Federico C. Gonzalez
President/CEO, PESO Inc.

-  MS Industrial Management '66, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., USA; BSME '64, Magna Cum Laude, De La Salle College, Philippines;
   -    President/CEO, Home Insurance and Guaranty Corp., 1986-1990;
   -    President/CEO, San Miguel Properties, 1990-1998;
   -    Executive Vice-President, De La Salle University Professional Schools, 1999-2002;
   -    Court-appointed receiver, 2002 - present;
   -    President/CEO, PESO, 2004 - present;
   -    Executive director, Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship, 2005 - present;

- CEO and Founder, Hybridigm Consulting
- MPhil Bioscience Enterprise, University of Cambridge, 2003
- BS Biology, University of the Philippines at Diliman, 2001
- Philippine Science High School, 1995

Veneeth Iyengar
Philippine Operations

- Founder Dumaguete Business Plan Competition
- Teletech Inc., Present

Joby P. Lizares
Philippine Operations

- MS Management, Arthur D. Little School of Management, Cambrigde, Boston, MA, 1995, with excellence.
- AB Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1987, cum laude
- AVP, Walden AB Ayala Management Co., Inc. 1999-2003
- Manager, Deutsche Bank Investment Banking Group, Philippines and Hong Kong, 1996-1999
- Investment Banker and Credit Officer, Far East Bank and Trust Co.,  Manila, Philippines 1987-1994
- Core Member: Philippine Venture Capital Association and Katipunan Forum/BGN

- Author/Publisher, “Rice Bowl & Chips-How Asian countries are using the Silicon Valley model to develop technology startups”
- MIT CAES Advanced Study Program Fellow, Fall 1999
- Founder and Moderator, KatipunanBGN
- Works for a major semiconductor company in the Philippines
- BS Electrical Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1991

Lek Dimarucot
US Operations

- MBA Class of 2005, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Management Engineering, Ateneo de Manila Univ., 1992
- Assist. Vice-President, Benpres Holdings Corp., Manila, Phil.
- Interests: sailing, scuba diving, parachuting, photography

Tina de Jesus-Laforteza
US Operations

- MBA Class of 2004, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Mechanical Eng’g, U.P. Diliman, 1996 magna cum laude
- Philippine Science High School, Batch ‘90
- Business Analyst, Detroit, MI
- Project engineer and engineering coordinator, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Batangas City, Phil., 1996-2002
- Karate black belt instructor, former Phil. national team, int’l medallist

Karlo Angelo P. Laforteza
US Operations

- MBA Class of 2006, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, De La Salle University, 1994
- Reliability and project engineer, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Batangas City, Phil., 1997 – 2002
- Process and equipment engineer, Intel Phils., 1995 – 1997
- Board topnotcher, Phil. Mech. Eng’g Licensure Exams 1995
- Interests: entrepreneurship, technology management

- PhD Candidate, MIT Department of Materials Sciences and Eng’g
- Research area: solid oxide fuel cells
- B.S. Materials Science and Eng’g, UC Berkeley, 2001 with honors
- Engineering Associate, Climax Research Services, 1998-1999
- Interests: advanced energy technologies, golf, culinary arts, scuba diving, leadership

Paul John S. Paredes
US Operations

- MBA Class of 2005, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Mechanical Eng’g, Polytechnic University, New York, 2002 summa cum laude
- Project Manager, Industrial Acoustics Company, 2003
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
- Interests: volleyball, origami, life drawing, languages

Neil G. Ruiz
US Operations

- PhD candidate, MIT Dept. of Political Science
- Dissertation: “Philippine Emigrant Institutions in a Globalizing World”
- M.Sc. in Economic and Social History, Oxford University, 2001
- B.A. in Political Science, UC Berkeley, 1999 with high honors, phi beta kappa
- Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Phil., Oct-Dec 2003
- Parents originated from Lingayen, Pangasinan

Geraldine Zingapan
US Operations

- MBA Class of 2004, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.A. Mathematics and B.S. Accounting, De La Salle Univ., 1993
- Philippine Science High School, Batch ’88
- Senior Market Manager, Sun Cellular, Manila, Phil., 2002

May T. Lim
US Operations

- Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University & New England Complex Systems Institute
-Assistant Professor, NIP, UP Diliman
-PhD Physics, UP Diliman 2003
-MS Physics, UP Diliman 2000
-BS Applied Physics, UP Diliman, 1998, summa cum laude

Nate Quitoriano
US Operations

- PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
-BS Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2000

- M.S. candidate, Management of Technology (MOT) Class of 2004, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Management Information Systems, Ateneo de Manila University, 1997
- Senior Consultant, Soluziona, Manila, Phil., 1997-2003
- Helped resettle victims of 1996 Mt. Pinatubo volcano eruption
- Interests: choral singing, piano

- MBA Class of 2004, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.S. Mechanical Eng’g, U.P. Diliman, 1996
- Technology Consultant, Accenture, 1999 – 2002
- No. 2 placer, Phil. Mech. Eng’g Licensure Exams 1997
- Interests: marketing, video game industry, home entertainment systems, golf

Johanna Klein
Founding Member

- MBA Class of 2005, MIT Sloan School of Management
- M.Sc. in International Political Economy, London School of Economics, 1999
- A.B. in Government, Harvard University, 1998 cum laude
- Consultant, Deutsche Bank, Microcredit Dev’t Fund, 2002-2003
- Project Manager, Zoologic, 2000 – 2002
- Interests: dancing (latin, ballroom, club), travel, languages

- MBA Class of 2005, MIT Sloan School of Management
- B.A. Computer Science, Yale University, 1997 magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, tau beta pi
- Senior Development Manager and Software Architect, Oracle Corp, Redwood Shores, California, 1997-2003
- Ateneo de Manila High School Class of 1993
- Raised $5000 for San Francisco AIDS Foundation thru the San Francisco AIDS Marathon