KEYNOTE Speakers
Justin James
Co - Founder of Agencio.io UK LTD
With 25 years of experience of designing, planning, and implementing technology strategies, Justin James is co-founder of Agencie.io. He has specialized in developing social media and FinTech banking platforms, client advisory and consulting on the best use of data solutions as well as technology platforms to drive business KPIs and value creation. He has worked with Management consultancies, Media and Advertising, System integrators, business banking, Finance, and tech start-ups.
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Mark Joyner
Founder & CEO of Simpleology
Mark is often referred to as “The Father of Digital Marketing” for his pioneering role in the early days of online marketing. Among other things, he started the first ebook publishing company, the first online ad tracking company, the second PPC search engine (while the Google boys were still in college), invented the tracking pixel … and so on.
One of Mark’s websites, Startblaze, shot to #36 globally within 6 weeks of launching – on a zero-dollar ad budget. Mark is the author of over a dozen books in print in 25 languages, 4 of which were #1 bestsellers, several of which are used as marketing textbooks in universities around the world.
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Matthew Luhn
Top Creativity Keynote Speaker, Award Winning Filmmaker, Director, Former Lead Storyteller and Animator at Pixar Studios
Matthew Luhn is an accomplished storyteller, author, motivational keynote speaker, and story consultant. A former Pixar animator and author of "The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond", he continues to inspire and wonder audiences around the world.
Sharing his experience and expertise, Matthew works with Fortune 500 companies and other professionals how to craft and tell stories that bridge the gap between business and heart to build stronger brands and business communication.
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Paula Abjelina
Leo Albea
Country Manager - Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand for Digital Turbine
Vice President of Marketing
for Kumu
Paula Abjelina is a seasoned digital marketer who has been with the industry for 18 years. After starting out in the creative space, she has made the rounds in the media agency, client, and vendor sides. She has been with Digital Turbine for 8 years, where she is presently the Country Manager for the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.
Leo Albea is the Vice President of Marketing for Kumu leading the brand, content, and growth of users for the platform globally. Previously based in North America as the Director of Content, he’s developed programming centered around global Filipino communities.
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Ralph Aligada
Head of Games, Esports, Innovations, and Metaverse partnerships & strategy at Globe
He has led the expansion of Globe's partnerships Launched the largest telco-owned esports matchmaking platform.
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Ron Baetiong
Founder & CEO of
Podcast Network Asia and Podmachine
Ron’s journey began even before earning his degree in Commerce & Entrepreneurship from University of Santo Tomas in 2010. In 2009, he created Partyphile formerly known as Guestlit.ph, an app that revolutionized nightlife scene. The success of this innovation led to different media features and shows such as ANC Future Perfect tech Shorts, ANC Shoptalk, GoNegosyo, Bloomberg Philippines & Entrepreneur Magazine & many more.
Twila Marie
Bergania-De Vega
Senior Manager - Insights, Strategy & Fandoms of Culture Group
Twila Marie Bergania-De Vega is a digital creative strategist and pop culture enthusiast with over a decade of experience in publishing, digital marketing, and content creation.
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Christian Besler
Co-Founder & CEO
of Supadupa Labs
Christian Besler, an entrepreneur and corporate maverick, is the CEO and Co-founder of London-based Supadupa Labs, an AI-powered platform to level up the creators of the future. Prior to this, he launched HealthNow, an innovative B2C Healthtech platform in the Philippines, which was a part of AC Health Group's digital ventures. He co-founded Kickstart Ventures, a prominent Philippine Corporate Venture Capital firm that has successfully raised over $180 million.
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Luis Buenaventura
Crypto Writer and Entrepreneur
Philippine country manager of Yield Guild Games, Co-founder of BloomX, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange, and one of the world's first NFT artists. founded the Cryptopop Art Guild, a non-profit generating sustainable income for underprivileged Filipino artists
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Pauline Castro
Head of Traffic Strategy and
Product Operations at Lazada
Pauline has extensive knowledge in customer acquisition and integrated marketing communications, product development, technology and product innovations. She holds certifications from the Haas School of Business in the University of California-Berkeley in Data Science and Analytics and Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Digital Marketing Analytics.
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Yanni Collins
Professional Host
Yanni Collins is a media professional, TV presenter and professional host with a remarkable career spanning the last six years. She has worked in events as a PR specialist, media director, and interviewer. She has covered leading conferences and events all across South East Asia interviewing C level excecutives, thought leaders, and serial entrepreneurs.
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Mike Constantino
CEO of Homonym, Executive Director of Sonik Philippines
CEO of Homonym, a leading Sonic Branding & Music/Audio Marketing agency in the Philippines
Executive Director of Sonik Philippines, the country's official Music Conference and Showcase Festival. With over 26 years of experience in the industry.
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Jose Crisanto Tano
Philippines' Advertisers and Agencies Lead
of Nielsen
Jose has been with Nielsen for almost a decade. He is currently the Philippines' lead for Advertisers and Agencies, and has been responsible for rolling out and maintaining Nielsen solutions such as Digital Ad Ratings, Total Ad Ratings, Streaming Content Ratings, Nielsen Media Impact, and Consumer and Media View.
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Bianca Cruz Azurin
Co-founder & CEO
of 10XME Academy
Bianca Azurin is a dynamic entrepreneur with over 8 years worth of experience in B2B sales strategy and business operations. She’s worked with various companies across different industries including retail, cybersecurity and commercial real estate.
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Brian Dacanay
Associate Vice President
of Tier One Entertainment
Experienced strategic business leader
in the advertising and media industry, specializing in passion point marketing. Began his career as a creative and later transitioned into client servicing roles in multinational ad agencies. Worked on commercial projects for major sports and esports properties worldwide.
Grace David
CEO
of Edukasyon.ph
Grace David leads the transformation of Edukasyon.ph, the Philippines' leading edtech platform, into a realm of empowerment, meaning, and joy. Having assumed the role of CEO in 2020, Grace brings over 15 years of expertise in brand management, marketing, and sales from prestigious local, regional, and global institutions such as San Miguel Corporation, Kraft, Mondelez, and Kerry.
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Paolo David
Market Head of Global Business Solutions, TikTok
Paolo David is the Market Head of Global Business Solutions, TikTok. Paolo joined the company in August 2021 with a focus on helping and supervising the business in the archipelago to grow and succeed on the platform. He collaborates with local advertisers and agencies to develop lasting partnerships. He brings over 18 years of leadership experience from across the industry such as Unilever, Meta, L'Oreal and Globe Telecoms. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf with his family and friends. David holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of the Philippines Diliman.
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Raenald De Jesus
Head of Marketing
Shopback PH
10+ years in marketing and advertising, started with accounts work at Campaigns and Grey before heading to the start-up world to Grab (Deputy Country Marketing Head) and RedDoorz (Country Marketing Manager). Had a stint at Huawei handling the app store, AppGallery, before moving to ShopBack last year. ShopBack's aim is to empower Filipino shoppers in making smarter shopping choices.
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Jako de Leon
President, Creators and Influencers
Council of the Philippines (CICP)
Content creator, producer, talent manager and digital consultant. Creator of the digital series ‘Bogart the Explorer’ and producer of a wide array of shows, series, ads and other content under his PaperbugTV banner.
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Angelo "Parnassvs" del Carmen
Music Producer, Business Owner & Developer of Sessions Academy Manila, Communique and Gigas Lux
Paving the way for the dance music scene, Parnassvs has also established two events companies in Manila, Gigas Lux and Communique, with trance and house music. Parnassvs also founded Sessions Academy, a media arts training center that focuses on DJing and music production.
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Ronnie Del Carmen
Director/Writer of Feature Animate Films
at Netflix
Ronnie del Carmen, born in the Philippines on December 31,1959, is an animation writer, director and designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was the story supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film, Up and directed its accompanying short film, Dug's Special Mission. He joined Pixar in 2000 and left to develop animated features for Netflix Feature Animation in 2020. In 2023 Pixar’s Elemental was released where he was the voice of Bernie Lumen.
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Mark del Rosario
CEO & Founder of
Let's Eat Pare
20 years in FMCG Food, worked in disciplines under Business Development, FoodService, Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing, and Innovations for companies like Coke, Tetra Pak, Mondelez, Anchor, Emborg, and Dole.
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Christian Dela Cruz
Chief Digital Officer of
Manila Broadcasting Company
Christian Dela Cruz is one of the top leaders in Manila Broadcasting Company that bridged traditional media and entertainment into digital. Ian also served as the Chief Transformation Officer for Digital Operations of the company for two years, where he helped the organization in its digital transformation roadmap. In the last 13 years in the company, he helped the radio network build its digital products, services, and operational capabilities for the FM network (entertainment category) before transitioning into his new role as Chief Digital Officer.
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Apple Espalana -
Manansala
President of The New Channel
Apple Esplana-Manansala is the co-owner and Vice President of PuzzleBox BPO Inc., a decade old 24x7 operating BPO offering digital and intelligent outsourcing solutions. Apple sits as the President and Chief Executive Producer of The New Channel Media Corp., a new media publication which was launched during the global pandemic. TNC has shows being streamed around Asia and the US aside from the Philippines.
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Isabel Falco
Digital and Marketing Head
of L'Oreal Philippines
Isabel Falco is a seasoned marketer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry in the Philippines. She currently serves as the Chief Digital and Marketing Officer of L’Oreal Philippines. Through her leadership and with the help of a passionate and hardworking team, they actively contribute to advancing the Group's 5-year strategy growth by digitizing and modernizing the business by expanding e-commerce presence.
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Jayvee Fernandez
Technology Editor
of Philippine Star
Serves as Co-Founder and CMO of Masayato Games, a 100% local game development studio that has focused on the Web3 phenomenon known as 'GameFi.' The team developed its first title, Anito Legends, during the pandemic, building a vibrant community across South East Asia with a strong user base in the Philippines. He also serves as the Digital Marketing Manager of the Philstar Media Group, with over 15 years of experience in content marketing, publishing, and digital transformation programs across the top three broadsheets in the Philippines.
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Roki Ferrer
Head of Data and Gaming Solutions, Philippines at dentsu
Roki is a seasoned marketer and communicator of 18 years. He held local and global brand management and IMC positions for well established brands such as Coca-Cola, Splash Corporation and Globe Telecom. After 11 years as advertiser, Roki went agency-side to raise the bar of strategic thinking as Connections and Integration Director with Publicis Media handling, FMCG, tech, and finance clients. He joined dentsu in 2019 where he was elevated as Head of Data to help accelerate agency value for clients through data-driven and tech-enabled solutions for clients. In June of 2022, dentsu Gaming PH was launched under his leadership offering integrated gaming and web3 solutions to clients leveraging the borderless dentsu network.
Alan Fontanilla
CEO & Founder of
The Pod Network Entertainment
Alan Fontanilla is a seasoned professional in brand communication and activation, with a passion for entrepreneurship and creative ventures. He currently serves as the Head of Marketing at Packworks, a pioneering Philippine start-up focusing on digitizing traditional sari-sari stores. He is also the CEO of The Pod Network Entertainment, an offshoot of Podcast Network Asia, supporting creators in turning their passions into viable businesses. In addition, Alan serves as the Vice Chairman for the PANA Foundation
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Gladys Franco
Social and Community Lead
in Canva
Gladys champions Canva's brand to ensure that all users feel supported and represented through her team's marketing efforts, providing design support and engaging content for local social media channels and communities. Canva is a free online visual communication and collaboration platform with a mission to empower the world to design. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 135 million monthly active users across 190 countries with more than 200 designs created per second.
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Weldon Fung
Area Director - Southeast Aisa
of Meltwater
Weldon, also known as Welly, is the Area Director for Meltwater in South East Asia. He has spent over a decade working with Media, Marketing and Communication professionals by empowering and enabling their teams with Meltwater’s stack of solutions which covers Media Intelligence, Social Analytics, consumer insights and Influencer Marketing. While not at work, he’s a big nerd and foodie at heart. Often found searching up the best local eats and figuring out ways to cook them when he’s at home.
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Eprom Galang
Head of Production Innovation
of Globe Group
Eprom is the current Head of Product Innovation at Globe and a strategic advisor and investor in several web3 ventures. Formerly the Managing Director of Coins.ph, Eprom's vast experience bridges the worlds of telco, fintech, and the emerging web3 ecosystem.
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Ace Gapuz
Influencer Marketing Entrepreneur
& CEO of Blogapalooza
Ace Gapuz is an influencer marketing entrepreneur and the current Chief Executive Officer of Blogapalooza,
the Philippines' premier influencer marketing company. Having been in the digital marketing and public relations space for 20 years now, she is the pioneer of influencer marketing in the Philippines and a sought-after thought leader and speaker in industry events.
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Kara Gengania
Digital Experiences Manager (ASEAN and South Pacific) of Coca-Cola
Kara Gengania has previously led the Coca-Cola Philippines e-commerce business in launching several campaigns on Grab, Foodpanda, as well as the official stores on Lazada and Shopee. She has just stepped into her new role as Digital Experiences Manager for Coca-Cola, handling ASEAN and the South Pacific, where she will be in charge of piloting innovative digital campaigns across the region.
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Vanessa Goh
Creative Strategy Lead, JAPAC
of Spotify Adverstising
Vanessa started out as a copywriter in Singapore before her pursuit of new experiences took her to the advertising agencies of Chicago and the digital playground of the Bay Area. She’s learnt from the best minds at DDB Singapore, Energy BBDO, Ogilvy Chicago, and DigitasLBi San Francisco, and has worked on brands ranging from smartphones to beer, fashion to finance, air fresheners to toilet cleaners (yes, really). She then hopped over to tech where she was the Creative Director at Pandora Music SiriusXM. After almost a decade in the States, much to her mother’s joy, she’s back in Asia where she is currently the Creative Strategy Lead in JAPAC.
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Manny Gonzales
Head of
Ogilvy Consulting Philippines
Manny is currently the Head of Ogilvy Consulting Philippines, developing and guiding brand and business transformation strategies towards growth and innovation. He is also an Executive Committee Board Member of the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP).
Concurrently, he is a Track Chair at the Certified Digital Marketer Program, and a lecturer at the Ateneo De Manila University (Marketing and Communication Departments), and University of Asia & the Pacific (School of Communication). He also serves as a mentor at the Thames International Business School's Innovation and Creative Entrepreneurship Program.
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Bea E. Gothong
Group Chief Operating Officer for
Republiq Group of Companies
She is the first Bisaya Marketer Awardee of Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards and pioneered its Geographical Marketing category. She served as a Curator of the Global Shapers Cebu and also founded Queen City Plus, a self-love and body positivity online platform. She was also the Founding Director and PR Officer of the Creators and Influencers Council of the PH.
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Denise Haak
President of IMMAP
Denise is a visionary entrepreneur and renowned speaker with extensive expertise in customer experience, human-centered design, and digital innovation.
For the past 9 years, she created human-kind experiences through user experience, customer experience, accessibility, machine learning, software development, and Web3 integration.
Kendrick Haw
Philippines Country Manager of Gank Global
Kendrick Haw led Gank’s foray into the creator fan monetization market in the Philippines and have since been aiding and supporting creators with campaigns and projects to improve their overall income from Fan monetization.
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Vic Icasas
CEO
of Hit Productions
With over 30 years of experience in the advertising industry, Vic leads a multi-awarded team that provides exceptional music scoring, audio post, and video post services to brands and agencies. Hit Productions also works with the world's top entertainment streamers to localize their flagship titles for the Philippine market. Hit is a 20-time winner of the AOY'sAudio Production House of the Year award.
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Charles Inducil
Waxie Joaquin
Executive Director of Web3
Gurufin Project
Executive Dolby Atmos Mastering Engineer Owner of Waxified Sound Production
With over a decade of experience in the technology sector, Charles has been a dynamic force in the industry since 2012. His journey began with the inception of Bumpables, a groundbreaking social network that revolutionized traditional forums. In 2014, he ventured into the world of finance and transportation by founding a payment solutions company serving the Philippine transport system. Today, Charles is deeply entrenched in the realms of Web3 and Blockchain Technology, holding pivotal roles as the Head of Blockchain at Direct Agent 5 Inc., the Executive Director of Web 3 at Gurufin, and serving as the Founder of SurgePay Community Wallet.
Mastering Engineer for 30 years Composer / Arranger Worked in the industries: Acoustic Engineering Construction and Trade Music Industry Advertising Industry Events Industry
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Steph King
Ken Liang
Doc Ligot
Senior Director for Sales, SEA
of DoubleVerify
Director, Philippines Device Ecosystem Development & Operations of Huawei
Steph King is the Senior Director for Sales, SEA at DoubleVerify. Based in Singapore, she is responsible for driving the adoption of DoubleVerify’s ad verification solutions and building strong partnerships with clients & agencies across the region. Prior to joining DoubleVerify, she accumulated 10 years of digital experience working in media planning & buying across Asia Pacific markets and spent the majority of her career building relationships with FMCG clients in agencies.
Mr. Liang holds a degree from National University of Singapore and Stanford University. He joined Huawei in 2012 and has served as the director of Philippines Carrier Software Hosting Service, director of 2B2C Services Consumer Cloud Services Asia Pacific Region. Currently, Mr. Liang serves as director of Philippines Device Ecosystem Development & Operations Dept. Prior to joining Huawei, he worked as an IT engineer in the Silicon Valley, California.
Founder, CEO & CTO of Cirrolytix
Founder of CirroLytix, a social impact AI company, and Data Ethics PH, an online community focused on social issues such as data privacy, data security, AI-driven discrimination, data liabilities, data ownership rights, and data poverty. Three-time global winner of the NASA and ESA International Space Apps Chal"lenges, his team's award winning dengue surveillance application, AEDES, has been backed by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) and the UNICEF Innovation Fund.
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Jacqueline Lim
Global Head of Communities
for NAS.io
Previous Head of GrabExpress PH and launched Madiskarteng Boss club.
Served key roles in Uber PH, P&G I.T ops
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Sid Maderazo
Founder of Sidekick
Partner at Voozu, founder of Sidekick,
and co-founder of Dingdong PH The Art of 30 Seconds Filmmaker with over 22 years of experience in the advertising industry.
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Karl Mak
Co-Founder & CEO of Hepmil Media Group
Produces content that reach of over
40 million Gen Z and Millennials
Creator Network has over 1,000 top digital content creators that produces 10B monthly views.
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Ken Mandel
Regional Managing Director
of GrabAds
Ken Mandel is the Regional Managing Director of GrabAds and Brand Insights. He leads the overall ads and brand insights strategy for Grab across Southeast Asia, and spearheads a fast-growing team comprising commercial, partnership and product functions to grow the advertising services business at Grab.
Ash Mandhyan
CEO
of Metaverse Go
Former Head of client solutions for Facebook in the Philippines VP for operations at Lazada Philippines.
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Peach Natividad
Creative Lead for Philippines and Vietnam
of Google
Peach is a creative strategist with 15 years of experience in digital strategy, digital media, and data analytics. She is passionate about using technology to help creative makers create truly innovative and impactful campaigns.
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Carlo Ople
CEO of Unbox Group
Carlo is a Digital Creator and Entrepreneur. He founded and is the Chairman of the Unbox group of companies, which has investments in several businesses championing the Creator Economy in the Asia Pacific region.
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Erwin Razon
General Manager at Bent Pixels Asia
Revolutionizing the esports and gaming industry. Expert in video and influencer marketing campaigns for millennials and Gen Z gamers.
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Ralph Regalado
Founder & CEO of Senti AI
Former Community Manager of Google Developer Group Manila Assistant Professor and AI researcher at De La Salle University, Manila Specializes in Natural Language Processing, sentiment analysis, and disaster management in Philippine Languages; awarded as a Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning in 2019.
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Germaine Reyes
President & CEO of Synergy Market Research + Strategic Consultancy
She is the CEO and Founder of Synergy Market Research + Strategic Consultancy, a management consulting, research and data analytics company. Synergy is the exclusive Philippines partner of YouGov, a globally-recognized company. Prior to setting up Synergy, Germaine held key directorship positions in The Coca-Cola Company’s Philippines Division; AC Nielsen; advertising companies such as PAC/BBDO, the subsidiary then of BBDO New York; and Avellana & Associates.
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Daniel Robbins
CEO of IBH Media
Daniel Robbins is a media producer and entrepreneur with a passion for impacting and inspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. He has leveraged his PR and marketing expertise to help clients gain exposure and visibility on TV, publications, and podcasts. He also co- hosts two shows, one on CNN Philippines called The Future, as well as Founder’s Story in the US where he features incredible leaders and builders in the fields of business, and technology.
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Ronald Robins
Professional Player and Founder of
Mineski Pro Team
Ronald Robins’ story in esports begins in 2004 as a Professional Player and Founder of Mineski Pro Team. During his Pro days, he saw the need to enable his team with a proper esports training facility, which led to the birth of Mineski Cybercafe. The Cybercafe quickly becomes highly in demand by the community, and grows from a single cafe to a chain that becomes part of the daily conversations of people. From growing a business based on passion, Ronald realized that he could do more whereby he brings the esports community to the forefront by organizing professional esports events & activities across the country through the Mineski Events Team Organization. The existence of Mineski’s esports venture which started 2 decades ago, to this day encourages the growth of the Philippine esports industry to further usher in opportunities, experiences and value to the community
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Gabby Roxas
Country Marketing Manager
of Google
Gabby currently serves Google as its Country Marketing Head for the Philippines. With almost 20 years of industry experience, including a stint managing Johnson & Johnson’s global operations, he oversees Google’s marketing efforts in the B2C and B2B segments not only in the Philippines, but also for South Asia Frontier Markets
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Michael Sanchez
President of Meta-Tech Solutions and Systems Corporation
Mike founded Meta-Tech Solutions and Systems Corporation, a company dedicated to bringing the best AVL systems and solutions to the Philippines. This led to numerous high-profile AVL projects, even in the midst of the COVID Pandemic. The slogan “We Go Beyond” is their guiding principle. Meta-Tech Solutions is the go-to company for cutting-edge solutions. The team’s expertise and vision bring their projects to life.
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Nick Santiago
Founder
of Arcade Film Factory
Nick is a founder and partner of the Arcade Film Factory, the Philippines’ Production House of the Year and Campaign Brief Asia’s #1 Production House in Asia. The four year old company has already won awards at Cannes, London International Awards, Clios, One Show, and D&AD. Nick himself has directed over 300 commercials and is a 20 year veteran of the advertising industry.
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Mr. Speaks
Professional Event Speaker
of Suprime
He is a motivational and inspirational speaker born with the heart and soul to speak up and stand his ground on matters related to humanity
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Christopher Star
Founder of
ATT3ND / Web3PH
Christopher Star is an experienced, hands-on strategist with a proven track record in regional digital marketing for over a dozen tech startups across Southeast Asia. He helps startups launch, acquire new users, and expand in new markets.
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Yas Soyao
CEO
of Shoppertainment Live
Former Shop Host Turned CEO Hiyasmin Neri-Soyao changed the e-commerce game by launching the country’s first livestream shopping network. Hiyasmin’s previous experiences in shop hosting, digital marketing, and video production set the foundations of Shoppertainment Live Inc. For five years, Hiyasmin worked as a professional shop host for ACJ O Shopping. She was extensively trained by leading experts at the CJ Broadcasting Academy in South Korea.
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Steve Sy
Founder & CEO of
Great Deals E-Commerce Corp
Steve is the CEO and Founder of Great Deals E-commerce Corp. Great deals is the leading e-commerce solution provider in the Philippines and was recognized by the financial times as the fastest growing company in Asia-Pacific. Considered an "Industry Disruptor", Steve was awarded EY technology Enterpreneur of the year.
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Oscar Tan-Abing Jr.
Founder & CEO
of Anotoys Collectiverse
Oscar G. Tan-Abing, Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Anotoys Collectiverse, a dynamic startup central to the thriving fandom ecosystem in the Philippines. He also leads Anotoys Collectibles, one of the country's fastest-growing premier online store for toys and premium collectibles. In addition, Oscar serves as the President of Shoepplier, Inc., a trusted footwear supplier to major brands in the Philippines. With over two decades of experience in retail, merchandise, executive management, and finance, he blends a passion for collecting with a proven entrepreneurial acumen.
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Joey David Tiempo
Founder & CEO
of Octopus&Whale
Joey David Tiempo is the Founder and CEO of Octopus&Whale, a Game and Experience Design Agency based in Manila. She was formerly the Executive Creative Director of Nuworks Interactive Labs, and before that, the Executive Creative Director for TBWA\Digital Arts Network.
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Corrina Vistan
Head of Originals
of Viu Philippines
An award winning producer with an expertise in Production, Post Production, Digital Content Series, Brand Strategy and Branded Series content. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines then moved to the United States to learn and work in the Hollywood Film Industry. Based in Los Angeles for 16 years and was an executive at Marvel Studios for 9years. Has worked on 19 of the Marvel Studios films from Iron Man 2 to Avengers: Endgame. Awarded a Gold Clio for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 campaign, Silver Tellys in 2016 and 2017 for Doctor Strange and Thor: Ragnarok.
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Dana Ware
Chief Creative Officer
of ARound
Dana Ware develops cutting-edge, AR and VR experiences that blend both virtual and physical realities together in innovative ways. She is the Chief Creative Officer of ARound, a social live event AR gaming platform. Her background includes leading the team at The VOID, defining the rapidly expanding field of location-based virtual reality in partnership with studios such as Disney, ILMxLab, and Sony.
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Wence Wenceslao
Digital Hub Lead
of Unilever
Wence Wenceslao is a seasoned digital leader with a 15-year track record in steering digital businesses. As the current Digital Hub Lead of Unilever's Beauty & Wellbeing sector in Southeast Asia, she leverages digital and data-driven strategies to optimize beauty regional brands in data, content, measurement and beauty technology.
Speaker list is subject to change without prior notice