IT was more focused in the academe--from teaching, to research, to a school administrator/IT manager. Despite the various roles, I find my career in IT fulfilling and interesting.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisamarra/
eHealth Health Information Systems Health Information Management Information Technology Mobile Applications
PH IT Career Talk: Financial System Engineer Juan Miguel de Guia
Guest Mr Juan Miguel de Guia of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
HP-UX Administration Software Development Project Management Information Technology Infrastructure Library
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-migu...
TWITCH: http://www.twitch.tv/CrowKuchiki
TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming and Web Development: Assembly Programming, C++, C# Computer Hardware Troubleshooting Database Management: Microsoft SQL Server Multimedia and Office Applications: Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office Applications. Project Management : Microsoft Project
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Center for Student Advising Top 1 Peer Adviser (4th year College : 1st Semester SY 2012-2013) Center for Student Advising Top 4 Peer Adviser (4th year College : 2nd Semester SY 2012-2013) Center for Student Advising Top 7 Peer Adviser (4th year College : 3rd Semester SY 2012-2013) Microsoft Student Partner Junior (SY 2013-2014)
RESEARCH PAPERS AND PROJECTS HANDLED Thesis Project: Securing Information through Speaker Recognition Model (On-going) Course Projects: POS with Inventory Tracker System (Windows-based Application): Prototype Design and Programming, Database Design, Documentation Game Tournament Tracker for the Filipino Fighting Game Community (Windows-based Application): Prototype Design, Database Design Philippine Tourist Attraction Website (HTML Coded-Site): Prototype Web Design, Documentation Movie Reservation System (Windows-based Application): Prototype Design and Programming, Documentation C++ Hangman Game (Console-based Application): Prototype Game Design and Programming, Documentation C++ Tic Tac Toe Game (Console-based Application): Prototype Game Design and Programming, Documentation TRAININGS AND SEMINARS ATTENDED Peer Advisers : Strategize your way to success (November 2012) Microsoft Start-App Intense 2013 (February 2013) Peer Advisers: Espirit de Corps 2 (March 2013 ) Web Development (August 2013) Open Cloud using Windows Azure (August 2013) Privileged Accounts (September 2013) Big Data (September 2013) Distributed.Net Application Development Using WCF (September 2013)
IT Career Talk: Technical Founder & CEO Noel del Castillo - Senior Lecturer of Technology Management
Guest Mr. Noel del Castillo of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Programming is my passion and my profession. I'm currently leading and architecting web and mobile applications using Elixir, React & .Net for various industries. My usual daily tasks are to architect cloud servers, manage projects, lead dev teams, talk to clients, and CODE. I'm currently active in Pragtechnologies (Pragtech) and SeeYouDoc.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leondcastle/
SEE YOU DOC: https://www.seeyoudoc.com/
I love building products. I turn my client ideas to actual products through a process of transparency and collaboration. And in my spare time, I still code some of my pet projects for learning purposes and potential business products. SeeYouDoc is a healthcare platform accredited by the Department of Health that provides an all-in-one integrated solution like Telemedicine, Medical Notes, E-Prescription, Appointment, Digital Payments, and other enterprise features for both web and mobile applications. We are also a HIPAA accredited company that prioritize data privacy and security. Professor at the subject of TM251: Technology based Entrepreneurship
IT Career Talk: EPM Head Kristian Ang - Enterprise Performance Management Head
I’m currently the Head of EPM (Enterprise Performance Management). I manage the following systems SAP BW/BPC/Power BI and Anaplan for JFC. From Conceptualization, Architecture, Implementation and Support.
SAP ID: https://people.sap.com/kristian.ang
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianang/
I have been working with BW4/BOBJ/BPC tools for the past 14 years and currently training with ANAPLAN. I have managed several teams and been involved in several projects and have handled different roles (Including preselling, product development, delivery, support, etc). I have trained 50+ BI consultants both in house and SAP accreditation. I’m also part-time faculty of Ateneo de Manila University teaching BPR (Business Process Re-engineering). Specialties: Highly skilled in any version of SAP BW4HANA / Business Objects / HANA / BPC / MS Power BI / Anaplan
PH IT Career Talk: Senior Site Reliability Engineer Alistair Israel
Guest Mr Alistair Israel of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Alistair Israel has over 25 years experience in the IT industry and has worked on a wide variety of platforms, technologies and languages for different industries. He is passionate about building innovative solutions using latest technology and best practices, and in helping others do the same.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistairi...
He started learning programming over 30 years ago, and is still learning. Specialties: Enterprise software, DevOps, Cloud, solutions architecture, Domain Driven Design, event-driven architecture, GraphQL, Rust, Elixir + Phoenix, Ruby + Rails, Java SRE team responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning. Plans, provisions, and configures the infrastructure and application delivery pipelines of the organisation using various tools and platforms such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, and Gitlab CI. Monitors, responds to and performs post-mortem analysis of incidents using various tools/platforms including Datadog, PagerDuty, and Sentry.
PH IT Career Talk: Senior Full Stack Engineer Arwin Abatayo - Digital Strategist
Guest Mr. Arwin Abatayo of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
A skilled seasoned digital strategist with in-depth technical knowledge, who has worked with big brands such as Publicis Jimenez, Globe, NuWorks, Jollibee and other big names digital agencies in the Philippines. A creative with a combination of both innovation and technical know-how.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arwinabat...
Arwin is very outspoken, independent, and has a very positive outlook on life. He's a people-person and you can trust him to adjust and get along with people easily. When it comes to technical matters, you can depend on Arwin to get the job done. Moreover, he's dedicated and motivated to try new things and to accept any challenge thrown at him If you want to be a guest here, please reach out to me anywhere. Kahit mag comment lang oks na.
IT Career Talk: Lead Developer Matt Lebrun - President Pythonista
Guest Mr. Matt Lebrun of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
I'm a Software Engineer, Python Trainer, and Tech Community Leader. I’ve been working in the industry as a Software Engineer for more than 10 years. During this time I’ve worked in various industries, startups, and the academe.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cr8ivecod...
In 2013, I co-founded Python.PH, Inc., a non-profit organization that caters to a community of professionals and hobbyists of the Python programming language. My passion and dedication for community work was recognized by the Python Software Foundation who honored me as a Fellow Member in 2019. The software industry has been a perfect fit for my passion for learning and building things. It is a medium for boundless possibilities not only for building creative things but also utilities that drive businesses forward. It is this enthusiasm that I bring when I conduct my consultations and training for the individuals and companies that I work with.
IT Career Talk: Technology Lead Gerald Quisumbing - AI Advocate, Innovation Architect
Guest Kuya Gerald Quisumbing of YoungCTO
Experienced in aligning organizational goals with technology goals including enterprise wide architecture, technology roadmapping and enterprise integration
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerald-qu...
Experienced in managing software development teams including recruitment, training, standards direction, mentorship Experienced in bridging expertise from foreign consultants and foreign funders into the local setting like CIDA, USAID, AUSAID, JAICA and World Bank Conversant with the DNA of Innovation including: R&D Management, New Product Development, Technology Forecasting, and Enterprise Architecture
IT Career Talk: Principal Developer John Limjap - PHINUG UG Lead | PSIA Technical Council Member
Guest John Limjap of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Jon is a team lead, principal developer, software architect, and consultant, as well as a software development advocate that leads the Philippine .NET Users Group (PHINUG) and is a Technical Council Member of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA). He is currently a Principal Developer and Technical Lead at PageUp.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonlimjap/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/lattex or just @lattex
For PHINUG: https://meetup.com/phinug https://twitter.com/phinug or just @phinug https://fb.com/groups/phinug
He started programming when he was twelve and has been writing software professionally for almost 2 decades. While he mainly worked on .NET technologies and the Microsoft stack, he also developed web and mobile applications using iOS, Java, HTML and JavaScript.Known online by his nickname Jon, he is a seasoned public speaker and writer. His expertise in C# and .NET technologies earned him the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from 2009 to 2017.In his free time he hones his skills in travel photography.
PH IT Career Talk: ICT Teacher II Sunny Sabuero - Website Designer and Developer
Guest Mr. Sunny Sabuero of YoungCTO
Rafi Quisumbing Self-motivated type of person, maintain strict attention to client requirements and adapt quickly to changing organizational needs. Sunny believes that, with his skills, experience and attitudes, he can bring a lot to the company and he is excited about the prospect. He enjoys working in a team. He is also productive and focused working independently.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnysabu...
I took my bachelor’s degree in Information Technology at Central Mindanao University, Bukidnon. Right after college I jump to Cebu and landed my first job in Techforge IT Solutions where I meet some talented young individuals. I was a jr web developer at that time. I’ve been in the company for more than a year then I moved to another job after that. The 2nd company I’ve been is a UK based company called Trades Supersites LTD, I’ve been there for 5 years and working remotely as Web Developer. Right after TS, I jumped into another company called FRANdata which is from USA and still working at the present. I am the Web Master of the company, basically I handle the websites that the company currently have. - Sunny
IT Career Talk: Senior Backend Developer Doctor Sony Valdez, DICT - Pythonista
Guest Doctor Sony Valdez, DICT of YoungCTO
Rafi Quisumbing Sony is a freelance programmer specializing in Python. He is a current board member of Python Philippines. He plays video games and is completely harmless.
Python Philippines: http://python.ph/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrvaldez
Dragon Ball Fighting https://www.facebook.com/groups/dbfzph/
Gaming Group/Channel https://www.facebook.com/MamaMoGaming...
PH IT Career Talk: Tech Development Manager Franz Andrew Vallente
Guest Mr. Franz Andrew Vallente of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing
Experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry. Skilled in SQL, PHP, XHTML, jQuery, and Linux. Strong consulting professional with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology focused in Computer Software Engineering from Bukidnon State University.
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franz-and...
GITHUB: https://claw68.github.io/
SVENGROUP: https://svengroup.com/
If you want to be a guest here, please reach out to me anywhere. Kahit mag comment lang oks na. Technical Director, Team Lead, Development Manager AI, applications, architecture, artificial intelligence, benchmarking, capacity, cellular, communications, data, data recovery, database, desktop, disaster recovery, documents, end user, engineering, firewall, hardware, IaaS, information systems, imaging, implementation, java, javascript, LAN, local area network, machine learning, multi-user interface, network administration, NoSQL, operating system, project, real time, remote access, SaaS, security, server, SQL, startup, systems acquisition, systems configuration, WAN, wireless