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Colin Christie
President at Analytics Association of the PhilippinesColin Christie is an international executive, serial entrepreneur, global connector, educator, and digital leader.
He is the co-founder of the Analytics Association of the Philippines and serves as the president of its Board of Trustees.
Colin is the Director of Digital Transformation at Enderun Colleges, and the Executive Director of Global Chamber® Manila. He has served as CEO of private and publicly listed companies in the USA and the Philippines. He earned his degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley.
Monchito Ibrahim
Chairman, Industry Development Committee at Analytics Association of the PhilippinesMr. Ibrahim recently retired as Undersecretary for Regional Operations and ICT Industry Development of the DICT. He also served as Commissioner of the then Commission on Information and Communications Technology. Before joining government, he had a long successful career with multinational companies like Fujitsu, WeServ, Siemens-Nixdorf, Comparex Germany and Unisys Australia in various executive positions. He is a Trustee and President of the University of the Philippines System Information Technology Foundation (UPSITF) and a member of the Technical Panel for Information Technology Education (TPITE) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) since 2006. He completed a Public Sector Executive Program on Innovative Government at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. During the 2012 International ICT Awards, he was given the ICT Individual Contributor Award for his contributions to the growth of the Philippine IT-BPO Industry. He was also named as one of the Ten ICT Industry Movers and Shakers for the period 2002-2012 and recipient of the Boards’ Choice as Government Champion, both given by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP). In 2016, he was given the Sapphire Flare for Brilliance Award by IBPAP for his work in the development of home-grown BPO companies in the rural areas.
Amor Maclang
Executive Director of Fintech Philippines AssociationIf you are mentioning public relations and nationalism in the same breath you must be talking about Amor Maclang. At the ripe old age of 24 she founded GeiserMaclang, which went on to become one the top public relations firms in the Philippines. An internationally awarded champion of marketing as a force for good, her projects demonstrate that you can hit your business goals while still doing good for the country.
She is the first communications professional in the country to become trained in ISO 31000 Crisis Management.
Amor is the leading communications, marketing, public relations forerunner in the digital transformation, blockchain, crypto currency and other emerging technologies and helps companies navigate through reputational, education and information gaps in any nascent technologies.
Currently she serves as the reputation surrogate chairman for PADCDI (Philippine Association For Digital Commerce and Decentralized Industries)and one of the founding officers of The Block Chain Association of the Philippines and Tech Up Pilipinas for which she is a founding member. Amor is known for building strategic partnerships between legacy corporations, cutting edge technologies, investors and industry players.
Aside from being the advisor of leading companies in the Philippines and celebrities in both show business and industry, Amor is also a multi-media personality. She runs the longest running real estate column in the Philippines for the leading business newspaper in the country, has appeared on TV for PhilRealty TV, also the longest running for the industry. She has been referred to by PhilRealty TV's John Aguilar as a Real Estate Evangelist and has years of Consulting experience in real estate, both residential, commercial and mixed use, from a Communications, Branding, marketing, publishing and networks and partnership spectrum. She is currently public engagement officer of ULI (Urban Land Institute).
John Owens
Senior Digital Financial Services Advisor at Digital Finance Advisory ServicesListed among the top 100 FinTech influencers to follow in 2018. A digital financial services and legal/regulatory expert with more than 25 years of field experience in Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
More than 12 years of experience managing complex international projects focused on digital financial services, payments, financial inclusion and consumer protection, with extensive experience working with banks, card companies, non-bank financial institutions and other e-payment providers.
Recent experience serving as senior regulatory advisor in digital finance, working with a network of more than 95 central banks to provide advice and guidance on regulatory and policy options to support the adoption and use of responsible broad-based digital financial services. Conceptualised and negotiated multiple public private partnerships to support financial inclusion.
Recognized as a leading figure in the digital financial services industry having presented, moderated or chaired more than 100 international conferences ranging from the role of responsible digital financial services and financial inclusion, alternative data, digital credit, agent networks, e-money, mobile money services, payments and consumer protection as well as the importance of an appropriate regulatory enabling environment for the adoption, usage and quality of responsible inclusive digital financial services.
Jove Tapiador
Principal Consultant at Jove Tapiador ConsultingWorked with impact in the fields of rural banking, microfinance, financial technology, and property development. Seeks to make a difference in the areas of community development, financial inclusion, and healthcare that benefit developing economies and marginalized communities. Interested in strategic business development, digital banking, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurial innovations to support the above.
Edison Tsai
Executive Director of SeedIn TechnologyAs the Executive Director of SeedIn Technology (Philippines), Edison is responsible for managing and developing the Philippines finance market, and works closely with other overseas counterparts to ensure successful expansion and implementation of SeedIn into the Philippines.
Edison has over 17 years of experience in the development, management, and consultation of Information Management Projects for major private companies and government agencies in the Philippines.
He is currently the Chairman of Strategic Partnerships for FinTechAlliance.ph to foster and strengthen relationships with other Fintech Associations in and outside of the Philippines, and a Board Member of Fintech Philippines Association (FPA) in its mission to promote Philippines as a global leader in FinTech innovation and expanding its membership base.
Prior to SeedIn, he worked with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as its Chief IT Consultant for implementation of key IT projects involving business registrations. The project involves collaborations with various government agencies including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Local Government Units (LGUs) and other permit/license-issuing agencies.
He is also the founding CEO of Sigmasoft Technologies, which was acquired by Touch Solutions in 2011 just before going public on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Edison holds a degree in Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) from De La Salle University.