ABOUT     ME
 
 

EDUCATION

M.A. in Media Studies 
University Scholar
    Comprehensive Exam: High Pass (highest rating)
    Best M.A. Thesis of the College
Grade Point Average: 1.03 (record-setting)
President, Graduate Students’ Assn
The first Filipino M.A. Media Studies graduate of UP CMC

College of Mass Communication (CMC)
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
 

B. Sc. Petroleum Engineering
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
        Full Scholar
The first Filipino petroleum engineer.

    Practicum: Clausthal Institute of Technology
        Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Graduate Studies in Business Economics
under the Strategic Business Economics Program (SBEP) 
(lacked thesis for the M.B.E. degree)
University of Asia and the Pacific
   

Diplôme de Langue Française
L’Alliance Francaise de Paris. 
Attended school at L’Alliance Francaise
in Paris and Manila.

Certificate (High Intermediate) in Spanish
Instituto Cervantes,
Metro Manila
 

WORK EXPERIENCE
 

CONSULTANT            Corporate Community Relations Consultancy Ltd Co, 
Aug 2004 – present     The CCRC’s concerns include social issues, public 
                                       education, reproductive health, energy, environment and  
                                       the mass media. 

WRITER                        Freelance writer for various publications – 
1999- present               PhilippinePost, AsiaGeo, Mr. & Ms. Magazine, Philippine 
                                       Journalism Review (PJR) Reports, etc.

                                      Columnist, Quantum Cinema
                                       Mr. & Ms. Magazine , Nov. 2005 – present
 

CONSULTANT             ABS CBN FOUNDATION, Quezon City
Aug  - Dec 2006           Script consultant for the USAID-funded Peace Project.
 

LECTURER                  Film and Communication courses 
                                       College of Mass Communication, UP - Diliman
                                       Nov. 2004 – 2005

                                       Communication and Journalism courses.
                                       Kalayaan College, Marikina City June 2004 –

                                       French language instructor / translator 
                                       Languages Internationale. Pasay Road, Makati and Taft 
                                       Avenue, Manila 1991 - 1996

                                       Various seminars/workshops on Film, Communication  
                                       and English Proficiency 
 

DIRECTOR /                Conceptualized, wrote and directed a 50-minute video
SCRIPTWRITER        documentary “Tanzim al-Usra: Call to Greatness” 
                                       about Family Planning and Reproductive Health as 
                                       They Relate to the Bangsa Moro (2004).
 

GOVERNMENT SERVICE:
 

CONSULTANT             Presidential Commission on Good Government  
                                        (PCGG) June 2001 - July 2001

CONSULTANT             Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP)
                                        April 2000 - December 2000

MANAGER                     Energy Research Department, 
                                         Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC). 
                                        Sept. 1998 – Mar. 1999

HEAD EXECUTIVE     PNOC detailed to the  Dept. of Energy (DOE) as
ASSISTANT                  Special Assistant to the Energy Secretary. 
                                         Dec 1994 - 30 June 1998

                                        Head, Secretariat
                                        Philippine Gas Project Task Force (as per E.O. 254.)

                                       Team Leader
                                        Philippine Counterpart Team (sent to Hawaii to prepare 
                                        Energy Pricing Models that led to the Final Report on 
                                        Natural Gas submitted to President Fidel Ramos.)

CONSULTANT           Office of the Vice President of the Republic.
                                      Jan 1989 - June 1989

PREVIOUS EXPRIENCE (PRIVATE):

CONSULTANT            Asian Neaga, Inc 
                                        Tektite Tower, Ortigas 

CONSULTANT            SSB (Scientific Systems Bureau) Holdings, Inc. 
                                        Strata 100 Bldg., Ortigas

Vice President             EquitiFund Advisory Services, Inc 
                                         Y Tower II Bldg., Salcedo Village, Makati  

Vice President             SSB (Scientific Systems Bureau) Holdings, Inc. 
                                        Strata 100 Bldg., Ortigas
 

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Interests: 

Philosophy of Science, Media Studies (Film, Journalism), Literature (English prose and poetry), Energy (Oil, Gas and Renewable), and Occult Studies

Engineer, Writer, Educator, Strategic Business Consultant, Media Studies scholar, Film critic-columnist, Blogger, Webmaster. Born in Dec. 1 in Davao City. Shakespeare, Dickens, Kafka, Hesse and Dostoievsky rank among my favorite writers. Among contemporary authors, I prefer Mailer, Capote, Vidal and Irving. I am a film buff. Alain Resnais, Tavernier, Bergman, Truffaut, and Greenaway are some of my favorite filmmakers. I am a “’netizen”. I develop and maintain several websites and newsgroups in the World Wide Web. And I love traveling. I’ve been to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan, India, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, U.S.A. and Mexico

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