In charge of building strong and long-lasting relationships with Thinking Machines' clients and partners in the sustainability, social and public sectors. I work closely with organizations to understand their challenges, goals and opportunities to discover data opportunities that can drive meaningful impact.

I manage MBC's digital program and am currently the lead staffer for the organization's Economy Committee. As manager of digital program, I am responsible for developing proposals, securing funding, and managing the organization's projects on National ID, e-payments/e-invoicing, and e-commerce. As lead staffer of Economy Committee, I developed proposals, helped secure funding and manage key economic projects this year which includes private sector recommendations report for job creation and infrastructure development, quarterly GDP reporting, online dashboard of economic statistics, and economic briefings.These roles require constant engagement with executives from companies/startups, key company representatives (usually from government/regulatory affairs team), funding agencies, government officials, etc. to explore potential/renewed collaborations and to further common policy outcomes. These are done via dialogues which I organize/help organize or via public fora. Part of my roles include being a moderator/facilitator in these activities to bridge communication among various stakeholders. I also manage the Business Matters column which appears every Saturday in Philippine Daily Inquirer. I am responsible for coordinating with regular columnists, researching/inviting guest contributors, and writing occasionally for the column.

I was a staffer for the APEC Business Advisory Council Philippines secretariat, directly working with business executives appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. ABAC PH provides advice - recommendations for policy and regulatory reforms - to the Philippine government from a regional business sector perspective.My main tasks included conducting policy research and preparing the ABAC PH position on key issues on Future of Work, MSME access to finance, e-commerce, etc. which were presented to the PH government and to business sector counterparts from other Asia-Pacific economies. These required dialogues with executives from other APEC economies during international meetings, and with heads of key government agencies (esp. Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Foreign Affairs).Other aspects of my work included bridging international contacts to Philippine-based companies and organizations.I also helped develop and served as creator of the ABAC PH website (https://abac.ph/) during my stint.

I was a Policy Research Officer for a three-year project in Makati Business Club called "Information Dissemination and Advocacy towards Philippine Readiness for ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 and Trans-Pacific Partnership" funded by United States Agency for International Development. Part of my work included coordinating with key decision-makers in government, media, and academe to advocate for critical reforms that will enable the Philippines to take advantage of regional trade arrangements such as AEC and TPP. This included organizing high-level roundtable discussions and conferences among various stakeholders. I oversaw the production and publication of research studies by academic partners, and wrote primers to disseminate the studies' findings to mainstream audience. I also handled the administrative aspect of the entire project - from event organizing, budget proposals, and reporting.