Project manager, product development and marketing

PAUL A. AMBAS

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SUMMARY

Paul has been involved with various roles ranging from general management, consulting, project management, data center

operations, infrastructure design, sales and marketing, software development, technical support and training.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

04/2005-Present Sumifru (Philippines) Corporation, Chief Information Officer

Provide technology vision, leadership and execution of strategies for the development and

implementation of information and communication technology solutions. Implemented SAP/A1,

SAP/B1, Manhattan Associates, supply chain visibility, unified communication, WAN, security and

managed the data center operations across over 30 offices in the Philippines, South Korea, China and

Singapore.

09/2007-12/2009 Cyret Technologies (Philippines). Inc., Adviser

Plan and organize the incorporation and operation of a US subsidiary to provide Oracle -JDE

consulting services in the Philippines. Generated first round customers and recruited consultants to

achieve profitability and meet customer satisfaction.

12/1994 - 04/2006 Compuconsult International Inc., Client Server Technologies, Inc., Spider Networks, Inc.

Managing Director

Founded a technology startup to distribute Relational Database, Client/Server, Internet products,

and create software for customers in Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico and the Philippines. Technology

partners included Gupta, IBM, Netscape.

03/2000-12/2004 HatchAsia.com, Director

Served as founding director for the first technology incubator in the country. Managed the

recruitment, selection, valuation and mentoring of technology startups including product

development, marketing and sales.

07/1990-12/1994 Informix Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd.

4/93-12/94: Country Manager, Philippines

Established the country representative office and provided leadership to achieve year -on-year

growth targets in sales, profitability, business partner commitment, and cus tomer satisfaction.

2/92-4/93: Account Manager, Singapore

Based in Singapore, achieved annual sales revenues and built the channel partners for several

countries in Southeast Asia including Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Guam, Brunei and Mauritius.

7/90-2/92: Technical Support Consultant, Philippines

Provided pre- and post-sales technical support and training to clients and channel partners.

08/1989 - 02/1990 Triad Systems Corporation, Livermore, CA

Technical Support Engineer

Provided advanced technical support and training for an automotive warehousing application

software running on IBM 9370, VSE/SP and Datacom/DB products.

06/1988 - 07/1989 Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA

Systems Analyst

Design and develop software and provide off-hours technical support for the General Ledger and

Branch Settlements systems using of COBOL II, CICS 1.7, & OS JCL.

01/1988 - 05/1988 Logic Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA

Programmer/Analyst

Developed software for a civil engineering design application using dBXL, Quicksilver and C

3/1985 - 6/1986 Shell Oil, Philippines

Senior Programmer

Developed software using COBOL and UFO running on IBM DOS VSE mainframes.

6/1983 - 7/1984 Design Management Development Corporation, Philippines

Junior Engineer

Designed civil engineering structures using CAD-CAE.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

11/2002- 2005 University of the Philippines, Diliman

College of Business Administration

Senior Lecturer

Create courseware and teach fundamentals of Informati on and Communication Technology.

04/2003-04/2005 Ateneo de Manila Loyola Schools, Director/JGSOMBA

Started the business incubator/entrepreneurship program for the University which included

building courseware, business plan development, mentorship, go-to-market strategies and

execution.

1997-2005 Institute of Banking, Ateneo Graduate School of Business

Lecturer

Create customized courseware and conduct lectures on Fundamentals of Information Technology

for the Leadership Management Development Program (short-term MBA program).

06/2002-10/2003 Miriam College

Lecturer

Create courseware and teach online entrepreneurship.

08/1987 - 6/1988 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Graduate Assistant

Computer fundamentals and software (MS/DOS, Lotus 123, dBASE).

EDUCATION

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

M.S. in Quantitative Business Analysis, 1989

Thesis: Analytic Model and Effective Heuristics for Optimal Vertical Binary Partitioning of Database Objects

University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1983

ITIL v3 Foundation in IT Service Management

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