Got recognized as an ease of doing business champion of the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission. The recognition I assume is due to the assistance I have had the honor to provide SEC since 2018, when my boss Former DICT Acting Secretary Manny Caintic became a Highly Technical Consultant for the Commission for at first introducing XBRL to the Philippines but due to circumstances had to find a solution to the issues with the Company Registration System.
Before SEC I was consulting mostly under my former employer Incuventure Partners Corporation and thus I would not be listed by name as a consultant outside of Inciventure
My former boss accepting a position in DICT meant I had to level up. I resigned from my Chief Technology Officer position in Incuventure and started consulting for the SEC. If former Acting Secretary Manny Caintic did not bring me to SEC, I wouldn’t have had the chance to see the admirable people and the journey of the SEC.
It has been half a decade since then and I have now personally consulted for other agencies such as Quezon City Government Office of the City Administrator, Quezon City Government Internal Audit Service, Anti Red Tape Authority, Department of Trade and Industry – Consumer Protection Bureau among others.
This has been my 3rd recognition as an SEC EODB Champion and each time I can’t help but think it is the last. The great leadership of Chairman Aquino, My direct boss Commissioner Javey Paul Francisco supervising CRMD, Commissioner Kelvin Lee supervising ICTD, ICTD Director Oliver Vinzons Chato, CRMD Director Gerry and ICTD Assistant Director Archivald Navarro created one of the, if not strongest IT departments in government. The addition of ICTD Assistant Director Mikey and hopefully a new Assistant Director for infrastructure and Security would bolster the strong IT leadership in the commission.
The ICTD is punching far above its headcount and it is due to the dedication of the whole team. During the celebration last night the AWS account manager was surprised when I told her the people I started this journey with was all still here this is both rare and something to be celebrated.
The CRMD specifically Ma’am Erly Cabatic and Ma’am bless Arceo are inspirations in their dedication to the commission. During the times when we were at the thick of the problems with CRS they and a lot of the CRMD were working nights, after midnights, and weekends just to get around the capacity issues of the system. You are inspirations po.