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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: Where are they in high-tech? (Part 3)
By Harvey I. Barkin Jing Torralba observed that Filipinos in her line of work didn’t socialize at work. That they tend to socialize outside of work. When she worked tech pubs at a security company, she worked with a young Filipino engineer. She told him to call her by her first name. She was intending […]
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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: Surviving the layoffs; the rise of Dado Banatao (Part 2)
By Harvey I. Barkin Edwin’s wife, Josefina or Jing, was also a tech writer but followed the path into software. She has a Psychology degree and is no more an engineer than Edwin. She started as a recruitment receptionist for Xerox when she joined Edwin from Washington DC in 1984. That meant, “All I did […]
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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: They are not all techies (Part 1)
By Harvey I. Barkin SAN JOSE – “The story goes,” Edwin Torralba related, “when it was time to choose, the Philippines chose to have an Asian Institute of Management while India chose an Asian Institute of Technology.” Edwin was a technical writer but when the permanent job became contractual and then dried out, he re-invented […]
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The road home for a technology entrepreneur, a cancer specialist: ‘Difficult but rewarding’
A technology entrepreneur and a cancer specialist shared the reasons and the rewards of returning to the Philippines after living in the U.S. for many years, during the February 25 to 27 3rd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora held in Manila. Earl Valencia was the Business Incubation Manager of Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Group […]
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NYC’s Chief Technology Officer Minerva Tantoco hailed as ‘exceptional’ role model for women in innovation
Minerva Tantoco was recently appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), a historic first for New York City. “Minerva is an experienced technologist with vision and technical expertise to make New York City the number one center for tech and innovation in the country, and I am thrilled to have her join my administration,” Mayor Bill […]
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Illac Diaz named one of Asia Society’s Game Changer awardees
By Ricky Rillera Illac Diaz, founder of My Shelter Foundation and Liter of Light, is one of Asia Society’s Asia Game Changer awardees. Diaz, who promoted his Liter of Light project in Jersey City two years ago, in partnership with the Philippine-American Friendship Committee Inc. (PAFCOM), is being recognized “for bringing light to those in […]
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The bamboo and a B.O.N.G.G.A. campaign for climate awareness in the Philippines
After powerful typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines in November, Iowa student Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz thought she would like to raise awareness about the changing climate in the birthplace of her mother. At the center of her campaign is the bamboo, this eco-friendly tree common in Asia and known for its value to biodiversity. The bamboo is […]
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Two Bobbys — one in music the other in technology — among TIME’s ‘most influential’
By Elton Lugay What’s the point of being named one of the most influential in the world when your children don’t get a copy of TIME magazine? With giddy humor, songwriting couple Bobby Lopez and wife Kristen Anderson shot back when I asked how they’re feeling being included in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People […]
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A race to save children’s lives
The social platform NextDayBetter is calling on Filipinos to participate in a contest seeking innovative life-saving solutions in the 72 crucial hours after a disaster. In such circumstances, children are the most vulnerable. The project known as “Global Innovation Challenge: First 72 Hours” is jointly organized by UNICEF and Socialab. NextDayBetter is helping to promote […]