REY TIEMPO is Chief Creative Officer at Minotaur, a team of gaming, esports, tech, music, and fandom culture drivers and community builders. Rey is a highly-awarded Creative Gaming Specialist. A prolific Gaming columnist, he is creator of “Game On”, the industry’s only column and portal on Gaming X Marketing. He is a sought-after industry thought leader, representing the Philippines and leading Gaming conversations on the most prestigious stages across Asia Pacific and beyond. With more than twenty years’ experience in the world’s largest global and local advertising networks, Rey has been ranked as the number one Creative Director in the country and has consistently placed as one of the top creatives in Asia Pacific, with a body of work recognized in Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clio, London International, Spikes Asia, ADFEST, MAD Stars, AWARD, Kidlat, and Boomerangs, among others. Rey is the winner of the Philippines’ first-ever Cannes Lions in Gaming, the first-ever Grand Prix for the inaugural Gaming category at Spikes Asia, the country’s first-ever Best in Discipline for Gaming at ONE Asia, as well as multiple Grand Prix and Golds for Gaming at MAD Stars, ADFEST, and New York Festivals.He has served as President of the Creative Guild of the Philippines and has spearheaded the launch of CreativeFest NOW! - the country’s first ever, all online event that brought together some of the biggest names in advertising, and in creative disciplines around the world. He releases original music online through his bands: Mistula, the Philippines’ first and only virtual band; and Pork & Bean, an experimental kid-pop duo he formed with his daughter, Bean. He also launched the first-ever podcast on Gaming and Parenting called “Keri Kita” with his wife. Rey recently launched The In-Game Ads Awards, the first and only awards of its kind in the advertising industry that celebrate entirely fictional ads for entirely fictional brands within video game worlds, judged by an esteemed panel of real-world, globally recognized creative leaders.