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Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Elective Academic Concentration: FinanceClubs: Private Equity & Venture Capital, Real Estate, Finance & Capital Markets

Lapu-Lapu, Central Visayas, Philippines

• Allegiant Regional Care (ARC) Hospitals is a 100 bed, Level 2 General Hospital Located in Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Philippines.
• Oversaw daily preparation of key performance indicators, forecasted and actual financial statements, and yearly budgets used to update board members and sent to department heads to measure and enhance efficiency
• Facilitated long term strategy formulation with 6 revenue centers to create a roadmap for expanding outpatient revenue by 500% through a doctor incentive program, capital expenditure planning, and new product evaluation
• Implemented a short-term cashflow generation scheme during pandemic lockdown by negotiating payment terms with over 40 suppliers, applying for deferred loan payment programs, and promoting cash only packages
• Established over 60 partnerships with insurance providers, corporate clients, non-profit organizations, foundations, and financial institutions to ensure financial coverage options for 100% of patients
• Introduced free monthly outreach programs offering preventative health services in association with local government to collect community-level health statistics and build client directory to 30% of residents

Lapu-Lapu, Central Visayas, Philippines

• Almont Holdings is a family-owned private holding company that focuses on the investment of hospitality, healthcare, and real estate businesses in the Philippines. Operating businesses currently in its Portfolio.
• Performed and authorized business case of a $15MN greenfield hospital project by coordinating with partner medical consultants, due diligence advisors, local government officials, quantity surveyors, and banks
• Developed and maintained budgets for construction, procurement of equipment, and working capital requirements needed to open hospital and worked with 3 major banks to secure necessary funding to finish hospital project
• Accomplished hospital accreditation from Philippines Department of Health, Food and Drug Administration, and Philippine Health Insurance on schedule by inspecting departments for 100% regulatory compliance
• Hired pioneering batch of 13 employees and facilitated training on hospital mission, vision, and core values in addition to strengthen individual accountabilities and alignment with parent company’s objectives

San Jose, California

• Designed hard disk drive components and collaborated with multiple suppliers to optimize manufacturing processes (DFM), improving product yield, and maintaining a 0% cost increase for assembly
• Engaged with multiple teams of 10-15 colleagues to complete geometric dimensioning and tolerance analysis, created detailed mechanical drawings, and presented lead times to program management
• Spearheaded continuous testing of over 200 helium filled hard drives to demonstrate expected performance throughout hard drive life cycle and demonstrate failure mode and effects analysis to product specialists
• Initiated novel testing methods to ascertain root causes of manufacturing problems and provide corrective actions while also instructing team members across multiple product lines on testing standards to increase yields

Santa Clara, CA

• Collaborated with Professor Hohyun Lee and a team of 8 students to build a concentrated solar system to power an absorption chiller and produce electricity at a residential scale.
• Responsible for procuring 80% of the components making up the system such as heat transfer fluid, flexible tubing, pump, and adhesives through extensive research
• Constructed and performed multiple testing procedures to find the maximum power output of different thermoelectric modules using Lab View.
• Created a Matlab code using heat transfer knowledge to calculate heat exchanger sizes for the thermoelectric modules and the absorption chiller

Santa Clara, CA

• Built a Matlab function through the fundamental equations learned to project the most efficient number of solar panels needed for the SCU Solar Decathlon Team’s house
• Involved in research of new technologies in the field of renewable energy along with the monitoring of past technology (Solyndra and Sunpower Photovoltaic Panels)
• Highly selective, three year mentorship program designed to foster scientific research in the field of renewable energy, with a focus on solar energy

Santa Clara, CA

• Facilitated in the technical training of students in the familiarization of the campus-wide network, thereby training over 200 residents to troubleshoot their own devices and compatibility with electronic campus.
• Maintained hundreds of campus-wide IT devices and streamlined the process by which repairs are expedited

Santa Clara, CA

• Created the MasterSpec, a construction catalog system, for the electrical components of the solar house to submit to the Department of Energy
• Networked and created partnerships with professionals in the building industry. Took initiative to contact Blu Homes to set up a factory tour and learn more about their house folding and shipping techniques
• Research in the field of sustainable construction and living, building prototypes and conducting experiments with advanced technologies

Santa Clara, CA

• Tutored nine undergraduate students in Calculus for Engineers
• Provided assistance and guidance to students by utilizing effective communication skills

Cebu, Philippines

• Contributed to the design and construction a floating restaurant and multiple water tanks
• Worked with high powered tools (welding with gas flame and electric arc) and implemented safety protocols in the machine shop

International Mba

Activities and Societies: Blue Torch Awardee for Academic Excellence (top 10% of the program intake) Inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma Honors.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, ASME, Pi Mu EpsilonGraduated Magna Cum Laude Cumulative GPA.

California Program Of Entrepreneurship