Mr. Dideles is active on international research collaboration for drafting new standards related to Voice over IP peering. Among his active involvements are: a member of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network(APAN) H.323-SIP Working Group; main technical coordinator for the Philippine National ENUM Trial Technical Working Group. Moreover, Mr. Dideles also maintains the H.323 GDS Philippine country gatekeeper for GDS number starting +63 for VIDE gatekeeper community.


DANIEL ESCASA - Independent Writer, Consultant

Daniel (Danny) Escasa is a freelance computer technology writer and consultant whose FOSS experience began with FreeBSD 3.0 in 1998. He now runs DesktopBSD (FreeBSD 5.4 + KDE + desktop utilities) on the same computer. The Free Software on that computer has helped him write articles which have appeared in Free Software Magazine, Mobile Philippines, and Ahead, among others.


BOBBY GANTUANGCO - Vice President for Technology, INQ7

Bobby G. heads the various sections of Technology—web development, wireless, business solutions, and multimedia. Bob and his Tech Team keep INQ7 up and running properly in cyberspace.


RUSSELL GARCIA - Systems Engineer, Avaya

Russell Garcia is currently a Systems Engineer for Avaya, a global leader in communication systems, applications, and services. His main responsibility is in providing enterprise solutions using Avaya’s IP telephony and call center applications. This usually involves putting together configuration for IP PBX , Interactive response, CTI, and contact management systems. Prior to joining Avaya, Russell held various roles with diverse companies specializing in outsourced call centers, cellular services, and cable tv where he gained his knowledge on telecommunications and IT systems. Russell C. Garcia is an Electonics and Communications Engineer from Mapua Institute of Technology.


NORWEN GOÑO - Senior Systems Developer, Asia United Bank

Norwen Gonio is a Project Manager for Systems Development in Asia United Bank. He is currently handling Deposit Systems, Internet Banking and B2B Integration Projects, mostly dealing with integration points between TelCos and Financial Networks such as BancNet. Norwen has over 10 years of experience in IT focusing on the Banking and Financial Sector. He also has been one of the partners of 25by8, one of the software development company under Mr. Doy Vea. And he has been spearheading the Java Platform in the bank. Norwen has graduated BS Computer Science from Ateneo De Manila University in 1997.


JEROME GOTANGCO - External Vice President, PLUG

Jerome Gotangco is currently a member of the Edubuntu Community Council. He is also a volunteer for the Ubuntu Documentation Project, a project that develops and maintains documentation for the Ubuntu operating system. He currently serves as External Vice President of the Philippine Linux Users Group, the oldest Linux users' group in Asia. He is also a frequent speaker and author on the topic of Ubuntu and free software.


MIKE LIGUIT - PLUG

A Linux enthusiast and advocate, Mike Liguit is an active member and former board member of the Philippine Linux Users' Group and has conducted seminars on Linux and FOSS on various universities around the Philippines, most recently in Cagayan State University in the city of Tuguegarao. And, as a seasoned systems administrator with six (6) years of Linux experience already in his belt, he is currently the Senior Technical Consultant of Cerberus Technologies, a small open source company which offers Linux consultancy and a variety of FOSS solutions and has done projects with major banks and other financial institutions. Also a part-time Linux instructor, he started as a Science Research Assistant at the Advanced Science and Technology Institute with the team that developed the first release of Bayanihan Linux. Most of his projects today involve vulnerability assessments, network security, and IP Telephony.


MICHAEL LIM - Chief Technical Officer, Exist

Michael Lim has been in the I.T. industry for 10 years doing software development and high level software design for 2-tier and N-tier based application infrastructure. He has helped developed business solutions for companies such as Meralco and Asian Development Bank. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer for Exist Engineering helping in the development and design of various J2EE based application with extensive use of Java-based open source tools and frameworks. Michael also helps in evaluating new and up coming open source tools and frameworks that will help in rapid development of business solutions for various clients.


DR. PABLO MANALASTAS - Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics, Ateneo de Manila University

Dr. Pablo Manalastas, Associate Professor of the Ateneo de Manila University - Department of Mathematics. He is a Linux user number 5037, first one to register from the Philippines at the Linux Counter. Emeritus first president, Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG). PLUG maintains a very active mailing list for Linux support and self-help. Maintainer, AdmuLinux distribution. Admulinux is a minimal but complete Linux distribution for use by students in program development. Ph.D. in Mathematics. Erdos No. 2, co-authored a paper, "Every directed graph of stability two has a Hamiltonian path", with C.C.Chen (Erdos No. 1) who co-authored a paper with Paul Erdos (Erdos No. 0). See Erdos Number Project.


DR. ALVIN MARCELO

Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo is a general and trauma surgeon by training. After residency, he took his post-doctoral fellowship in medical informatics at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland with research interests in telepathology and wireless handheld applications. He is currently a clinical associate professor of surgery at the Philippine General Hospital and concurrently associate professor of medical informatics at the UP College of Medicine. Together with Dr. Maramba, he founded the Philippine Medical Informatics Society, Inc in 1996.


MARCO ANGELO MEJIA - Manager - Research and Engineering, Imperium Technology, Inc.

Mr. Macoy Mejia is the head of research and development for Imperium. He leads the engineering of core system, interface design for enterprise solutions. He is the key proponent in the development of the several companies product line including Computer Telephony Integration, Multi-Messaging platform solution, Network Monitoring System, and Digital Banking.

He was the chief developer of the first generation Call-Center solution product of the company which evolved into a complete turn-key solution for small to large scale call-center operation.


JERICO JAMES MILO - Systems Engineer, Imperium Technology, Inc.

A highly skilled programmer, Jerico James Milo started his programming experience with the development and deployment of different Systems during his college years. These systems include a Web-based Enrolment/Billing Systems, Web/Client-based Inventory/Monitoring Systems, Web-based Payroll System. Currently a Systems Engineer at Imperium Technology, Inc., Jerico James is still continuing to widen his knowledge and experience in different programming languages, frameworks and applications like PHP, Javascript, Ruby, Mojavi, Jabber and Asterisk. He is one of the core developers of Imperium's Telephony Systems, and one of his expertise is the development and deployment of Contact Center solutions. He graduated from Lorma Colleges, La Union with a Degree in Information Technology last 2005.


ANGELO NUESTRO - Independent Consultant

Angelo Nuestro is an independent consultant who has been working with Oracle technology for more than 10 years. His experience ranges from Oracle Real Applications Clustering and Oracle Data Guard to Oracle Business Intelligence Tools and Oracle E-Business Suite. He has provided consulting services to various clients around the globe such as Virtela Communications in Denver - USA, EBS Dealing Resources in London - UK, Promatis AG in Ittersbach - Germany and CTX-Opto Electronics in Hsin Hsu - Taiwan. Currently, he is a consultant with Sun Microsystems, Philippines and an Instructor with Oracle University.


JAN ALVIN PABELLON - Information Architect, IT Consultant and Web Developer

Jan is an experienced IT Consultant who has lead several project engagements in delivering business, brand, and technology consulting services to clients ranging from prominent multi-national corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies and non-profits.

He is currently a Senior Consultant at IT Group, Inc. where he is responsible for overseeing the deployment of best-of-breed, open source enterprise applications in Customer Relationship Management and Knowledge Management for clients. Prior to that he was one of the founders of Ecommsite Solutions—a systems integration and technology consultancy. His expertise is in systems design and implementation, IT information architecture, and IT project management.

Jan has a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of the Philippines and is a Licensed CPA. He has had training and holds certifications in IT Project Management. He is currently taking up his Masters Degree at the Asian Institute of Management.


REUBEN RAVAGO - OLM Tech

Reuben Ravago is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Engineering where he took up his undergraduate course in Computer Science and his master's course in Electrical Engineering major in Computers and Communication. He pursued the discipline of research and development while working in the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the DOST where he was most fortunate to have had the privilege of being among the first to have Internet connectivity in the Philippines. It was also at ASTI where he got his first download of Linux in the form of the Slackware distribution. Taking these two technologies with him, he jumped into the private industry during the Internet boom and found himself at the helm of the Biggest ISP in the country, Infocom. He then moved on from the infrastructure side of the internet and focused on software applications development in his own company, K2 Interactive. His latest endeavor takes him now to another startup, OLM Technologies, focusing on network monitoring services.


JOHN PETER ABRAHAM Q. RUERO - Program Director, Philippine Honeynet Research Alliance

John Ruero has 18 years of IT experience in systems management, security services, project management, e-learning, KM, IT management consultancy, technical support and training servicing local and multinational companies. He is currently the Program Director of GURU Consulting and Coretech Consulting Inc., Philippines. He is presently the IT Consultant for Tech4Kids, Core Security Inc (CSI) and SegWorks Inc. He is a former Helpdesk Asst. Manager in C-Cube and e-Telecare. A former country IT Manager of Oracle Systems Philippines Inc. and former Systems Engineer in IBM Philippines, Inc. He is a Baron’s Who’s Who in Information Technology in the World 1999-2000 and in the Asia Pacific Rim 1999-2000. And he is also an IT Education Consultant/Faculty of Ateneo IT Institute, De La Salle University Graduate Computer Studies, University of Asia & the Pacific, University of the Immaculate Conception Graduate Computer Studies and Southville International School & Colleges for more than 8 years.


ADRIAN SAN JUAN - CISSP, OWASP Manila Chapter Lead

Adrian San Juan is the chapter lead for Open Web application Security Project (OWASP) Manila chapter. He has worked with various software development companies and open source projects in Manila, Dublin, US and UK where he has work as developer, technical lead, and project manager. As an advocate of software security, he conducts seminars, hand-ons tutorial, and consultancy on secure coding and application penetration testing for companies and universities. He is also one of the 40+ Filipinos certified by International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).


RAFAEL SEVILLA - CTO, Imperium Technology, Inc.

He is currently Chief Technology Officer at Imperium Technology, Inc., a company providing enterprise-class support and services based on Open Source technologies. He has been using Linux since 1995, and is an active participant in the Philippine Linux User's Group. He has wide experience in deploying Linux-based solutions in enterprise environments, as well as in using Linux as a mobile service integration platform.


JAIME SEBASTIAN G. SICAM - GSEC, RHCE, Senior Science Research Specialist, Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI)

Jaime Sebastian G. Sicam is currently the team leader of Bayanihan Linux, the alternative desktop solution for government agencies, schools and SMEs. Since he joined the team last 2003, he has co-developed previous versions of Bayanihan Linux and has conducted seminars and trainings on open source software.
He is also one of the system administrators of the Bayanihan Linux website and a new member of the network operations team of PREGINET(Philippine Research, Education and Government Information Network).


PETER SIMON - Business Development Manager (Asia Pacific), Emerson Network Power

As an IT veteran of over 20 years, Peter brings a wealth of experience in IT and associated infrastructure environments to his current position as the Business Development Manager.

In his role, Peter works closely with the product management and marketing teams in the design, development and marketing of Emerson Network Power’s business-ready propositions that are focused around IT applications.

Acutely aware of the importance and relevance of IP convergence to IT professionals, Peter is actively involved in the research and development of technologies and capabilities that allow for converged management of the key power and cooling infrastructure, thereby enabling the delivery of critical application services within an organization.

Prior to Emerson Network Power, Peter was Principal Engineer with APC where he spearheaded and developed the system, that allows IT manageability to the infrastructure and environmental systems fundamental to information processing environments.

Peter started his career with IBM, which gave him a firm foundation and in-depth technical knowledge of IT operating systems and networks. Progressing from a technical focus and skills base, Peter moved on to broader business focused application of technology in leading edge environments such as e-commerce, IP telephony, real-time financial systems and distributed cross-platform system management with multinationals like Integrated Research, Dow Jones Telerate and as a software consultant to the insurance industry.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Sydney University and currently resides in Australia.


RAFFERTY TAN - Systems Engineer, Imperium Technology, Inc.

Rafferty Tan is currently a Systems Engineer and one of the core developers at Imperium Technology, Inc. He helps in developing Telephony-based Systems using Asterisk and is widely knowledgeable in deploying Network Monitoring Systems to different clients. Raf is part of the team that developed a telephone banking system and configured telephony PABX solutions. He is also widely experienced in using different computer languages like Java, C, C#, SQL, Ruby, Ajax, PHP and HTML and in network administration. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a Degree in Computer Science last 2005.


NELSON TANDUG - VP - IT, Prudentialife Group of Companies

Nelson D. Tandug has been in the IT industry for the past 17 years. His experience include the implementation of Oracle database technologies in the areas covering core business systems, imaging systems and CRM applications. During the mid 90's, he also figured as one of the pioneers in the local Internet scene as technical administrator and has successfully implemented open source internet services. Currently, Nelson is the Vice President for Information Technology at Prudentialife Plans Inc.


RAMIL AGUILAR TEODOSIO - Senior Consultant, iTelecht Global Solutions, Inc.

Mr. Ramil Aguilar Teodosio is a senior consultant of iTelecht Global Solutions, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration on Management Information Systems from Brockport College (New York, USA) and a Master of Science degree in Management Systems from Clarkson University (New York, USA). He worked for Anderson Consulting (Accenture) New York Manhattan Office in the Telecommunications market unit and for the Chicago based consulting firm, Fathom Solutions (recently merged with the giant outsourcing company, Cognizant). He continues to be a subject matter expert in telecommunications and IP broadband services particularly in the areas of ordering, provisioning, billing, customer care and pre-order.


MIGUEL VEGA - CEO, Upstrat, Inc.

Miguel Vega is the co-founder and CEO of Upstrat, a start-up web development firm. He earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of the Philippines Manila and shortly after went to work as a freelance developer until he and a few friends founded Upstrat, Inc. in 2006. They are currently exploring the possibilities of creating enterprise applications simply.


WILLIAM YU - Novare Techologies, Ateneo de Manila University

William is currently Head for Technology Solutions at Novare Techologies (a MDi Holding Company). He is working on fixed-mobile convergence projects. He is actively into Voice-over-IP, Internet engineering, mobile platforms and information-security research. He is also a faculty member at the Ateneo de Manila University and Systems and Network Consultant for the Ateneo Campus Network Group.


CORNEL BONGCO - Training and Development Manager, Omnisource International Trading Corp.

Cornel Bongco has a degree of BS Psychology in FEU. He Spent 10 years of corporate life as a student activity coordinator of Christian Values School, in Bacoor, Cavite. He is currently the Training and Development Manager in Omnisource International Trading Corp. An Executive Director of Paulo Rogenric Memorial Foundation, Inc. The Vice Chair of Kabalai, a youth organization bent on a promoting a green sustainable development lifestyle with Philippine history and culture as context. The Secretary General Clear Communicators for the Environment. And the Founder of Sustainable Development Champs, a Christian organization looking at sustainable development in the context of the Biblical Christianity.


COMMISSIONER EMMANUEL LALLANA - CICT


KARIN JAHR - Counsellor / Development Adviser, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany


DENG SILORIO - VP-Marketing, 8Layer Technologies, Inc.


ANAND RAO - Intel Microelectronics, Inc.