The Innovation Center is composed of the following awesome people

Administrative Staff

Greg Tangonan, Ph.D. - Director

Fabian Dayrit, Ph.D. - Dean, School of Science and Engineering

Christopher K. Peabody - Coordinator for Industrial Associates

Mr. James Paul Esquerra - Coordinator for Industrial Associates

Operation Staff

Paul Cabacungan

Operations Officer

Matthew Cua

Jr. Operations Officer

Bachelor of Science Management of Applied Chemistry 2010, Masters of Sciences Chemistry

Xavier High School - Greenhills

Strengths : Innovation and Technology, Strengths Psychology, Business Development, Strategies and Implementation, Team Management

Trivia :

1. He likes gnawing on stuff

2. He started his first real and actual business during his 3rd year in Ateneo de Manila University selling Free Photocopies.

Interns

Samantha Lorraine T. Chan

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Majoring in Information Design / Bachelor of Science, Majoring in Management Information Systems
Philippine Science High School - Eastern Visayas Campus

Strengths: Art Direction, Web Design, Concept Art, Illustration (traditional & digital), Research and Data Gathering, Critical Analysis and Thinking, Troubleshooting, Communication, Public Speaking, Writing, Articulation, Networking.

Trivia:

1. There are four things you should know about me. I have the positivity of a child, the passion of an artisan, the determination of an athlete, and the appetite of a growing teenage boy.
2. Due to a wild and vivid imagination, I have the tendency to hallucinate. This is the second reason why I stay away from horror movies.
3. My dream job is to work for Pixar and help create something that would be part of someone else's childhood.

Lance Andrew D. Viado

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Information Design, Minor in Development Management

Ateneo de Manila High School

Strengths: Graphic Design, Information Architecture, Knowledge Management, Systems Visualization, Development Studies, Moral Psychology, Conceptual Art, Critical Thinking, Research

Trivia:

1. I used to paint alot using oil-based media.

2. I like to research about diverse subjects. Example: When I was in grade school, I photocopied a decades worth of articles from Popular Science and Popular Mechanics about Military Aviation.

3. I am someone who is driven to be a creative changemaker.

Jason Rex Q. San Gabriel

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Information Design
Ateneo de Manila High School

Strengths: Creative criticism, logical prediction, problem solving, video game bug and exploit finding, certain genres of gaming, patience, practical design.

Trivia:

1) I don't talk much, and I rarely express myself. I seem anti-social, but I'm really just shy.

2) There are two things that you can talk to me about that would really get me involved in a conversation; Vocaloid and Blazblue

3) I love most things Japanese, especially their food. I always buy Tonkatsu or Katsudon the first time I eat at a Japanese restaurant to get an idea of how that particular restaurant compares with others I've eaten at before.

Camille Bianca Baylon Topacio

AB Communication Arts, Production Track

GCF International Christian School

Strengths : Performing arts (esp. Singing Classical & Jazz), Reading, Sketching, Eating, Climbing trees, Making people feel comfortable, Videos, Music arrangement, Using my Imagination, Writing, Animals, Cultures, Languages

Trivia:

1. If anything were possible, I'd like to be a pterosaur pilot.

2. I love other cultures and languages. I want to travel the world and just practically inhale all of them. xD

3. I used to be a gymnast back when I was younger and I used to do yoga. I can do the back-bend and not use my hands for support.

4. I absolutely love fish. (I don't like to eat them. I like looking at them.) If you take me to some snorkeling or diving place like Anilao, Batangas or maybe even the Osaka Aquarium, I will be forever indebted to you.

*** I also wanted to be an astronaut. :P

Matthew Jacob F. Ramos

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Major in Creative Writing; Major in Information Design

Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS)

Strengths: Writing, Illustrating, Eating, Sleeping, Reading, Hiking, Swimming, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy, Mechanics, Design

Trivia:

1. I still dream of becoming the first Filipino Astronaut. Or at least remaining alive until the first humans land on Mars.

2. From the ages 15 to 17, I wrote four 400-page novels of a series. It was science fiction & fantasy. All were hardbound. Six were planned but the series remains discontinued.

3. Keeps a cache of Popular Science magazines back home for scientific inspiration.