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• Developing and implementing plans to improve the environmental and social sustainability of blue swimming crab fisheries in the Philippines
• Developing and maintaining key partnerships with local and international stakeholders

• Manages a team of six to initiate, design and implement public-private partnerships for protecting biodiversity through an ecosystems approach to fisheries management
• Works with seafood processors, small-scale fishers, technology providers and sustainability ratings groups to create systemic incentives for better practices throughout the fisheries supply chain
• Engages government agencies, microfinance institutions and universities to offer financial literacy, access to finance, training and alternative livelihoods to fishers
• Conceptualizes partnerships to enhance resilience of marine protected areas to climate impacts, and builds relationships between corporate donors, development financing institutions, and project implementers

• Headed operations of micro-enterprise engaged in bamboo plantation management and production of activated bamboo charcoal powder

Coordinated with government and implementing partners on design and deployment of utility- and household-scale solar PV systems

Phil

• Managed partnerships with Sustainable Energy for All and other international organizations for capacity building and knowledge sharing on energy access, renewable energy and energy efficiency
• Member of the Asia Clean Energy Forum Steering Committee

Philippines

• Managed consulting firms working on research, policy and financial instrument development to promote energy efficiency in three countries
• Member of the 2016 Asia Clean Energy Forum Steering Committee

Philippines

• Supported a consulting firm in evaluating the performance of a project financing facility by analyzing data, conducting surveys and interviews, identifying challenges and recommending solutions

Philippines

• Prepared project concepts for transfer of sustainable food, water and energy access technologies to benefit low-income communities in the Philippines

Philippines

• Organized training and resource mobilization for fabrication of 1000 fiberglass fishing boats to support recovery of Typhoon Haiyan affected areas
• Liaised with donors, suppliers, development sector partners and local volunteers

Philippines

• Member of the 2013 Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Philippines Forum organizing team
• Supported regional technical working groups and local marine biology scholarship program

Philippines

• Managed a consortium of consultants developing a study on low-carbon pathways for the Philippines
• Established working relationships with national and local government, industry groups and WWF-International project team to gather data and share study recommendations

Philippines

• Managed a consortium of consultants developing a study on SCP and Green Economy in the Philippines
• Organized multi-sector workshops to craft policy recommendations for presentation to national government agencies

• Worked with marine and watershed conservation, climate change, and environmental education program teams to develop project proposals and monitor progress
• Established and expanded partnerships with automotive, mobile, food and beverage, retail, land development and logistics companies

Philippines

• Created stakeholder relations plans and messaging frameworks for finance, IT, petroleum and aviation companies
• Executed plans via media relations and partnership building with public and private sector organizations

Master'S Degree, Environmental Management

• Completed Master’s Project on applying principles of sustainable development in establishing a bamboo plantation • Attended one semester.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Management (Major In Communications Technology Management)

• Course work: o Production and Operations Management o Financial Planning o Microeconomic Theory o Marketing Communications o Politics.